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LMichaels said:
Just a quick tip on those half burners. Nothing stopping anyone from taking a standard dual burner and cutting half off. There is a separator inside there. Just cut to the side of it you want to discard. Since even though the H burner looks like one it's actually 2
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Larry, would that cause flame issues? Pushing the same amount of gas into half a burner seems like it would result in bigger flames.
 
Cody Bratton said:
Quite the collection of rehab candidates! Selling as a whole lot. Going to need a Ryder truck!

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Edit - after looking thru the listing, it looks like there are a couple new in box replacement wheels there.
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He's going to have a hard time getting someone to take everything all at once.
 
Steve Hoch said:
He's going to have a hard time getting someone to take everything all at once.
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Agreed. I would be curious to know what he would be looking for. I see some pretty good potential in those photos. But I highly doubt someone is going to pay what one might think that it's worth. I think we all get it, in restored, and good working order, there is a LOT of money worth of grills there. In it's current state, I think he'd be hard pressed to get anything near $750-1000
 
Josh Dekubber said:
I agree 100% Jon. Maybe people don't understand how good they are or maybe they're put off by the look of the grill. I'm not sure. I don't understand a lot of the thinking nowadays.
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I showed the picture that Bruce posted of that Broil Master to my 31 year old daughter, to your point about maybe people are put off by the look she thought it was hideous looking. I did give her my Redhead 1000 5 or 6 years ago which she likes so she is not totally against old grills. I must say I'm not exactly in love with the look either but everyone is different.
 
Brian, that doesn't surprise me one bit. I would fully expect that the average 30 year old would prefer a newer style gas grill over the older style ones. The overall BM design was pretty common place prior to the mid 80's when Weber came out with the colored porcelain coated lids with side controls. You won't find a lot of 30 year olds that would think a 1970 GTO is a great looking car.
 
I definitely agree that the the classic Broilmaster's look has become way out of date and frumpy to many. Then try to get well north of a grand for their Made in USA build, and you can see why Broilmaster is not a major player. I would love, however, for someone like Tom Horsman to do a video comparing grilling capabilities of a Broilmaster vs. a "classic" Weber vs. one or two contemporary grills. I think the Broilmaster would do very well in that comparison.

Broilmaster did come out with an all stainless more modern grill, keeping the trademark "waterfall" grates. I think they missed an opportunity, because it just looks like all the other stainless grills. So, again, they don't get much notice. Maybe if they had combined the stainless with some COLOR and made something that stood out as different, they might have gotten more attention.

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I have say at first I wasn't that excited about the look of Broilmaster grills but they're definitely growing on me and I think when done right they look pretty Sharp. I tend to like older things though and not so much the newer stuff. For one thing I just prefer the look of vintage things and for another thing I know that vintage stuff is most times built right and built to last versus the new shiny modern stuff is just built to last a couple years or just past the warranty. They just don't build stuff like they used too and I don't believe they ever will again. This makes me want to get my hands on any vintage things that I can get that I might need before I can't get them anymore.

As far as Broilmaster performance and build quality I have to agree with Jon. They're pretty great to grill with. Right now my P4 is my favorite grill for Steaks but nothing's perfect and that's okay. I prefer to do my burgers on my Genesis 1000 and Genesis Junior. I like to do my pizzas in my newer Genesis ii LX grills. I think all of the grills that I use are great in their own way and some are better at some things than others. These are just my opinions nothing more.
 
Jon Tofte said:
I definitely agree that the the classic Broilmaster's look has become way out of date and frumpy to many. Then try to get well north of a grand for their Made in USA build, and you can see why Broilmaster is not a major player. I would love, however, for someone like Tom Horsman to do a video comparing grilling capabilities of a Broilmaster vs. a "classic" Weber vs. one or two contemporary grills. I think the Broilmaster would do very well in that comparison.

Broilmaster did come out with an all stainless more modern grill, keeping the trademark "waterfall" grates. I think they missed an opportunity, because it just looks like all the other stainless grills. So, again, they don't get much notice. Maybe if they had combined the stainless with some COLOR and made something that stood out as different, they might have gotten more attention.

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IDK Jon Looking at those SS offerings and the features they look awfully darn nice to me
 
LMichaels said:
IDK Jon Looking at those SS offerings and the features they look awfully darn nice to me
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Absolutely, Larry! They ARE nice, and it is a shame not many seem to notice. I just think that adding a little color would make them stand out. Maybe even just the control panel. One thing I like about my Vieluxe project is that even though it is all stainless, the design is just enough different and has enough black trim and knobs to not be an also ran. Still, some black or blue or red trim I think could have been cool. Like you said about the 1st gen Summit we have both owned, "It looks like Sean Connery in a tux!"

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Take away the striking contrast of the black hood, control panels, and frame, though, and it would be just another silver grill.
 
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