I will just leave this here


 
Dave in KC said:
Looks like a bullet hole to me.

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I don't think its a bullet hole my guess they drilled a grommet hole so they could put a probe thru using a Maverick or whatever actually a pretty good idea its been done before did the same thing on my smoker those therms on the lid are not that accurate since they are not at grate level but to be honest on my performer I just learned to cook by the dome therm learn your grill no need.
 
Dave in KC said:
Unless that grill sat in the store for over 5 years we know the part about
being 1.5 years old is wrong. Pretty sure the $1299 price was wrong.
Also, I question the black hood on the S320. Was that possible?
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No, that thing is a hodgepodge of old stuff. What a joke. I guess he figures a good bluff is all that is needed to sell it at a big gain. Maybe he can help me get ten grand for my Lynx; I won’t even have to use matching parts either;)!
 
Dodging a bullet - Wouldn’t be the first time!

Bruce said:
Yah, looks like a grommet made with a 9mm.
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Bruce,
That’s a great line! I have to agree. I got to thinking, though, that perhaps my comment about the owner taking it out on his grill was unfair. Maybe it was the Weber kettle that took one for its owner and saved his life. Among my crazy interests are submarines, including the Civil War Hunley. A legend about the submarine’s captain having evaded a bullet because of having a lucky twenty dollar gold piece in his pocket which deflected the shell turned out to be true. Check this out:

https://www.hunley.org/artifacts/
 
Jason in CA said:
I have a funny feeling about this never used BBQ. But the arrest is not seeing every day. Points for effort?

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Jason,

You know, Weber actually had a "novelty" grill setup that wasn't too different from what this person did. It was called the Weber Barrel Bar-B-Que and dates back to 1972. Here's a link to the story:

https://www.weber.com/US/en/blog/behind-the-grill/barrel-bar-b-que/weber-30768.html
 
That is pretty nice, although I suspect the problems the “barrel” had as cited in that article would still be relevant. I think the idea would work better with a gas driven grill where you could turn it down or off when everyone was ready to eat.
 
Bruce said:
Yah, looks like a grommet made with a 9mm.
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I have to agree. See how the porcelain is shattered around that hole? Also how it looks "rounded over"? A drill would not have done that. Edges would have been sharp and clean and porcelain would not have shattered like that

Jon as to subs. My dad's oldest brother served in the Silent Service in WWII. On a Guppy Class sub called the USS Spot. He and my other uncle both were Navy though the other uncle served on an LST and both served in the South Pacific during the final push in the "islands" to invade Japan. Definitely was not an "island cruise" for those guys.
 
LMichaels said:
I have to agree. See how the porcelain is shattered around that hole? Also how it looks "rounded over"? A drill would not have done that. Edges would have been sharp and clean and porcelain would not have shattered like that

Jon as to subs. My dad's oldest brother served in the Silent Service in WWII. On a Guppy Class sub called the USS Spot. He and my other uncle both were Navy though the other uncle served on an LST and both served in the South Pacific during the final push in the "islands" to invade Japan. Definitely was not an "island cruise" for those guys.
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Larry,

Cool story! I know my childhood submarine dreams were based on fanciful Irwin Allen Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea stuff. When I was a kid, my Dad got tickets for us to visit the submarine base in Groton, CT. That was a lot of fun during the old Polaris days. I saw the Nautilus in dock (it was still in use then) and we got to tour a diesel submarine, probably not too different from what your uncle was on. Even as a kid I realized that it would not be nearly as glamorous as being Captain Crane taking on the monster of the week on the Seaview.

Much more recently, my wife, sons and I went to San Diego where we went on a tour of an old diesel Russian submarine. They told us that alcohol was forbidden in the Soviet navy but that nonetheless they pulled out 200 empty vodka bottles out of nooks and crannies of that old sub!

Finally, I am a member of the Friends of the Hunley. Members get a once a year invite to see close-up the progress being made on restoring it. Very, very cool. However, it was basically a cast-iron coffin that took the lives of several crews including the one that successfully sunk a Union ship.
 
They have a true cult following. They actually work very well and on pretty sound principals. Basically a relatively low power burner is used under a VERY heavy steel plate. The plate has a trough built into it leading to a grease collection and drain off container. So the process is simple the burner heats up the plate and no direct heat/flame is exposed to the food being cooked so the food cooks with more of a radiant manner (like an oven). Some grease and juices will run down the plate and smoke off giving the "BBQ flavor" but without flames. Grease is drained off into a small bucket by opening a valve on the side of the grill. The collection pan can also be used for steaming by filling with water, beer, wine and so on for additional flavor if you're into that. The burner is not even adjustable. It's on or off. There is another grill using the same operation EXCEPT it has an adjustable high power burner. It's made by Phoenix and also has quite the cult following
 
I remember these Holland Grills from about 25 years ago. They were expensive and held in high regard back then. Seemed to have dropped off the retail scene for a long time. I never used one or saw it in action.
 
Hmmm, thanks guys. I have no interest in it other than the fact that it was priced at $250 and clearly looks like a 3-4 decades old grill. I figured either it is just one of the many delusional people that have been listing grills so far this spring or it must be a grill that was and is a quality grill from back in the day.
 
Jason in CA said:
I just came across this and wondered about it. What got me curious was the price. Never heard of them before but I looked it up and found out a little.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/297692794240267/

Im not interested but I am curious. Anyone have experience with one of those?
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No personal experience - yet - but these are REALLY GREAT charcoal grills. I wish that I had been given one of these instead of my Green Egg. Like the Big Green Egg, they have excellent heat control and you can do both scorching hot or low and slow. Where it trumps the Egg is that it is bigger, much easier and very much safer to move and it can do true 2-zone indirect grilling.

These are not as well known, but BBQers like Meathead give them rave reviews. $600 is pretty steep for a used one, but he does have the really nice, updated model with all the doodads. You will rarely find an old used one, but if you are fortunate you can sometimes get them cheap. The older model looks pretty homely but still performs just about as well. The old ones are usually plain silver on a stainless cart.
 
I just went to their website. They seem to have similar construction to the Q's. Even better in some ways. It looks like what the discontinued charcoal Q could have been. But you say it has more space than the egg. So the picture is making it look deceptively small.
 
PK makes great grills. Not many around where I live though. I have tried to score a couple of bargains, but was never quick enough.
 
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