Weber Pull Out Tray - 40968012


 
John, my theory is that it is exposed to the acids in the grease drippings. Just my guess though. I think that if they were cleaned out good three or four times each grilling season, they would last a lot longer.
 
Bruce said:
John, my theory is that it is exposed to the acids in the grease drippings. Just my guess though. I think that if they were cleaned out good three or four times each grilling season, they would last a lot longer.
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That makes sense. The tray has “pitting” - little holes in the porcelain coating that haven’t rusted through for the most part.

Still not bad for an almost 30 year old grill that lives outside without a cover.

There is a fair amount of grease accumulated inside the hood, and I really only thoroughly cleaned that part after becoming a member here, but that finish is in much better shape.
 
To be fair, I don't think the process or quality/amount of porcelain coating is nearly as high on the drip pans as it is on the lids. What happens that causes the pitting, I think, is that the procelain fractures slightly from either heat cycles, dings or just time and eventually allows water and other corrosives to reach the steel underneath. It starts as a pin sized spot and turns into pea size spot soon enough. The areas around the edges of the lip don't get as good of a coating and are more prone getting dinged and chipped and that is why you see the majority of the rust on those areas.
 
DanHoo said:
I replaced the tray in my 2000 Silver B before the 20 year mark. Probably closer to 15.
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You have to wonder how long those will be available. Does Weber still make them, or did they just have a large stock that hasn't been depleted yet?
 
Those trays are new old stock. Someone just found a bunch of them in a warehouse or closed store or something.
Weber does not and has not made them for years and no one else does either.
 
Bruce said:
Those trays are new old stock. Someone just found a bunch of them in a warehouse or closed store or something.
Weber does not and has not made them for years and no one else does either.
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No, I meant the #99250 drip tray that the Silver B grill uses.
 
One appears to be for sale in Port Washington, Long Island NY
They don't appear to want to ship, but might be worth a call..
I wonder how many NOS Weber parts still set in hardware stores?
 

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I was kind of wondering if that was an old inventory item that never got taken out of their system. Hopefully they still have it. I am waiting to find out. :)
 
The tray has arrived in pristine condition and is now tucked away safely in the shop with the herd of other NOS acquisitions I’ve slowly been accumulating. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning opening up the box and have to apologize for not thinking to take a video or snap some pics in the moment. No definite plans for it yet, but I might use it on the 3400 restoration this spring. Time will tell.
 
TomRc said:
The tray has arrived in pristine condition and is now tucked away safely in the shop with the herd of other NOS acquisitions I’ve slowly been accumulating. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning opening up the box and have to apologize for not thinking to take a video or snap some pics in the moment. No definite plans for it yet, but I might use it on the 3400 restoration this spring. Time will tell.
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You got a great deal if you only paid $30 for a brand new pull out tray!
 
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