Jon Tofte
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
Saturday was BBQ day at our local Ace Hardware stores. I also had to meet with one of my tax clients in the morning. So, the morning and lunch time were already spoken for. And I have a tax return due May 15 that still isn't finished. But even my wife said I should take time and do some grills
. So, FINALLY, I have started...
With only an afternoon and early evening to work with, I decided a kettle grill rehab was my best hope of getting something ready to flip. See my post under charcoal grills:
https://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?77440-My-first-flip-grill-of-the-season&p=851758#post851758
I also used the time to repair and partially clean the Genesis Silver I continue to use as a daily driver until I finish my Platinum. So many projects
! The plastic adapter that connects the reglator to the LP tank broke and with it went who knows how much gas. This is one strike against the idea of leaving an LP tank open. I had picked up on the idea here that you shouldn't "bleed" your burners and manifold but leave them pressurized. OK, but I think an open tank valve is not such a good idea. Lesson learned.
I also took time to address a tragic thermonuclear meltdown that happened to my Skyline. Apparently, somehow or another the middle burner was knocked loose without me noticing. I lit the grill to make a lunch and came back out expecting to find a hot grill ready for grilling . It was hot alright! 
A flame had caught at the manifold melting two of the control knobs, the igniter and generally making a disaster. I was fortunate, of course, that my whole deck and house didn't go up in flames.
So, I also used my "first day back" to disassemble the control panel, manifold and burners on the Skyline. I was able to scrape and chisel off the melted plastic and with a lot of effort also remove the igniter that was badly melted. To Weber's credit, even with this meltdown, smoke, stuck on plastic, etc. the control panel cleaned up almost perfectly with just Simple Green and 0000
!
I still have to dig into my Weber shed to find my supply of black knobs and a replacement igniter cover. I have replacement igniters themselves in my regular house shed. That is something I can hopefully do during the week, so soon my Skyline will be back up and running. I was very fortunate that my deck Chernobyl incident did not damage any of the wood slats or other aspects of my favorite grill.
And, I am fortunate to not have suffered injury or major property loss. Another lesson learned!
. So, FINALLY, I have started...With only an afternoon and early evening to work with, I decided a kettle grill rehab was my best hope of getting something ready to flip. See my post under charcoal grills:
https://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?77440-My-first-flip-grill-of-the-season&p=851758#post851758
I also used the time to repair and partially clean the Genesis Silver I continue to use as a daily driver until I finish my Platinum. So many projects
! The plastic adapter that connects the reglator to the LP tank broke and with it went who knows how much gas. This is one strike against the idea of leaving an LP tank open. I had picked up on the idea here that you shouldn't "bleed" your burners and manifold but leave them pressurized. OK, but I think an open tank valve is not such a good idea. Lesson learned.I also took time to address a tragic thermonuclear meltdown that happened to my Skyline
. Apparently, somehow or another the middle burner was knocked loose without me noticing. I lit the grill to make a lunch and came back out expecting to find a hot grill ready for grilling . It was hot alright! A flame had caught at the manifold melting two of the control knobs, the igniter and generally making a disaster. I was fortunate, of course, that my whole deck and house didn't go up in flames.So, I also used my "first day back" to disassemble the control panel, manifold and burners on the Skyline. I was able to scrape and chisel off the melted plastic and with a lot of effort also remove the igniter that was badly melted. To Weber's credit, even with this meltdown, smoke, stuck on plastic, etc. the control panel cleaned up almost perfectly with just Simple Green and 0000
! I still have to dig into my Weber shed to find my supply of black knobs and a replacement igniter cover. I have replacement igniters themselves in my regular house shed. That is something I can hopefully do during the week, so soon my Skyline will be back up and running. I was very fortunate that my deck Chernobyl incident did not damage any of the wood slats or other aspects of my favorite grill.
And, I am fortunate to not have suffered injury or major property loss. Another lesson learned!
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. The employees were wearing black T-shirts with a bbq theme and Ace, Weber and Traeger logos prominently displayed. I asked him if they were selling those, and he said, “No.” Then he surprised me and offered to sell me one anyway since he “had the technology.” I figured that was code for unauthorized sale, but I did pay $9.00. It was fun to get out of my home office and check out bbq stuff.