Jon Tofte
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
I have been pretty busy working on my so slow, but steady Skyline project and on a first generation "flat top" 26" kettle on which I am also swapping in the ash pan from a 22". And, I have also worked on that 22 with the goal of selling to make room (somewhere!) for the 26. In between these projects, and my never ending honey-do list, I have started working on my Broilmaster grill parts.
I previously posted that I purchased a beautiful Broilmaster from a really nice couple which had an unused hood, firebox, burner and grates.
In addition the seller included several cases of more stainless grates and 2 more burners, one never taken out of the box! On top of that, he threw in the cart pieces, hood, and firebox from an older broken down Broilmaster:
As I mentioned, before, I decided to restore the old one, canibalizing parts that I needed from the "good" one. The final goal will be to replace these used parts with new ones so that the "good" grill will be essentially all-new. I then hope to sell and recoup as much of my investment as possible. Meanwhile, the "old" parts are making for a fun project.
The cart was in two pieces and appeared to have perhaps fallen over at some time, wrenching out the stand from the rolling base. To Broilmaster's great credit the stainless was all high-grade, non-magnetic and despite laying out in a pile beside the seller's house were in readily restorable condition. (See my "Does Bar Keeper's Friend Work?" post.) I did have to wire brush the caster holders, but they were still in solid condition. The plastic large wheels are heavy duty and much more robust than the Weber plastic wheels.
I am working hard to keep my cash outlay on this fix-up low. This will be my keeper if it works as well as advertised. First I had to shear off the remnants of the old bolts:
I went ahead and picked up some stainless hardware, including large washers to help reconnect the cart base and stand:
So, now I had a rebuilt frame. Compared to Weber, working with this simple all high-grade stainless was really pretty easy. It is maybe a little comparable to working on the 2005-6 Genesis Platinum frame that is also all high-grade stainless. No rust removal, no sanding, no repainting!
TO BE CONTINUED
I previously posted that I purchased a beautiful Broilmaster from a really nice couple which had an unused hood, firebox, burner and grates.
In addition the seller included several cases of more stainless grates and 2 more burners, one never taken out of the box! On top of that, he threw in the cart pieces, hood, and firebox from an older broken down Broilmaster:
As I mentioned, before, I decided to restore the old one, canibalizing parts that I needed from the "good" one. The final goal will be to replace these used parts with new ones so that the "good" grill will be essentially all-new. I then hope to sell and recoup as much of my investment as possible. Meanwhile, the "old" parts are making for a fun project.
The cart was in two pieces and appeared to have perhaps fallen over at some time, wrenching out the stand from the rolling base. To Broilmaster's great credit the stainless was all high-grade, non-magnetic and despite laying out in a pile beside the seller's house were in readily restorable condition. (See my "Does Bar Keeper's Friend Work?" post.) I did have to wire brush the caster holders, but they were still in solid condition. The plastic large wheels are heavy duty and much more robust than the Weber plastic wheels.
I am working hard to keep my cash outlay on this fix-up low. This will be my keeper if it works as well as advertised. First I had to shear off the remnants of the old bolts:
I went ahead and picked up some stainless hardware, including large washers to help reconnect the cart base and stand:
So, now I had a rebuilt frame. Compared to Weber, working with this simple all high-grade stainless was really pretty easy. It is maybe a little comparable to working on the 2005-6 Genesis Platinum frame that is also all high-grade stainless. No rust removal, no sanding, no repainting!
TO BE CONTINUED
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