Thank you for your thoughtful response. Any recommendations on how to get it level?The Master Touch has great features like longer legs, lid bail & gourmet grate. This one looks pretty rough mostly because of bottom bowl. In the short term, I would deep clean with razor blade/steel wool, straighten out bent parts, soak rusted stuff like grates in baking soda/vinegar, and use it. A Chimney Starter is very useful accessory to get.
The porcelain on the bottom bowl looks cracked and compromised especially at leg sockets. It will eventually rust unless you treat exposed metal with grease or paint.
For the long term, I would harvest the good parts like thermometer/bezel, lid bail, long legs/triangle wire base, wheel, mastertouch handles and watch for a better donor bowl to combine with all these parts to make one really good grill. Then I would take the extra time to polish things up like the ash catcher & legs and replace ash sweep. I think you could then make it look like a new $300 Master Touch.
it doesn’t look like the legs are bent. Maybe the sockets are? Just learning about the world of Weber with limited skills. Any help is greatly appreciated.You could try putting a piece of PVC pipe through the bent legs to help straighten them. I think I used 3/4" pipe or so.
I don’t have those skills. Can I hammer the bowl to move the sockets? Newbie here.Sputnik has crash landed. Looks like the leg sockets are trashed, maybe think of mounting it in a table of some sort.
To level grill… just some gravel, sand, rocks, or similar will do. I also use bricks. Just make sure the cooking grate is roughly level.Thank you for your thoughtful response. Any recommendations on how to get it level?
it doesn’t look like the legs are bent. Maybe the sockets are? Just learning about the world of Weber with limited skills. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I don’t have those skills. Can I hammer the bowl to move the sockets? Newbie here.
Thanks! I think I’ll do that. It’s weird because it doesn’t look like (to me, anyway) the socket or legs are bent. Thanks for your thoughtful advice. I appreciate it.To level grill… just some gravel, sand, rocks, or similar will do. I also use bricks. Just make sure the cooking grate is roughly level.
I use a Level (the kind with air bubble) to check grill grate in a couple directions because I got tired of hot dogs rolling away. It’s more important to be level if you use griddle plates with cooking oil. I only needed the level once or twice, since I don't move my grills around much.
I have a weird slope on my yard so I put my grills on bricks, each leveled on top of gravel, sand, etc. The bricks create a small platform of space in case the grill moves a bit and also raises grill little so less bending since I'm tall.
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Thank you! Very helpful!You could try grabbing one leg at a time and see if you can bend it back into shape. Try it on one and make sure you don't bend the leg.
If that don't work remove all three legs by pushing in that little clip. Mark with a sharpie or painters tape each location so you can put it back in the right sequence.
Use a length of pipe or a broom handle to try to bend each leg socket back into place, Hitting them with a hammer might pop the spot welds but a dead blow or rubber mallet might help.
Thank you! Very helpful!You could try grabbing one leg at a time and see if you can bend it back into shape. Try it on one and make sure you don't bend the leg.
If that don't work remove all three legs by pushing in that little clip. Mark with a sharpie or painters tape each location so you can put it back in the right sequence.
Use a length of pipe or a broom handle to try to bend each leg socket back into place, Hitting them with a hammer might pop the spot welds but a dead blow or rubber mallet might help.
great. I will.Take a few pics when or if you remove the legs. That will give us a better look at the leg sockets.
This is the one I used. It's decent: https://www.amazon.com/BBQMall-Orig...former-Accessories/dp/B0BXBWM2Q3/?tag=tvwb-20 Mine is a different brand, but they are all the same.There are several aftermarket tables on Amazon which would be easy to upgrade that into.
That’s the one I have for my dedicated rotisserie grill! Works great!!!This is the one I used. It's decent: https://www.amazon.com/BBQMall-Orig...former-Accessories/dp/B0BXBWM2Q3/?tag=tvwb-20 Mine is a different brand, but they are all the same.
How sturdy is it? Did you diy and upgrades like stainless screws? The inner pin for the axle, etc. I may be upgtafing a few busted dup kettles for a friendThat’s the one I have for my dedicated rotisserie grill! Works great!!!