Broilmaster G-2000D Restoration


 
Bruce said:
Specifically, your's Josh, but Jon always posts such beautiful looking cooks. Advertisement quality stuff on both accounts.
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Thank you Bruce!! I spent a lot of time deep in the mountains and really got into landscape photography. I still like photography but it's not as much of a priority at the moment.
 
Jon Tofte said:
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 Sunbeam is really cool Jon! There's a brand new unused one near me for sale similar to that model.
 
Josh Dekubber said:
That Sunbeam is really cool Jon! There's a brand new unused one near me for sale similar to that model.
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I did this years ago and still have it tucked in the back of my lawnmower barn. Need to get it out again! This was one of my favorite posts; the comments members here - especially our late friend Rich Dahl - were priceless to me!

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Thread 'Gas Tires Oil...Meet "The Judge" My crazy Sunbeam MUSCLE GRILL!!!!'

Once again, my restores - especially crazy ones - take way too long. But I finally did what I could with the $8 Sunbeam I picked up a few months ago (and promptly hid from my wife:rolleyes:).

As a quick refresh, there wasn't a lot to work with:

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I did some research and learned that Sunbeam once dominated the gas grill market into the 90's. Their staple was simple aluminum firebox/hood grills like mine. It is hard to date my grill, but I am guessing early 80s. As time went...
 
Love it @Jon Tofte ! The Judge name is appropriate for sure.

I'm always impressed with your portfolio of grill restorations!

I'm really liking these old vintage grills. Right now there is a Sunbeam, Charmglow, Montgomery Ward, Kenmore, Hastybake, Fire Bowl, PK and others that are getting my attention. I'm trying not to take on too much at once though.
 
If I recall Dave in KC has a Hastybake replete in KC red! Don't know what state he received it in, but the last photo I saw of his herd it looked brand new! Jon and Bruce got a firsthand tour recently.
 
Here's a couple of the Hasty bake grills available in Washington.
I think they're really cool but probably one of the lowest on my list because of how big they are and I'm just not that into charcoal compared to gas grills but I think they're super cool.
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Josh Dekubber said:
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.
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Same here, nearly 5 gallons worth!
 
Josh Dekubber said:
Here's just some of the other cool vintage grills available near me.
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That's an amazing selection of old grills. A few are very much classics. The 2nd Sunbeam is exactly like the one I have. I have never seen another on the online sales sites since then. You live in a grill rehabber paradise!
 
Josh Dekubber said:
Here's a couple of the Hasty bake grills available in Washington.
I think they're really cool but probably one of the lowest on my list because of how big they are and I'm just not that into charcoal compared to gas grills but I think they're super cool.
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I would snap that up in a hot second. I have been looking for a deal on a HB for a long time. There are non close and non cheap.
 
My first grill was a Sunbeam. I got it as a wedding present in 88 and and finally gave it away over 20 years later when I found my first Weber at the curb. The grill was great but had a weak stand that I had to reinforce over the years with angle iron to hold it up. Ah the days of Lava Rock.
 
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