Weber Propane tank cover alternative


 
Just an interesting fact for the day...when I worked at GE, we got a memo from Health and Human Services barring us from plasma cutting stainless steel. Turns out the heat can cause a release of chromium 6, which can cause cancer if you get enough of it. Something to think about when working with ss. Laser cutting ss brought up this old memory.
 
Jon Tofte said:
Yeah, It is a pretty cool piece of Weber history. I was able to fix the lifter for the gas burner by finding a knob very close to the original Besides a little damage on the lid edge that can be made to look a lot better, the one remaining big issue is that the original diffuser is totally shot:

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The way this grill was supposed to work is that you could raise the burner so that the holes were above the diffuser. This was supposed to give you "direct" high heat grilling. By lowering the round burner so that it sat right on top of the deflector, the holes for the burner would now be below the diffuser. Thus, the flames would be spread out. You were supposed to use it this way for indirect bbq, etc.

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Most people here who have had exposure to using these say that they were terrible cookers. (Ask @LMichaels!) They relied on lava rocks and the whole concept I guess didn't work in spite of the beauty of cooking in a kettle.
Weber later had to eat their words "Round is better than square in gas barbecuing.":redgenesis1:

Interestingly, I picked up a rare NEW unused burner on eBay and found that it must have been a later designed replacement. They apparently gave up on the "up and down" use and just made a larger burner you could use without a deflector.

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I found an almost perfect stainless plate on Amazon to replace my rusted-out diffuser. I just have to find a shop that can laser cut it neatly to have the right size hole in the middle for the burner to set down in.

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I will post a full thread on this grill when I can get to it after tax season. For now, it sits in my office as an historical curiosity.
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These gas kettles are super intriguing to me, glad a good candidate for a restoration is in your hands @Jon Tofte !
 
Jon Tofte said:
I picked up my magnets from the printer. Although they look well printed, I was disappointed that they made just one thick border, when I sent them a double-line border. I had to trim the top and bottom, but at least that was easy. Here is my gas kettle that I hope to restore this spring and give a couple test cooks before resigning it to being an office decoration:

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Here is an original gas kettle with Weber's tank labeling:
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My label is mounted a little lower, but it looks very close to me.

If anyone wants one, they are $9.00 each plus postage. (I paid a little over $8.00 plus gas and time to go to Terre Haute to picke them up.) PM me with your info. I can do PayPal or Venmo.
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Jon, I was busy with month end and missed this. I'll pm you now.
I also look forward to seeing the finished gas kettle.
 
When I finally get my poop in a group on the blue lid project, that blue flame might be just the ticket!
Jon, that kettle is really nifty! You make interesting choices about what you want to restore, that one it going to be pretty cool.
 
Jon sent me a couple of his vintage-look sticker magnets. They are awesome!
When they arrived, I was setting up for a griddle brunch cook so I just quickly put one on the tank - YES!

I keep about 6 tanks for spares and different cookers. I will keep the black Weber cover on the Genesis II and use
these for "on deck" spares and cookers where the tank is more visible.
Of course, first I'll clean up the tanks and do a better job of attaching the magnet evenly. LOL

I love these magnets. Thanks Jon!

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