The Weber forums have been an excellent way for me to learn about grills. I was just looking to replace my crappy CharBroil because I really didn't know or think there was much to a grill. Heck, I was still saying that I BBQ'd.. even though it was all NG or LP, see I'm already learning. Once I got past that and was looking for grill education, I was seeing a trend that everything and everyone kept pointing back to Weber. A little more digging and I decided why not spend a little extra for a Weber, besides living in SoCal affords me the opportunity to grill just as much if not more than using a stove and oven. I was amzed and please to see how much fanfare and support Webers got, so decided I would go the Weber route. Only problem is, I still could not find one in my price range even used, let alone just find a listing. Seems whenever one got listed it was gone immediately.
Then I learned that new Weber's are now manufactured in China. That's all good and fine but I really wanted to know I could still get parts and materials easily and afforably, more-over I also learned that really the internals of a Weber are quire similar and at times inter-changeable. Then, last week I saw a posted CL ad for a "Gas Grill - working $60". After having clicked on a thousand similar ads I was stoked to see a Weber emblem on the grill, though this was not a model I had seen or knew about but I didn't even care at that point. I immedately went down and offered the asking $60 no haggle and hauled it off. Grill was in working condition with an original Weber cover and a new full propane tank. Looking at the internals I saw the burners are in great shape and likely repalced at one point. The flavorizers and smoker box on this were done for, thanks to you all on these forums I checked out rcplaneguy on eBay and got bars and grates on order.. Woohoo! Now after more research I was learning about refurbs on these grills and that the "redheads" look amazing when they are properly rehauled. I'll admit that I do love the classic look since this one still has the wood slats (alebit missing a side table). Now I'm learning about making this thing useable again, realizing this is my first I'm not gonna do everything but I'm already pleased with the look and progress. Had a bunch of screws rotted out so that's going to be a pain to replace but I'll get there.
So far total cost: Grill $60 + Bars $73 + Grate $85 + High Heat Paint $8 = $226. Still cheaper than a new model but with the cool looks you can't buy anymore
Here's a couple of quick pics and a link to my blog where I have a couple more pics: http://racezilla.blogspot.com/2014/09/refurbishing-ol-redhead-weber-genesis.html
You guys all have done incredible rebuilds and this one is not even close to par with that, but given my inexperience here I'm very confident this will still look great while adding some years to it's life. Can't wait to rock some Smoked Salmon and a couple of strip steaks on this baby!!
Thanks for the inspiration and information to motivate me in getting this started.
Then I learned that new Weber's are now manufactured in China. That's all good and fine but I really wanted to know I could still get parts and materials easily and afforably, more-over I also learned that really the internals of a Weber are quire similar and at times inter-changeable. Then, last week I saw a posted CL ad for a "Gas Grill - working $60". After having clicked on a thousand similar ads I was stoked to see a Weber emblem on the grill, though this was not a model I had seen or knew about but I didn't even care at that point. I immedately went down and offered the asking $60 no haggle and hauled it off. Grill was in working condition with an original Weber cover and a new full propane tank. Looking at the internals I saw the burners are in great shape and likely repalced at one point. The flavorizers and smoker box on this were done for, thanks to you all on these forums I checked out rcplaneguy on eBay and got bars and grates on order.. Woohoo! Now after more research I was learning about refurbs on these grills and that the "redheads" look amazing when they are properly rehauled. I'll admit that I do love the classic look since this one still has the wood slats (alebit missing a side table). Now I'm learning about making this thing useable again, realizing this is my first I'm not gonna do everything but I'm already pleased with the look and progress. Had a bunch of screws rotted out so that's going to be a pain to replace but I'll get there.
So far total cost: Grill $60 + Bars $73 + Grate $85 + High Heat Paint $8 = $226. Still cheaper than a new model but with the cool looks you can't buy anymore
Here's a couple of quick pics and a link to my blog where I have a couple more pics: http://racezilla.blogspot.com/2014/09/refurbishing-ol-redhead-weber-genesis.html
You guys all have done incredible rebuilds and this one is not even close to par with that, but given my inexperience here I'm very confident this will still look great while adding some years to it's life. Can't wait to rock some Smoked Salmon and a couple of strip steaks on this baby!!
Thanks for the inspiration and information to motivate me in getting this started.
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