Recent content by Chuck Hanson

Buddy of mine made junk weber grill into a gardening potting table on wheels. Nice easy useful project. Personally I'd convert it to an outdoor drink station with a built in cooler where the fire box was...or maybe make it into both - potting table that can be made into an outdoor drink table...

It's a shame the beater was in such lousy condition. The seller said one of the valves was stuck, and the other two would only open and allow a low flame. I suspect the grill was left without a tank on the regulator and spiders or bugs got in and plugged up the works. The polymer slat shelf...

BH- Thanks for the recommendations. I was going to go your route, but changed my mind. What I did to get the orifices etc was buy a beater propane weber grill for $30 with the same size burners. I salvaged the orifices and found them smaller than the btu rating chart. Which surprised me. The...

Excellent - now I will have to figure out what the thread is on these orifices, and ID the proper replacement. The hex head is 9/32".

Okay I pulled one of the valves apart - voila same valve plug as BHeemsoth. So i assume I can proceed to changing the orifices. My grill is rated at 36000 BTUs with three burners. I see the number drill sizes are not exact to 12,000 BTU's I assume I should go one size smaller at 59 ? Does all...

Thanks LMichaels - I'll take a valve apart and see what's up and report back.

Hi all I am doing the same as BHeemsoth, except my grill is a 1996 genesis silver B. I checked my valves and they have 180 degree sweep and appear to have no detents at low med or high. You push the valve knob down and turn 90degrees to light it on Hugh position, according to instructions. This...