Recent content by Steve Hammer

I would season the grates with Crisco, just like you would a cast iron pan. Then after each cook, while still hot use a weber brush to clean it, then spray it with olive oil and close the cover. You will never see rust again. This is what I do, and it builds up a nice dark black non-stick...

Erick, I just lightly sand it with 220 grit sandpaper. You just want to give the new paint something to adhere to. If you use paper that is too rough you will see the deeper scratches through the new paint. I use rust oleum gloss black, about 4 bucks a can at HD, about 2 cans.

Thanks Ed! Please post a pic when you get a chance!

she's beautiful Doug! Nice job, especially like the stained wood.

Beautiful work! The stain on the wood really looks great, and really makes the grill!

Keith, Look at Weber 9815 on Amazon. Still in stock for 15 bucks. Also looks like grillparts.com has 'em in stock for 10 bucks. Just bought a few myself.

Thanks folks! I think I will flip them over and see which I like better.

Here's Ole Red, she was born in 1997, recently acquired and restored. She has stainless Flavorizer bars and cast iron grates. I have seasoned the grates and cooked a number of different things on her already. Huge difference from my Silver B, more even heat and no flare ups! I think the...

Damn! If I were local I would be all over this! Great restoration! Anyone have any thoughts on shipping something like this?

So, I just finished the restoration on a genesis 1000 redhead and now I am going to restore my silver B, and I would like to have their hoods match as they will sit right next to each other. I checked and the 1000 hood fits the silver B. Does anyone have any ideas on where I might try to buy...

So I have been checking out the weber web site, and looked at some assembled weber gasses at the HD, and both show the CI grates with the flat side up. I have always had mine with the pointed/narrow side up. Any thoughts on which is the better way?:confused:

Hi and thanks for the add! I currently own three Webers, an old kettle, a 2000 silver B and a 97 1000. I have had the kettle and silver since they were new, and just picked up the Genesis 1000. She is fully restored now and I will post a pic in the gas grill section. Happy Grilling! -Hammer