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Bruce said:
Joe, those are pickups. I had a guy contact me who had a bunch of Genesis 1000 grills in storage. I guess he had designs on rehabbing them and lost interest. He offered them up to me.
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An Addendum to Bruce's post because he is not a show-off. The guy had been following Bruce's work and admired it enough to seek him out for taking over his huge inventory of grills and parts! A well deserved, BIG compliment, I would say.
 
Looks like my Lynx and also like all the other higher end all-stainless grills. Yes, I really respect the all 304 stainless construction and quality internals (most of the time🤔). Still, they look so vanilla. I think there is an opening for a grill of this caliber that sports a little COLOR in its trim. Anybody else agree? Maybe the next Summit...Summit II?
 
Honestly I like them just as they are. You've seen my Wolf. Doesn't get any more plain than that. It's practically "Amish" LOL
 
From what I understand, the high end stainless grills adhere to size standards for outdoor kitchen designers. Just like the stoves in us regular folks indoor kitchens.

Me thinks they might be built by 1 or 2 manufacturers and re-badged by the outdoor lifestyle marketing brands
 
I am not too sure about that, but they are clearly all aiming for the same “look.” My point is that a splash of color, I think, would breathe some life and style and make a grill stand out from the crowd. Maybe just some aluminum or porcelain coated steel inserts that could be swapped for a variety of colors?

Yep, Larry, your Wolf and my Lynx (still a project getting ready to be hauled to Indiana) are pretty similar as are many of the other expensive brands. Nothing at all wrong, and you can’t complain about all 304 stainless. I just think some manufacturer should try something more daring. I was really disappointed in the new Broilmaster. It has all the same quality attributes but little to distinguish it from the others or as even a Broilmaster grill for that matter.
 
Bruce,
Looks like a green kettle, basic version Performer (no starter). The table was probably made out of wood to replace a cracked plastic one. Nothing wrong with this, but it isn't a super special one in my opinion.
 
I do not believe it is "legit" even though I have in the back of my mind to make my own unofficial "Snap On" Weber using the logo from a "real" Snap On piece of junk grill. It is pretty obvious, I think, that he stuck that logo on there.

As an added note, I saw a kettle for sale recently with my beloved Chicago White Sox logo on the dome. No evidence I could find that Weber ever made a Sox kettle, so this was also an "add-on." I don't really have a problem with it, but wasn't going to pay the asking $200 for a plain old kettle with a Sox logo that could potentially burn off.
 
LMichaels said:
Used to be a professional wrench and yes I bought a lot of SnapOn. But that was in the 60's and VERY early 70s. BTW though I still have those tools and they still function like new
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I still have my Snap On and Craftsman hand tools from the early to mid sixties and they still work perfectly , not like the junk they sell today. Rebuilt and built up a lot of small blocks with those tools. But sadly my wrenching days are over.
FYI I saw a Snap On truck at the local RV dealer, haven't seen one of those in a long time.
 
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I too have my Snap On, Cornwell, and Mac tools from my Mechanic days and they still work and function like new.
Although so do my Craftsman and S&K tools.

The one thing in common...they are all made in the USA.

I refuse to buy cheap hand tools. Which is why I don't step foot in Harbor Freight.

Jeff
 
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