Genesis Jr Restoration


 
Josh Dekubber said:
This has been one of my favorite projects. As you can see this one was in excellent shape before I started. Picking it up for $60 was $ well spent. Excellent little grill and after using it I like it as much as my 1000s which have been my favorite grills. I still think the 1000 is my favorite if I could only have one grill but I bet this Jr. gets used the most for the rest of my life.
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Great job. Your frame looks new… deep black and almost shiny. My SSP frame has a slight film of gray from age. How did you get yours so nice looking. Did you polish the factory finish or repaint the frame?
 
Mike-GA said:
Great job. Your frame looks new… deep black and almost shiny. My SSP frame has a slight film of gray from age. How did you get yours so nice looking. Did you polish the factory finish or repaint the frame?
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Thanks Mike!
That is the factory finish. Not repainted.
First I use this non abrasive rubbing compound and then after I go over it with this wax. These are excellent products. I have tried most brands. I rub them on and off by hand. As I do things this way most of the time but you could definitely use a power buffer. Otherwise rub hard and really work it in good.

For SS frame I would use Mother's polish and then wax instead of rubbing compound.


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Josh Dekubber said:
Thanks Mike!
That is the factory finish. Not repainted.
First I use this non abrasive rubbing compound and then after I go over it with this wax. These are excellent products. I have tried most brands. I rub them on and off by hand. As I do things this way most of the time but you could definitely use a power buffer. Otherwise rub hard and really work it in good.

For SS frame I would use Mother's polish and then wax instead of rubbing compound.


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Thanks. I’ll try to polish the black frame of my Gen 1 Performer SSP sometime closer to Spring. Hopefully I can bring out a deep black shine like you did on your beautiful restoration.
 
Josh Dekubber said:
For my family it's mainly when I'm making 3 pizzas from scratch on the grill I need at least 2 grills so I can do them all at the same time. We do this often. Cooking one at a time wouldn't be the end of the world but it sure is nice to do them all at once.
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Yep, one thing really nice about the Wolf. I can throw down a lot of pizzas on it at once
 
Josh Dekubber said:
I bet that works great!
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Actually does. Except I've now discovered at least experimenting with frozen pizzas my pellet grills are actually even better. They may not get as hot, but I think the combination of the heat they do produce along with the convection action they really produce a helluva pizza
 
LMichaels said:
Actually does. Except I've now discovered at least experimenting with frozen pizzas my pellet grills are actually even better. They may not get as hot, but I think the combination of the heat they do produce along with the convection action they really produce a helluva pizza
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That's fantastic! I'll have to experiment with them at some point!
 
This is what I used to finish the wood slats on the Jr.
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I think I may use this same finish on one of my upcoming coming Genesis 1000 builds. I think it will work very well with my gray lid.
 
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Josh Dekubber said:
This is what I used to finish the wood slats on the Jr.
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I think I may use this same finish on one of my upcoming coming Genesis 1000 builds. I think it will work very well with my gray lid.
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I really need to get myself an impact driver. I'm just not quite getting the results you are on those grates and I know it's not for lack of effort on my part.
 
Steve Hoch said:
I really need to get myself an impact driver. I'm just not quite getting the results you are on those grates and I know it's not for lack of effort on my part.
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I think I mentioned before that I bought a second DeWalt impact driver for Arizona but it wasn't an XR model which is their top performing series. Well the lower model is less powerful with less rpms and I can say it didn't work out at all so I believe you. It's definitely not lack of effort on your part. I know you are a skilled craftsman with high level capabilities.
 
Josh Dekubber said:
I think I mentioned before that I bought a second DeWalt impact driver for Arizona but it wasn't an XR model which is their top performing series. Well the lower model is less powerful with less rpms and I can say it didn't work out at all so I believe you. It's definitely not lack of effort on your part. I know you are a skilled craftsman with high level capabilities.
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I think that's it exactly, my Ryobi drill just doesn't put out the RPMs I really need for the grates and the cook boxes for that matter. I also have a Ryobi grinder that's kind of the same deal, just not enough oomph to really do a good job.
 
Steve Hoch said:
I think that's it exactly, my Ryobi drill just doesn't put out the RPMs I really need for the grates and the cook boxes for that matter. I also have a Ryobi grinder that's kind of the same deal, just not enough oomph to really do a good job.
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I'm excited to see another restoration from you. Hopefully you can find a good candidate in the spring.
 
BobH-SCW said:
I agree with Larry! Experimenting on frozen pizzas myself on the new Bullseye, the flavor is great and that thing has real high heat potential I can probably do them up better than in an oven. 2 at once no problem.
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Love grilling pizzas. I definitely will experiment more. I also want to try a smoke tube just in general.
 
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