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PaulieOcean

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Hi, New member here.

Got this grill from a family member for free. Needs burners, but not much else. I look forward to refurbishing it!

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Looking forward to meeting everyone here and learning about this grill. I know it is a weber genesis gold, but not sure from what era it is.

Paul
 
Somewhere under the controls there should be the serial number placard that has a date code

Your burners might be fine they're pretty robust. Unless ther are holes I wouldn't change them unless you are planning to tear it all the way down

That's the first left hand table I've seen like that looks nice
 
I did find the tag you mentioned, but the numbers are pretty faded so it is hard to read. Here is what I have: serial number ?? 550642. The rest of the fields are inlegible
 
This will clean up really well.

Use 0000 steel wool and Palmolive dish soap on the lid and the control panel. Don't worry, it won't scratch it or remove the lettering.

It needs a new ignitor.
The burners 'might' be ok. The skinny cross-over one tends to possibly break. They are not expensive to replace.

If you really want to make it nice get some stainless grates and stainless flavorizors from rcplanebuyer on eBay.
 
I just looked a little closer that front tube sure looks like it's split

And really if your opening her up why not replace it now and have many trouble free years. You can get top notch grates bars and burners for what $150?
 
Congrats on the grill! Looks to be a Genesis Gold C from 2000 - 2001. the first two characters on the serial number are letters and might be DD or DA. The model number should be listed on the sticker as well. If you post a pic of the sticker, perhaps it can be enhanced and the numbers could be made out.

As Reggie said, the front tube looks like it has split. The cross over tube looks to be toast as well. I'd definitely replace all the burner tubes. How are the flavorizer bars and the grates ? Solid ? Or rusted out and falling apart >?


BTW, just to save some hassle down the road, look a tthe photo showing the burner tubes. See the little screws on the left of the front and rear tubes ? DON'T try to remove them. To remove the tubes, you pull off the knobs, undo the screws on the control panel and lift the control panel off. Unscrew the two wing nuts shown in the next to last photo. Slide the manifold to the right and the burner orifices will slide out of the burner tubes. Then, pull the burner tubes out the side of the grill. Those screws on the left don't hold the burner tubes down. Rather, they keep the tubes from sliding from front to back. Some gunk might have built up between the flat end of the tubes and the screws, so it might take a little force to pull the tubes out. That or spray some degreaser on the screws to help release the tubes.
 
Those are very sweet grills. Basically a Genesis in a Summit frame. The good Summit frame not the weaker one from later Summits. Clean that beauty up and never let anyone talk you out of it. +1 on getting new grates and bars from RCPlanebuyer. They are da bomb. You will not be sorry!
 
Thanks for all the tips! I think the bars and grill grates are in ok condition. I'll know a bit more after I clean them up. I will look up RCPlanebuyer when I get new ones. Already ordered the burners from Amazon. Was looking over the frame -- very little rust if at all.
 
That is an excellent grill, and a fantastic deal! You are very lucky! Simple green will really help clean it up, and a wire brush for inside of the firebox. As others said DO NOT remove the screws to the left!
 
IF you want to clean out the inside of the lower cookbox, then an angle grinder with a 4" cup wire wheel will be your best friend. That or media blasting it. Take it down to bare, shiny aluminum.
 
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