Broilmaster G-2000D Restoration


 
So I've been messing around with the fuel management. It's set up as natural gas so I removed the natural gas regulator that it comes with and hooked up the propane and as expected it was a flamethrower so I put the regulator back on which I assume is only for natural gas and then hooked up my propane hose regulator and propane tank and actually it tamed down quite a bit. But still about 400° on low which is a bit much. Okay maybe closer to 500° LOL that's going to be too hot for low setting
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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 isPXL_20251001_221723666.jpg
 
Fantastic pictures, thank you! I haven't yet, the screws seemed a bit committed to staying put so I'm currently soaking the entire burner in a 5 gallon bucket of evaporust. I'll try probably tonight or tomorrow to see if they've been persuaded. I love the way this burner is made, it's intriguing to dig into this old grill
 
Fantastic pictures, thank you! I haven't yet, the screws seemed a bit committed to staying put so I'm currently soaking the entire burner in a 5 gallon bucket of evaporust. I'll try probably tonight or tomorrow to see if they've been persuaded. I love the way this burner is made, it's intriguing to dig into this old grill
Absolutely. Super thick and heavy duty
 
Okay so I just took the burner out. Have you tried taking it apart? The last picture is of the inside of the burner taken apart.View attachment 120410View attachment 120409View attachment 120411View attachment 120413View attachment 120414View attachment 120415View attachment 120412
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😃!
 
It's no surprise that Josh's grill is in nicer condition than Eric's to start with. You can still buy those burners new, right?
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.
 
Between the two sides of the grill I pulled out almost a full 5 gallon bucket of lava rocks. I was going to switch to ceramic briquettes but I bet the lava rocks when you use that much adds quite a bit of protection to the burners. I don't see the grease even making it through all that lava rock very easily too corrode and degrade the burners.

Plus I'd like to stay Factory original looking and I think lava rock would probably be the way to go.
 
Between the two sides of the grill I pulled out almost a full 5 gallon bucket of lava rocks. I was going to switch to ceramic briquettes but I bet the lava rocks when you use that much adds quite a bit of protection to the burners. I don't see the grease even making it through all that lava rock very easily too corrode and degrade the burners.

Plus I'd like to stay Factory original looking and I think lava rock would probably be the way to go.
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.

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I also used them on my very crazy Sunbeam restore modded with dangerously high horsepower that I gave the name "The Judge":
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That's excellent Jon!! You have made a lot of very cool very impressive grills over the years!!

I've been using my Broilmaster P4 a lot lately and it has the ceramic tiles and I think they work fantastically. I'm going to continue to use that Grill as soon as I finish it hopefully this weekend. It's my favorite grill for steaks.image.jpgimage.jpg20250905_180311~2.jpg

 

 

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