Jon Tofte
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
Here is the third grill I picked up a week or two ago. I watched this grill for a long time on OfferUp where the seller used the 2b “Webber” in his listing. It turned out to be quite nice, at least all the stainless parts:
The only real problem is the cabinet parts not made of stainless which are all rusted out.
I am seriously considering removing the cabinet and doors and adding stainless tubes to replace the bottom. Weber stopped using bottom horizontal frame pieces, substituting the cabinet bottom as a way of providing strength. This change would make this Platinum an open cart grill much like a 2000. Instead of a wire basket, I am thinking about making bottom trays using stainless z brackets and gray durawood slats that I hope would blend with the other light gray pieces while giving this grill a warmer and more classic look.
I plan to keep this as my own grill, scavenging some parts for it from my current Silver C and then selling off the Silver. They only made these stainless frame Genesis grills for two years, and I think they are very special:
By the way, there has been some controversy about whether these Platinums really have full stainless frames. I can answer that they do. I tested the frame, tray tops, front panel, doors and hood on this grill, and none were magnetic. I know that is also controversial, and
I am no metallurgist. Still, it seems to show that back in ‘05 Weber was much more liberally using 304 stainless, at least on these “Platinum” grills.
Here is one of the extension bars from this grill:
On a Genesis Silver or a Gold with this same piece it would almost certainly be badly rusted and sometimes impossible to separate from the plastic end piece.
For a hundred bucks, I think this was a very worthwhile find and with the high quality stainless a very long-term keeper. What do you think?
The only real problem is the cabinet parts not made of stainless which are all rusted out.
I am seriously considering removing the cabinet and doors and adding stainless tubes to replace the bottom. Weber stopped using bottom horizontal frame pieces, substituting the cabinet bottom as a way of providing strength. This change would make this Platinum an open cart grill much like a 2000. Instead of a wire basket, I am thinking about making bottom trays using stainless z brackets and gray durawood slats that I hope would blend with the other light gray pieces while giving this grill a warmer and more classic look.
I plan to keep this as my own grill, scavenging some parts for it from my current Silver C and then selling off the Silver. They only made these stainless frame Genesis grills for two years, and I think they are very special:
By the way, there has been some controversy about whether these Platinums really have full stainless frames. I can answer that they do. I tested the frame, tray tops, front panel, doors and hood on this grill, and none were magnetic. I know that is also controversial, and
I am no metallurgist. Still, it seems to show that back in ‘05 Weber was much more liberally using 304 stainless, at least on these “Platinum” grills.
Here is one of the extension bars from this grill:
On a Genesis Silver or a Gold with this same piece it would almost certainly be badly rusted and sometimes impossible to separate from the plastic end piece.
For a hundred bucks, I think this was a very worthwhile find and with the high quality stainless a very long-term keeper. What do you think?
Last edited: