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EmoryG

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Well, not exactly. Hello from a nearby suburb. A backyard grill is mandatory if you live in Southern California, right?

I am a casual grill user. I cook typical grill foods, nothing fancy or unusual.

I found this forum a day after we ordered a natural gas Genesis SP-E-335. It ships early next week. It will replace a 20+ year old propane Genesis 3000 LX. The old grill is holding up alright, but it needs new grates, flavorizor bars, a small wheel, and some TLC. Having looked around the forums here, now I am having second thoughts. Have I jumped out the frying pan and into the fire? Will the new grill last as long as the old one? but ...

The new grill has features that we will enjoy - especially eliminating the cost and hassle of refilling the propane tank. (Yes, we considered converting the old Genesis 3000 to natural gas. At the time, a new Weber grill seemed the better option.) Besides, I like the idea of having three deep zones arranged left to right rather than the three shallow front to back zones we have on our old grill.

I will continue to look around the site and maybe participate a little. Thanks for reading.
 
Welcome to the forum Emory! I'm sure we would all like to see pictures of your new grill once you get it up and running, also your thoughts on it vs. your classic. Is the new one going to last 20 yrs like your current grill? Probably not, but nobody is going to look down on you for wanting a new one!
 
Welcome, Emory!

I'm sure, if you spend any time at all in the forums here, that you will find that most people have more than one grill! It's nice to have options, and rehabbing vintage Webers is an enjoyable hobby that can pay for itself if you are so inclined. I'd say hang on to your old grill and restore it at your leisure, or maybe sell it to someone who will restore it and appreciate it...the older ones have a proven track record, the newer ones not so much, depending on who you ask.
 
Welcome Emory,

Do still have the 3000?

They make fantastic rotisserie grills.

My. 02 is hang on to it a little while
 
Welcome to the group, Emory.

An ol OC'er here also. Moved to Anaheim the year after the park opened. Worked at the park '68 to '77.
 
Bob Bass said:
Welcome to the group, Emory.

An ol OC'er here also. Moved to Anaheim the year after the park opened. Worked at the park '68 to '77.
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That's pretty cool Bob, you have to have a lot of great stories to tell about your time there and I'm sure I'm not the only one that would like to hear them!
 
EmoryG said:
I found this forum a day after we ordered a natural gas Genesis SP-E-335. It ships early next week.
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Update:
The purchase experience was exceptional. I never say that, but it is true. We ordered the grill on Thursday afternoon from a family-owned ACE hardware store near Chicago. (Northbrook Ace Hardware, through their bar-b-que.com website.) Their phone support for the order was great. The grill shipped on Friday and was at the freight carrier office/depot in Anaheim by Saturday afternoon. They are not open weekends. We could have picked it up ourselves on Monday, but chose to schedule the regular delivery yesterday (Tuesday). It arrived around 10:00 yesterday morning. The shipment weighed 250 pounds (113 kg) including the pallet. (A grill cover and two Weber Crafted accessories shipped separately and are due later this week. In case it matters to someone, we ordered the griddle and the baking stone.)

We had the grill assembled by late yesterday afternoon. There was the usual assortment of minor issues during assembly, but we got it done and are satisfied with the results. I will post our experiences and what we learned in a new thread.

Up next:
Go out and buy the parts to connect it to the gas line, including a one-hour gas line shutoff timer. Due to other commitments, that may have to wait until tomorrow or Friday.
 
I have a funny story relating to Disneyland.

A good friend of mine Bruce, who was 21 at the time but now sadly deceased, was touring California by himself in the early 80s. When he got to LA he had planned to hook up for a few days with a friend that lived there. One day the friend suggested a trip to Disneyland as Bruce had never been.
Upon arrival at the car park the pair decided to have a "smoke" before going in. Whilst they were indulging a park security officer turned up, resplendent with a big Mickey Mouse ears hat, poked his head in the window and said, "You are not allowed to do that here!" Bruce's buddy, as quick as you like replied, in a perfect Donald Duck voice, "Hiya Toots...What's the big deal"? Well, Bruce proceeds to wet himself with laughter and the security guy can't hide his laughter either. A potentially awkward situation defused by a quick thinking, stoner. (Is there such a thing)? The security guard told them to hurry up and finish.....and enjoy the park.

Apologies Emory for hijacking your thread, but I haven't thought of that story for over 25 years. And Welcome.
 
Welcome Emory, you're going to love that NG grill. Barb and I have a NG E320 and love it. The bottle never runs out.
I grew up in Garden Grove and lived in Lake Forest for 25 years before retiring and moving to Arizona. Worked at Disneyland in the 60s.
Speaking of old Weber's, I still have my 1998 Genesis I bought new. Great grill still looks like new.
 
Apologies to the OP for continuing to hijack their thread:

I worked at Disneyland for two weeks. They promised me a job I wanted, but when it came time to start, there was some kind of mixup so they gave me a bad job "to get through orientation." They told me to work the bad job for a couple weeks and then they would transfer me to the good job. I was young, naive, and trusting. I came in to the office to process the job transfer. That is when they "discovered" the policy that I had to work a full summer at the bad job before they could transfer me. The issue was two different unions. If I left the bad job before working the full summer, there would be a "no rehire" on my record which would block the good job. It was a classic bait-n-switch.

(By the way, the good job was playing ragtime piano at Carnation House. The bad job was clearing dishes and cleaning tables as a "busboy" at the Town Square Cafe. I doubt that any employer has a "busboy" job description these days, but I digress.)

I never quit. I was concerned that I might want a job at the main Disney studios someday, so I asked a doctor, "What is a disease that would prevent me from working as a busboy, but they can't prove I don't have it?" I reported my "illness", and have not heard from them since. I could still be on medical leave status, in case I want that busboy job back. :cool:
 
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