Difference between Genesis Gold grills

[Steve Hoch]

I've recently picked up a couple of older Genesis Gold grills that have a wire rack on the bottom to support the grill. Later versions of this grill have a sort of metal tray on the bottom instead, which I don't like , but that isn't the point. I haven't seen one of this style in person but I was wondering a couple of things. It looks like on these grills with the tray that there are left to right cross members on the frame and this tray is attached to it. Is this right, or is that the tray itself has the cross members built in? I'm trying to figure out how this works in case I decide to pick one of these up to flip and I need to do something about the bottom.

 

[Cody Bratton]

The crossmembers are a part of the leg pieces. Regardless if it is a wire rack, or flat panel.

 

[Steve Hoch]

The crossmembers are a part of the leg pieces. Regardless if it is a wire rack, or flat panel.

I'm not talking about the front to back cross members. I'm referring to what look to be left to right cross members in the picture above.

 

[LMichaels]

My buddy bought one while he was living here in the states. he took it with him to the UK. I seem to recall there were bars (left to right) and the shelf was a stamped piece that hooked over

 

[Steve Hoch]

My buddy bought one while he was living here in the states. he took it with him to the UK. I seem to recall there were bars (left to right) and the shelf was a stamped piece that hooked over

That's how it looks to me in the picture.

 

[Cody Bratton]

I'm not talking about the front to back cross members. I'm referring to what look to be left to right cross members in the picture above.

Ok. I wasn’t sure. Thought you knew that

It just looks like it goes over something.

 

[Steve Hoch]

Ok. I wasn’t sure. Thought you knew that

It just looks like it goes over something.

So it looks like the tray snaps on to four cross members as opposed to the wire rack that snaps on two. That's interesting because the grills I've come across with the wire rack don't have mounting holes in the frame for those additional cross members. Weber apparently went to the trouble of reengineering the frame to add two cross members so they could eliminate the nice, heavy duty wire rack and use a sheet metal tray instead. Does this sound about right?

 

[Cody Bratton]

I'm not talking about the front to back cross members. I'm referring to what look to be left to right cross members in the picture above.

It only snaps into the legs. There is nothing in the front or back for a crossmember, the metal is just bent in a way that it almost mimics being on a crossmember.

 

[Steve Hoch]

It only snaps into the legs. There is nothing in the front or back for a crossmember, the metal is just bent in a way that it almost mimics being on a crossmember.

Thanks Cody, that's the answer I was looking for.

 

[LMichaels]

It only snaps into the legs. There is nothing in the front or back for a crossmember, the metal is just bent in a way that it almost mimics being on a crossmember.

That is a pretty good illusion then. As I remember before my buddy went back to the UK I thought for sure there were bars in there

 

[Bruce]

I have taken dozens of Silver/Gold grills apart with those bottom pans. They never had front and back cross members under them.

 

[LMichaels]

Yeah, I was going off memory of seeing my friend's. And it looked for all the world like there were bars across

 

[DanHoo]

looks like the bottom shelf just connects to the side rails.

 

[Bruce]

Exactly.