Darryl - swazies
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I have a potential purchase that may arise. I was hoping to get some good inside info before I put pressure on this and make a purchase.
The scenario looks like this.
Have a buddy, I don't see him a ton....he was able to pick up a floor model of the 36" blackstone from his place of employment....he got it dirt cheap.
No idea if it was a model number that was being replace by a newer model.......the fine details don't really matter.
I would be looking to pay him what he paid for it.....considerably less than 50% of current pricing.
2 things I was hoping for advice from people with past experience.
1) It is a natural gas model and I would need it to be converted to propane.....is there a safe way to do so, or can it even be done. I could run a a gas line outside but I don't really want to start that as I won't need it for any other appliance ...ever. I don't really want to start doing things like this just to take advantage of a good priced griddle.
2) He used it a bunch when he first brought it home......I was over once for him to cook me one of his smash burgers which was not too bad of a meal.
I looked at the griddle, it was dark in colour and looked like he did indeed season it up......I asked him also...and it looked like he used it a fair amount.
Now what has happened is the usage has basically halted and it now has some rust started on it. I do not have any pics at the moment, all I know is there is a rust issue....
Like I feel like the top can be removed and cleaned up, although I have little experience with this, I would assume if nothing else worked it could get blasted and then re seasoned and work as new......I know the steel is a bit textured so getting sand blasted might not mess it up?????
Thanks for the input if you can help with these issues.
The scenario looks like this.
Have a buddy, I don't see him a ton....he was able to pick up a floor model of the 36" blackstone from his place of employment....he got it dirt cheap.
No idea if it was a model number that was being replace by a newer model.......the fine details don't really matter.
I would be looking to pay him what he paid for it.....considerably less than 50% of current pricing.
2 things I was hoping for advice from people with past experience.
1) It is a natural gas model and I would need it to be converted to propane.....is there a safe way to do so, or can it even be done. I could run a a gas line outside but I don't really want to start that as I won't need it for any other appliance ...ever. I don't really want to start doing things like this just to take advantage of a good priced griddle.
2) He used it a bunch when he first brought it home......I was over once for him to cook me one of his smash burgers which was not too bad of a meal.
I looked at the griddle, it was dark in colour and looked like he did indeed season it up......I asked him also...and it looked like he used it a fair amount.
Now what has happened is the usage has basically halted and it now has some rust started on it. I do not have any pics at the moment, all I know is there is a rust issue....
Like I feel like the top can be removed and cleaned up, although I have little experience with this, I would assume if nothing else worked it could get blasted and then re seasoned and work as new......I know the steel is a bit textured so getting sand blasted might not mess it up?????
Thanks for the input if you can help with these issues.