John-NY
TVWBB Pro
I needed Flavorizer Bars for a Silver A but didn’t want to purchase any.
I realized I had the long x000 Stainless Steel Flavorizer Bars laying around from other grills. Since I already bought new ones for the x000 flips, I had the idea to cut and bend the used ones so they fit in the Silver A. It worked perfectly.
What I used:
- Reciprocating Saw with Metal Cutting Blade
- Jawhorse (to hold the bars for cutting and to bend them
Basically I measured the proper length for a Silver A Flavorizer Bar, put a bar into the Jawhorse and cut it to length with the reciprocating saw (marked the cut with a sharpie).
Then I placed the bar into the Jawhorse jaws and used the foot lever to “squish” the bar to the correct width (so that it fits in between the Silver A Flavorizer Bar slots in the cookbox).
I squished the bar a little bit 3 times, Left, Center, and Right.
I used the cutoff piece as a template to mark and cut the next Bar, and repeated for all 5 Flavorizer Bars.
I only attempted this because they were Stainless Steel. It worked perfectly.
Obviously if you need to, just substitute the reciprocating saw for your other favorite metal cutting tool, and the Jawhorse made bending a breeze but I’m sure there’s a bunch of other ways.
This would probably work for a Silver B also without having to squish them to width.
Not sure if anyone here does this so I just figured a lot of people probably throw out used bars and now maybe they can be recycled.
I guess my perspective for this is that most buyers (from my experience) don’t care at all what a Silver A condition is (i.e - Shiny Flavorizer Bars), and you can’t make a ton of profit from them, but there is a lot more upside profit-wise for having Shiny New in a x000.
Either way, not trying to start a discussion on selling theory, but just wanted to pass this along in case it helps someone.
Here’s a picture of the right end being “squished”:
I realized I had the long x000 Stainless Steel Flavorizer Bars laying around from other grills. Since I already bought new ones for the x000 flips, I had the idea to cut and bend the used ones so they fit in the Silver A. It worked perfectly.
What I used:
- Reciprocating Saw with Metal Cutting Blade
- Jawhorse (to hold the bars for cutting and to bend them
Basically I measured the proper length for a Silver A Flavorizer Bar, put a bar into the Jawhorse and cut it to length with the reciprocating saw (marked the cut with a sharpie).
Then I placed the bar into the Jawhorse jaws and used the foot lever to “squish” the bar to the correct width (so that it fits in between the Silver A Flavorizer Bar slots in the cookbox).
I squished the bar a little bit 3 times, Left, Center, and Right.
I used the cutoff piece as a template to mark and cut the next Bar, and repeated for all 5 Flavorizer Bars.
I only attempted this because they were Stainless Steel. It worked perfectly.
Obviously if you need to, just substitute the reciprocating saw for your other favorite metal cutting tool, and the Jawhorse made bending a breeze but I’m sure there’s a bunch of other ways.
This would probably work for a Silver B also without having to squish them to width.
Not sure if anyone here does this so I just figured a lot of people probably throw out used bars and now maybe they can be recycled.
I guess my perspective for this is that most buyers (from my experience) don’t care at all what a Silver A condition is (i.e - Shiny Flavorizer Bars), and you can’t make a ton of profit from them, but there is a lot more upside profit-wise for having Shiny New in a x000.
Either way, not trying to start a discussion on selling theory, but just wanted to pass this along in case it helps someone.
Here’s a picture of the right end being “squished”:
