Aloha~ This is my first post trying to get my new-to-me Weber grill up and running. I’ll try and post some pictures as I rehab the old red-top.
To make it functional, at this point, I need a center burner and Weber doesn’t sell just that. At some point a crossover pipe would be good too…
The firebox has some holes in it and the slider brackets for the drip tray are barely hanging on.
I have some skills with sheet metal and am thinking to use some stainless steel salvaged from a fridge door to rebuild the floor of the firebox, perhaps using SS rivets, then anchoring the slider brackets to that.
I’m also thinking that I can make a drip tray (apologies for not knowing all the correct terminology and I hope the idea comes across…) either from the same stainless or maybe some galvanized sheet metal like what is used for furnace plenums etc.
The enamel (?) red finish of the cover is in excellent shape and I’ll get some high temp paint for the sides of the cover and the rest of the box.
The wood slats need to be replaced and I’ve seen mention of teak in a post but wondering about more locally available alternatives.
We;ve wanted a grill for some time now but couldn’t justify spending the hundreds that some new ones cost, and seeing so many of the newer (mostly SS ones) offered for free on Craigslist and Nextdoor and seeing their poor condition, realizing that some of that may be from lack of or poor maintenance, but also seeing a quality difference in many newer things…..planned obsolescence reigns supreme…heh heh.
Anyway, open to any suggestions or ideas some of you who have infinitely more experience with these grills than I do.
To make it functional, at this point, I need a center burner and Weber doesn’t sell just that. At some point a crossover pipe would be good too…
The firebox has some holes in it and the slider brackets for the drip tray are barely hanging on.
I have some skills with sheet metal and am thinking to use some stainless steel salvaged from a fridge door to rebuild the floor of the firebox, perhaps using SS rivets, then anchoring the slider brackets to that.
I’m also thinking that I can make a drip tray (apologies for not knowing all the correct terminology and I hope the idea comes across…) either from the same stainless or maybe some galvanized sheet metal like what is used for furnace plenums etc.
The enamel (?) red finish of the cover is in excellent shape and I’ll get some high temp paint for the sides of the cover and the rest of the box.
The wood slats need to be replaced and I’ve seen mention of teak in a post but wondering about more locally available alternatives.
We;ve wanted a grill for some time now but couldn’t justify spending the hundreds that some new ones cost, and seeing so many of the newer (mostly SS ones) offered for free on Craigslist and Nextdoor and seeing their poor condition, realizing that some of that may be from lack of or poor maintenance, but also seeing a quality difference in many newer things…..planned obsolescence reigns supreme…heh heh.
Anyway, open to any suggestions or ideas some of you who have infinitely more experience with these grills than I do.