Gord Brink
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Fridays here are garbage day and Thursday night as I rounded a corner down the street from home I noticed a grill by the curb.....a large grill. I backed up for a closer look and was shocked/surprised/excited to see a Weber Summit Gold in what appeared to be darn good shape. So I zipped the remainder of the way home, kissed the wife and told her that I'd be right back.....A little back story here.. We just Monday took delivery of a brand new Napoleon 500 after shopping about a month for a good quality grill so I was aware of the Weber Summits. Anyway, I speed walk back down around the corner and wheeled the behemoth back home, much to my wife's displeasure. "We just bought a new grill" she says. I calm her down and begin to assess the grill. Standing back and looking at it it appears in very nice condition. Wiped down the knob area, side shelves (that all work perfectly) and they're like new. I'm getting pretty excited. I lift the lid and the SS grates are all there (x3) and in used but very good condition. removing those I do find that the flavorizer bars and in pretty rough shape with one exhibiting some total rust through. But, knowing how pricey those are I set them aside instead of discarding to see if I can salvage them somehow. Now to the burners...they're there but two of the three cross-over bars are missing and it's obvious a new burner set is required. Also the igniter system doesn't seem to be working and the small gas collection boxes are all (x3) rusted away to pretty much nothing. If I can get the existing ignition system to fire I might just get replacement boxes instead of a completely new system but 3 of those appear to cost nearly as much as the replacement kit itself so we'll see.
I've done some reading here about the Summits having rust issues on the front of the firebox. This unit doesn't seem to be exhibiting this issue whatsoever. Looking up and under where the knobs are I can see that the gas tubes on this grill come through what looks to be a stainless panel that is in excellent condition (whew!).
The biggest concern with this grill is the lower shelf. It's pretty much shot from rust. The back panel too has some pretty severe rust at the bottom lip. In researching replacement parts I was happy to see that the bottom panel was still available but WOW, that price ($150+)!! Has anyone used a bottom from another model that might work? Seems that I read somewhere here that someone used a bottom from another model but I can't find that thread again now. Any DIY versions? I was considering making my own bottom with some scrap material laying around here or maybe getting something fabricated at a friends shop. He's going to media blast the flavorizer bars and cooking grates to clean them up some for me already. Doors are in perfect condition other than one doesn't operate properly due to the rotten bottom (really not an issue with the door itself. I think that one issue that has caused much of the rusting issue on these grills is the use of dissimilar metals. Never a wise idea.
Other than all of that, after I cleaned this grill up, it looks great. This is my first post here so I'm not versed in how to post images but I might do so once I figure out how.
Great site by the way. Very informative!!
Oh, by the way, the model number is 5270001. If someone could help me identify the specific model that would be great. I know only that it's a 6 burner model and I see B6, D6, etc. discussed here. Not 100% certain what I'm dealing with.
Thanks
I've done some reading here about the Summits having rust issues on the front of the firebox. This unit doesn't seem to be exhibiting this issue whatsoever. Looking up and under where the knobs are I can see that the gas tubes on this grill come through what looks to be a stainless panel that is in excellent condition (whew!).
The biggest concern with this grill is the lower shelf. It's pretty much shot from rust. The back panel too has some pretty severe rust at the bottom lip. In researching replacement parts I was happy to see that the bottom panel was still available but WOW, that price ($150+)!! Has anyone used a bottom from another model that might work? Seems that I read somewhere here that someone used a bottom from another model but I can't find that thread again now. Any DIY versions? I was considering making my own bottom with some scrap material laying around here or maybe getting something fabricated at a friends shop. He's going to media blast the flavorizer bars and cooking grates to clean them up some for me already. Doors are in perfect condition other than one doesn't operate properly due to the rotten bottom (really not an issue with the door itself. I think that one issue that has caused much of the rusting issue on these grills is the use of dissimilar metals. Never a wise idea.
Other than all of that, after I cleaned this grill up, it looks great. This is my first post here so I'm not versed in how to post images but I might do so once I figure out how.
Great site by the way. Very informative!!
Oh, by the way, the model number is 5270001. If someone could help me identify the specific model that would be great. I know only that it's a 6 burner model and I see B6, D6, etc. discussed here. Not 100% certain what I'm dealing with.
Thanks