After having hijacked Sam Bee's thread on his restoration, I figured I better start my own.
I bought this grill new sometime around when they first came out. Performance and looks have degraded as of late and I was thinking about getting one of the new Genesis models. During some googling on the differences between the new models I stumbled upon this site. The obsession folks here have with this grill seduced me into deciding to refurb the one I have rather than getting a new one. The fact that I'm a sucker for doing this kind of stuff helped of course....
So I got Weber to send me a new hood under warrantee (see my rusted out one below). Unfortunately it's a black one instead of a stainless one. Lots of good dialogue on Sam's thread about which is better. I am still liking the looks of the all stainless, so later in the restoration I'll make the call.
I bought new burners from Weber, a new regulator and igniter, and a set of rcplanebuyer's 9mm stainless rod grates. Holy cow are those suckers heavy!
So here's some "before" pictures.....
Hood and grates:
Left and Right shelves and control panel:
Inside and outside of the doors:
From the rear:
Getting close to the max number of images that can be posted, so to be continued.....
I bought this grill new sometime around when they first came out. Performance and looks have degraded as of late and I was thinking about getting one of the new Genesis models. During some googling on the differences between the new models I stumbled upon this site. The obsession folks here have with this grill seduced me into deciding to refurb the one I have rather than getting a new one. The fact that I'm a sucker for doing this kind of stuff helped of course....
So I got Weber to send me a new hood under warrantee (see my rusted out one below). Unfortunately it's a black one instead of a stainless one. Lots of good dialogue on Sam's thread about which is better. I am still liking the looks of the all stainless, so later in the restoration I'll make the call.
I bought new burners from Weber, a new regulator and igniter, and a set of rcplanebuyer's 9mm stainless rod grates. Holy cow are those suckers heavy!
So here's some "before" pictures.....
Hood and grates:
Left and Right shelves and control panel:
Inside and outside of the doors:
From the rear:
Getting close to the max number of images that can be posted, so to be continued.....