The 2009 @WeberGrills Performer Clean Up and First Cook #BBQ

First to scrape ‘er down with the razor blade
Before-

She was in pretty decent shape to begin with but the blacks were faded, there was cobwebs and the bowl, lid and ash pan were all encrusted in crud.

After a good scrape with the razor and scrub with the extra fine steel wool-

Next to clean all the black trim including legs, wire grate shelf on the bottom and charcoal basket and then apply Back To Black to restore the original deep black luster.

All the aluminum was scrubbed with the extra fine steel wool as well.  I didn’t spend any time on the thermostatic table as it will be replaced with a newer metal style Performer table when it arrives.

Fired up the gas assist to light a chimney of charcoal. It was nice to not have to use paper or lighter cubes to get the chimney going.  Just placed it on top of the gas assist tube filled up the chimney and let it light the coals. After about three minutes the gas assist was turned off and the chimney dud the rest of the work.  Dumped the chimney into the Weber charcoal baskets and put them in the center.

The grates that came with the Performer were already in decent shape but I gave them a quick scrub and oiled them down with Peanut oil before placing the rubbed chicken tenderloins offset the coal baskets around the perimeter of the bowl. Placed a small chunk of mesquite in the center for smoke.

When they hit 165 internal they got pulled off to eat.

Waiting for the new style metal table to be delivered tomorrow and handle from Brian😀