05 Summit Platinum\Genesis Platinum Frankengrill Build Thread


 
LOL, I think a screw or two came from a Silver B. I think you should stick one of those on there.
 
My wife is so patient, but I think today's Amazon package has broken her will to listen ant further.

I had to bring the 2 year old outside for assistance and even she is growing tired of helping to build her inheritance.

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Well, there you have it. The grill we all wished Weber had made themselves, craftily put together by Brandon. As close to bullet-proof as you are likely to get. The "hybrid" badging is a hoot! Congrats on seeing that all the way through.
 
Just because I can't be done.

Flipped the side tables so the side burner was further from the house. Only another $30 in adapters, so why not.

Modified the shelves so it'll fit into the gap between my house and the column.

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You definitely can, especially if you've come this far. Parts are parts, even aftermarket stuff. Just a matter of making it look clean. Repurpose the igniter hole switch?
 
Someone tossed out a newer Genesis grill. I got there after the vultures got the good stuff, but managed to score the bezel I needed to cover the lid holes and mount the Summit thermostat.

This officially adds a 3rd grill to this parts bin.



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Thanks Alex for locating this thread for me.

Brandon, I am finally in the process of doing up my own SS Platinum 13 bar deep box frankengrill that I had been hinting at for quite a while now. I will post up some photos if/when I finish it off but it is coming along pretty good so far. I think I have all the modifications mapped out and semi verified so that it will look pretty close to stock when I am done. I will not have a side burner on mine, but in the future I could push that over to the left side like you did. I just don't know that I would use it a whole lot and I like the idea of the massive shelf space available with two side tables and two swing tables. Mine will be open cart. I just can't see redoing a cabinet unless I can get SS for that as well since my is built on the 05 SS Platinum Genesis frame.

How is your SS Plat Frankengrill working out?
 
Bruce said:
Thanks Alex for locating this thread for me.

Brandon, I am finally in the process of doing up my own SS Platinum 13 bar deep box frankengrill that I had been hinting at for quite a while now. I will post up some photos if/when I finish it off but it is coming along pretty good so far. I think I have all the modifications mapped out and semi verified so that it will look pretty close to stock when I am done. I will not have a side burner on mine, but in the future I could push that over to the left side like you did. I just don't know that I would use it a whole lot and I like the idea of the massive shelf space available with two side tables and two swing tables. Mine will be open cart. I just can't see redoing a cabinet unless I can get SS for that as well since my is built on the 05 SS Platinum Genesis frame.

How is your SS Plat Frankengrill working out?
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Excited to see the project come together!

Mine is cooking good as ever. Grilled some steaks and burgers over the long weekend and did a quick burn-off and cleanup to show it I still care.

I've had a minor cosmetic issue with the front steel plate that I riveted, but that is just my lack of experience with a rivet gun showing. I need to resolve that and I still haven't taken the hour to rig up the sparker, but that doesn't stop us from using it almost daily. That side burner was a first for our family, and now that we have it we can't live without it.


Once I finish up my BroilMaster project and get my new project golf cart together, I'll come back to this and spend the time getting it from 95% to 100%.
 
Here is a prototype photo showing that I have solved the 13 bar cookbox issues. This is very preliminary and I have all the other rehab work to do, but I pretty much have the modifications all done to sneak the 13 bar cook box into the SS Platinum frame. The knobs and igniter all line up.

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