Hindsight is 20/20 of course. Yeah, that would have been a great parts grill.
That looks pretty dang decent. I'm trying to decide if I need to clean out the sides of mine where the opening is for the flames to come out. Where the screws are to hold the halves together does yours have spacers or anything to keep the slots opened? Can't tell if I just have some scale that needs removal or if it's supposed to be as it is
Absolutely. Super thick and heavy duty
I actually plan to weigh it, I'm guessing 8 lbs or so at least
I believe that is what is rusted on mine. If I can get it apart I wonder if stainless washers would serve the same function
Yeah maybe
Wow! That’s some hunk of a cast iron burner! Being able to take it apart is a cool feature letting you thoroughly clean it. By the time they made my “double” they had dropped down to the relatively thin stainless ones. They certainly don’t last 50 years like yours
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I haven't seen any but I will be on the lookout. There's definitely ones made by the same manufacturer that you could improvise to use in its place.
I would agree that lava rocks are the original way to go. If you restore this mostly to be a "looker" then that seems appropriate. If you really want to use it, though, my vote would be either for the ceramic briquettes or the tiles with holes in them. I had good, albeit limited, experience using the tiles. Lava rocks cooking shortcomings - flare-ups and grease fires - were what inspired the makers of the Genesis to come up with flavorizer bars as a way to do things better. The tiles theoretically offer some "infrared" effect similar to what Charbroil has done in the past with metal with holes.
