Rusted Bottom - Can this grill be saved?

[Willard]

Rookie question of the day:

This is a Spirit 210 rescued grill. Not sure if I should salvage the parts or try to bring it back to life. Top is decent but bottom is gone. Which parts will I need in order to save it? More importantly, is it worthy?

 

[Colin]

Those are great cooking grills but their low cost would negate any possibility of restoring I would think. That one may need to go to the curb. Just my two cents and I admit, I don't know anything.

 

[Ed P]

I agree with Colin...I don't know anything either.

But it has no collector value (other than to a scrap collector), so if it were me I wouldn't bother. Unless it has personal significance for you, your time and talents would be better spent elsewhere.

And that makes four cents (2 from Colin, 2 from me).

 

[BPratt]

Rookie question of the day:

This is a Spirit 210 rescued grill. Not sure if I should salvage the parts or try to bring it back to life. Top is decent but bottom is gone. Which parts will I need in order to save it? More importantly, is it worthy?

Pull off the knobs, thermometer, tank scale regulator assembly, and maybe the cooking grids and throw the rest away.

 

[Joe Anshien]

I have "fixed" a couple of these and others models with the same problem. Some I just replaced with plywood and painted it, some I was able to rescue by screwing wood blocks inside to the bottom and sides to hold the bottom back on after grinding and painting. It is a shame as the grill holds up but the cabinet is absolute crap design. The weight of the grill pushes the middle of the bottom down creating a well for water to sit and rust it to pieces.

 

[Ed P]

I have "fixed" a couple of these and others models with the same problem. Some I just replaced with plywood and painted it, some I was able to rescue by screwing wood blocks inside to the bottom and sides to hold the bottom back on after grinding and painting. It is a shame as the grill holds up but the cabinet is absolute crap design. The weight of the grill pushes the middle of the bottom down creating a well for water to sit and rust it to pieces.

Joe, what is the resale value of one of these?

 

[Willard]

Thanks for the advice. I’ll save those parts mentioned. How about the lid and the cookbox? Are those worth keeping?

 

[Joe Anshien]

Joe, what is the resale value of one of these?

Depends on how they look. The Genesis 330 came out great and sold for about 250 I think. The 2 burner Spirits I did to basically keep them out of the trash and got maybe $120.
Here are some pics
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After

 

[BPratt]

Thanks for the advice. I’ll save those parts mentioned. How about the lid and the cookbox? Are those worth keeping?

Lid maybe since it will fit on other models. Firebox no

 

[BPratt]

Lid maybe since it will fit on other models. Firebox no

Correction- The lid is unique to that 2 burner model.

 

[Bruce]

Yah, that is too far gone to restore. I am picking up this Genesis E330 tomorrow, but it will be strictly a parts grill. The SS grates are probably worth the 30 mile drive alone.

 

[Willard]

Bruce, for my education, why are you not repairing that Genesis E330 ? Is excessive rust in the bottom a reason NOT to pursue a restore?

I'm sure others have noticed that as the summer ends and cold weather starts to creep in, folks are looking to clean up and dispose of their old/neglected grills.

 

[Bruce]

Willard, I am pretty sure that not only is the bottom shot, but the sides, back and drip pan holder, legs are all shot as well. Replacing them would be way to expensive to make a buck on a flip (I think a new floor alone is about $70). I could cobble job a floor in there and maybe the other parts, but that is just not what I want to do for a rehab. I could maybe do something like that for a giveaway, but not a rehab/flip grill.

 

[Steve Hoch]

Depends on how they look. The Genesis 330 came out great and sold for about 250 I think. The 2 burner Spirits I did to basically keep them out of the trash and got maybe $120.
Here are some pics
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After
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Joe, whatever you did to that grill it came out great!

 

[BPratt]

Leg rot is very difficult to repair properly. Floors can be done but it works out to about $70 whether you buy the part as Bruce mentioned or fabricate the part. That $70 is before you do any other part replacements

 

[Ed P]

Joe, whatever you did to that grill it came out great!

Yeah, that Joe...his polishin' arm is twice the size of his other one!

 

[Steve Hoch]

Yeah, that Joe...his polishin' arm is twice the size of his other one!

Not only that, but the way he fixed that rotted out floor pan!

 

[Joe Anshien]

Thanks for the compliments. $70 for a new floor and that grill polished up is at least $300 around here. People love those big E3XX grills.

 

[Bruce]

Yah, I can easily get $300 plus, closer to $400 for one of the E3xx grills. If it is just a floor, then $70 is well worth it. However, around here, the cancer spreads from the floor to the sides, back, legs and drip tray holder very quickly.