I will just leave this here


 
Yah, they run some kind of algorithm on the photo that is submitted and it "tries" to ID the object. In my opinion, it doesn't work too well. I have seen many listings such as the chest freezer listed as a grill. And it is never specific. Like it most likely won't list it as a Weber Grill. Just a grill. Also, the listing app doesn't make it easy to change the listing title or add details which is a huge down fall. I think they are going for the ease of listing rather than accuracy.
 
That explains things a little. For a while I saw a listing for a Weber with the title Craftman tool box. Plus other random titles and pictures.
 
I have. Be aware the fire box is most likely ruined either burned through or warped. When they get THAT hot things go south in a hurry
 
Yes the firebox is ruined as well. Warped and brittle. The guy told me that it happed when he burned off the grill after grilling.
 
Well, sounds like he got it "burned off". Sounds like you should maybe look for a different grill to rehab. You might get done with that one and find problems that were not evident from initial inspection. Sounds like you are going to be replacing a lot of the parts regardless. Might as well find another sub $50 grill and start with that. Some parts of that grill might be worth salvaging, but you are going to have to replace most of the key parts any way.
 
I’m afraid Bruce is right about that one. After a lot of my own fiascos, I am STARTING to learn that there are grills that even for free are not rehab candidates. I am planning on posting a “hang my head in shame” post after I get pictures of some of my worst examples being hauled off to our maintenance department scrap pile. At least they will get a few cents out of my mistakes:(! Prime on my list is the money I wasted on not one but TWO current generation, rust bucket Summit six burner grills. That is a mistake I won’t repeat:mad:!

I think sticking to the better Weber grills and avoiding total rust outs (and post thermonuclear event remains like yours) is a strategy that will keep you out of a lot of trouble. Nothing wrong with getting a free ar almost free “parts grill” if you have room and time to deal with it. But fiascos like my Summits and rusted out “Snap-On” grill are worth avoiding at all costs.
 
No worries. I have a spare fire box and plenty of lids. Frame is good. Burners too. Even the cabinet on that grill is in decent shape. This will be another grill build from several other grills. Using a bunch of parts I have sitting around.
 
Jon Tofte said:
I am planning on posting a “hang my head in shame” post after I get pictures of some of my worst examples being hauled off to our maintenance department scrap pile.
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LOL!! Can't wait for that one. I have a candidate worthy of a mention in that thread.
 
Timothy F. Lewis said:
That’s pretty scary, a burn off of grilling detritus? Had he grilled napalm!?
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WE had a neighbor do the same thing. Stupid me I saw the grill on the curb and I'm like WOW a free Genesis!. That night under cover of darkness my "treasure" came home with me. Wasn't until the next morning morning I realized what I had come home with and finally remembered "oh that's where the FD had to go a couple days earlier". Well the lid was good and it was red. Bruce that was one of the lids you got from me, the lower basket was ok and one of the side tables. Everything else went in the trash. From what I recall it was a REALLY bad fire and actually spread to their deck as not long after there were burned deck boards being thrown out as well.
 
Yah, I cooked up a Sirloin in my grill the other day. Came out right at the end of the cook to find a small grease fire going on. I couldn't figure out what the deal was with that. A sirloin doesn't have that much fat in it, but then I remembered I had done a rack of beef ribs a few days before. Since that was low and slow, I never got the grill hot enough to cook off the grease from the ribs and it was just sitting there on the flavorizer bars and in the drip pan waiting to ignite.

The Sirloin was fine, but it just reminded me that a grease fire can happen at any time and it is probably time for me to do another quick cleaning of the inside of the cook box and drip pan.
 
I had a major grease fire in my gen 1000 a few years ago I was very fortunate to not have any damage to the grill. I learned my lesson and now we clean out the E320 every two weeks because we use it a lot.
 
That is basically a double-size version of the Crown Verity I picked up for our organization. A very simple (not even an igniter of any kind) all 304 stainless tank. One interesting thing is that they designed the drip pan to be filled with water to reduce flare ups. It is a rock solid sledgehammer tool for a commercial application like our small college cafeteria, but not really something I would want personally even if I needed an extra-large grill.

https://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?74...area-want-to-rehab-a-Crown-Verity-Grill/page3
 
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