The Wedding Grill


 
Ed_T said:
My only question is whether you are delivering it to Florida? Taking that Skyline on a road trip?:)
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No, ironically the young man got a nice job in central Illinois less than two hours from me. I am going to try to deliver this week. His father still lives in Florida and still loves my old Skyline😎.

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I have a 2-burner Skyline, so I am still in the club, but I have something better in the works.🤫
 
Jon Tofte said:
No, ironically the young man got a nice job in central Illinois less than two hours from me. I am going to try to deliver this week. His father still lives in Florida and still loves my old Skyline😎.

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I have a 2-burner Skyline, so I am still in the club, but I have something better in the works.🤫
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Still waiting to find out what it is!
 
I have to ask, What is the difference between the Skyline 1200 and the Red Genesis 1000? I picked the 1000 up on whim on the side of the road many years ago. After grates, burners, flavorizers (BBQ guys SS grates, burners and warmer) and a general good cleaning I still use the 1000 at my vacation home at the beach. It is one of 4 Weber grills that have took up residence in one way or another. (Q2200, Q1000, 320 special edition and the Genesis 1000) the Q grills stay in the motor home bays. They are perfect for camping! I did pick up another 1000 in Goodwill (It was screaming take me home). Cleaned it up and just about gifted it to my neighbor in need of a good grill. Nothing like a new Weber owner to spoil!! Everyone have a great day!!
 
Wedding Present Delivered

Today was the day to bring the “Wedding Grill” to the happy young couple. It was a nice trip across rural Illinois, and they treated me to a home cooked dinner. The young man showed me two really nice steaks he plans to use for his new grill’s inaugral cook. I told him to enjoy the shiny new appearance today, because it won’t look like this for long!😊

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They look like a VERY nice "deserving" couple. I am sure they will treasure that gift and nurture to hand down to their kids
 
Jon Tofte said:
One of my favorite Sunday School kids from years ago is now all grown up and just got married last month.

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His father owns my dream Skyline grill I sold to him when we left Florida, and he even helped me with some grill projects as a teenager. So he has learned to love classic Weber grills. When I saw “grill” on their gift registry, I told him to consider that covered😎!

This grill was as slow as molasses, like most of mine, but I am very happy how it came out.

Sandblasted firebox and rust treated frame made a good foundation:
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I did the whole valve disassembly, cleaning and lubrication:

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Along with new 304 stainless burners, I threw in a set of Dave Santana/rcplanebuyer 13-bar flavorizers and my one set of Midwest Hearth grates, a promising brand that popped up and then disappeared from Amazon:
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Probably the most time consuming aspect was staining and applying three coats of spar urethane to the red oak shelves and matching handle a friend made for me. The drying times dragged this out as I could only do one side of the slats at a time:

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I wouldn’t begin to compare my woodwork with the amazing work done by @Josh Dekubber but I really like how the light oak sets off the black hood and framework:

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WEDDING PRESENT 👰🤵READY TO DELIVER!

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Wow! The grill looks great!
 
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