Sam Ruby
New member
Hey all,
I partially restored a 2005 Weber Performer Deluxe a few years ago (after wanting one for quite some time). Since then I have gotten into snake method smoking, and picked up a free offset smoker.
I love smoking and charcoal, but lately I have been missing the convenience of propane and propane accessories. If I just want a couple hotdogs I don't want to light up some coals and wait... So I've been scouring FB Marketplace for free/cheap Weber grills. I wanted something mid-2000s to restore.
I have a couple of great candidates right now: A Genesis Gold B (Still haven't deduced the year), and a Genesis Silver. I've got one of them completely disassembled and have a bunch of new parts to add. Today I removed some rust from the Genny Gold, hit the box with some oven cleaner, and gave it a hit with the pressure washer and foam cannon.
Tomorrow I will be getting that rusty hinge pin unstuck and doing some more cleaning/prep. My goal is to have it ready for some chicken by this weekend.
The other Silver was in much worse shape, and I think I will probably end up giving it a good cleaning out and handing it over to one of our tenants. She's been grilling on a knockoff/Walmart Smokey Joe and it looks like a pain in the ***.
I partially restored a 2005 Weber Performer Deluxe a few years ago (after wanting one for quite some time). Since then I have gotten into snake method smoking, and picked up a free offset smoker.
I love smoking and charcoal, but lately I have been missing the convenience of propane and propane accessories. If I just want a couple hotdogs I don't want to light up some coals and wait... So I've been scouring FB Marketplace for free/cheap Weber grills. I wanted something mid-2000s to restore.
I have a couple of great candidates right now: A Genesis Gold B (Still haven't deduced the year), and a Genesis Silver. I've got one of them completely disassembled and have a bunch of new parts to add. Today I removed some rust from the Genny Gold, hit the box with some oven cleaner, and gave it a hit with the pressure washer and foam cannon.
Tomorrow I will be getting that rusty hinge pin unstuck and doing some more cleaning/prep. My goal is to have it ready for some chicken by this weekend.
The other Silver was in much worse shape, and I think I will probably end up giving it a good cleaning out and handing it over to one of our tenants. She's been grilling on a knockoff/Walmart Smokey Joe and it looks like a pain in the ***.