John-NY
TVWBB Pro
I just picked up what I thought was going to be a routine Silver B acquisition
Upon removing the grates and flavor bars, I noticed something very strange and was completely unsure of what I was actually looking at.
At first, I thought it was just the normal junk and gunk at the bottom of a cook box.
But then I came to the horrific realization that this was something else altogether. And I started to realize why the seller kept mentioning “charcoal”while he was talking to me.
From right underneath the burners all the way to the very bottom of the grease tray was gunk rocks, and glass.
Just for fun I asked him if all of that stuff is to collect the grease and what not.
He replied to me that no, it is the charcoal that heats the food from the bottom. He said that that is what ignites. He said the burners like the top part and the charcoal on the bottom heats everything else. I asked him when the last time he replaced them was and he said never they have been in there for 20 years. He kept telling me that if I didn’t want to take these ones with me that I could go get new ones at Lowe’s.
The best part is that when I tried to pull the grease tray out, I noticed it wouldn’t budge. So I looked underneath and saw that he had bolted the grease tray to the rails, obviously since all those rocks added about 20 pounds of downward pressure.
So thankfully, he had a bucket and I was able to wear gloves and remove all of that nonsense before getting it into my vehicle.
Upon removing the grates and flavor bars, I noticed something very strange and was completely unsure of what I was actually looking at.
At first, I thought it was just the normal junk and gunk at the bottom of a cook box.
But then I came to the horrific realization that this was something else altogether. And I started to realize why the seller kept mentioning “charcoal”while he was talking to me.
From right underneath the burners all the way to the very bottom of the grease tray was gunk rocks, and glass.
Just for fun I asked him if all of that stuff is to collect the grease and what not.
He replied to me that no, it is the charcoal that heats the food from the bottom. He said that that is what ignites. He said the burners like the top part and the charcoal on the bottom heats everything else. I asked him when the last time he replaced them was and he said never they have been in there for 20 years. He kept telling me that if I didn’t want to take these ones with me that I could go get new ones at Lowe’s.
The best part is that when I tried to pull the grease tray out, I noticed it wouldn’t budge. So I looked underneath and saw that he had bolted the grease tray to the rails, obviously since all those rocks added about 20 pounds of downward pressure.
So thankfully, he had a bucket and I was able to wear gloves and remove all of that nonsense before getting it into my vehicle.
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