Now for the bowl. This part has taken a bit more effort.
1) The legs. Aside from them being rusted, the nuts on the inside were rusted and frozen in place to the point of having to take a Dremel cutting wheel to them. Two of them were so bad that the nut was rounded and smaller than its original size. Thankfully, I didn't do any damage removing them. So that left me with no hardware for the legs. I took a trip to Ace and realized they do not have slotted screws similar to what Weber gives you. I stood there staring for quite awhile before just deciding on some regular stainless hex bolts, nuts and washers for the legs. I contacted Weber today as well. They do not sell the hardware separately. I can get new legs, which have the hardware, but I think for now, I'll just hold off and use what I purchased from Ace. Ebay may end up being my go-to for these original parts eventually.
2) One of the places where one of the legs attach has a very rusted area and a small hole. Nothing to cry over really, but I realize that I'll need to keep this stored indoors if I want to slow the rust.
3) Sizeable rust spots on the bottom (two on outside, one on inside). They looked worse before cleanup. There was a bit of a bulge and it made me think that there may be rust under the paint. The paint seems solid and the pushing on the rust, it doesn't feel like my finger is going to go through anything. I thought maybe I should sand down the rust and then order some Weber black touch up paint. When I spoke to Weber, the person I spoke to said it cost $24 for the paint and he did not have information on the size it comes in. He suggested that I go to Home Depot for some high heat paint (which I have, Rustoleum flat black but not sure if should do this). If anyone has guidance to give on this, I'd love to hear it!
I hate it when people include their feet in a picture.
Anyway, below is the inside and you can see the rust spot.
Here is the bottom. Looks a lot like the moon. Again, not sure whether to sand off just the rust spots and Rustoleum them or just leave as is.
Here is the bad spot where one of the legs attach. One, maybe two tiny holes.
Decided on oven cleaner for the inside of the bowl. Only left it on for about 5 minutes. I wanted a better view of the rust.
More bottom pics, still prior to cleaning:


