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I hear you Cody. I'm trying to stay focused also. There are so many variables in picking up grills - cost, free, condition, rarity, proximity, desire of a certain model, where I can hide it before my wife comes home from work, ect....

But I really enjoy seeing these photos of strange grills from yesteryear like the one you posted. I love seeing how Weber evolved and invented their signature look from grills past and also how Weber shaped the look of grills beyond.
 
Bruce said:
Unless the cook box is very lightly gunked up, I would start with a putty knife. About 2". Just scrape it out. Then if you think it needs more, a grill cleaner and some household SS steel wool will finish it off. Simple green in place of the grill cleaner would work as well.
This is the steel wool I am referring too.
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So I was over at my sister's and brother in law's for Thanksgiving tonight. It was a really nice time with the family. Afterwards my brother in law showed me his grill that I mentioned earlier that needs cleaning. Man, the thing is built like a tank. For being 12 years old it's in excellent shape but just needs some scaping and charcoal box cleaning.

I think your advice above Bruce will work great. Thanks. It should not be hard to do a general cleaning with little or no disassembly.

This is the smallest grill Meadow Creek makes and they don't make it anymore. My brother in law only does charcoal grilling and a little bit of smoking. I was really impressed by the build.

Since he only does only charcoal grilling I bought him a Thermomaven propane torch (black Friday deal on Amazon $49.99) that I'm going to give him for Christmas. I understand they work well for igniting the coals.20251127_205141.jpg20251127_205159.jpg
 

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Steve Hoch said:
I was always a Genesis 1000 guy, but in the short time I've had my Gold C I have really come to love everything about it and I never thought I would say that.
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Steve, I was curious about your change of heart with the Gold C. Do you find it's because of a cooking performance factor of the Gold C vs. the Genesis 1000's? Or the asthetics of the Gold C or maybe the functional layout of the tables? It's a beautiful looking model.

Although I have worked on 3 burner Silver B's I've only have had a lot of experience cooking on my Silver A and Genesis 1000.

$150 seems like a good deal for something in as good of condition as the photos show. I've never seen anything like that come up in our area.
 
Val Deale said:
Steve, I was curious about your change of heart with the Gold C. Do you find it's because of a cooking performance factor of the Gold C vs. the Genesis 1000's? Or the asthetics of the Gold C or maybe the functional layout of the tables? It's a beautiful looking model
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Probably not so much a change of heart as I still wouldn't want a Silver A, B, or C as I have always found them to be visually unappealing although still good cookers. This Gold C just pushed all the right buttons. I got it for free, it was in like new condition to begin with, and I just appreciate it's looks as well as how solidly built it still was compared to what I was used to. I quickly got used to it's slightly different cooking character and also was impressed at how much faster it heated up as well as it's fuel efficiency compared to a Genesis 1000.
Val Deale said:
$150 seems like a good deal for something in as good of condition as the photos show. I've never seen anything like that come up in our area.
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$150 for one in that good of condition isn't terrible. I would still try to get it down to $100 though. Like I mentioned before, even if you paid full price you would either have the nicest grill that $150 would buy or something you could still make money on in the spring with a thorough cleaning.
 
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