Everything works, I’m pretty sure all I need to do is tack the legs to the frame and it’s missing one of the casters. The bowl is in great shape. The charcoal bin is in great shape, the ash sweeps work well.
Category: Weber Performer
First cook on the Brick Red @WeberGrills Performer Flank #Steak
Sold the first Performer I’d ever purchased yesterday on CraigsList and fired up The Red Brick one for the first time.
It was a pretty simple cook: Flank Steak.
The Lovely Kate marinated the Flank Steak at noon time and it went on at 7:15PM
It tasted great but I probably wouldn’t have purchased it.
“Flank steak” is hot in the culinary world right now so markets price them fairly high considering the tough cut that it is. My line of thinking is that if you can get good Ribeyes on sale for $5.99 why in the world would you pay the same thing for a lesser cut of meat? When I go to the meat department I generally go with an open mind and look for value and then plan my cook around whats on sale. A lot of people get a certain recipe in their head ahead of time and no matter what the cost is, they are going to buy the protein that that recipe calls for no matter what it costs per lb. It’s the same as someone having the option to buy Rib Roast for the same price as brisket and opting for brisket. I’ll never understand that.
In any case it turned out delicious. She made a citrus/ avocado/cilantro/red onion topping that was out of this world and I really enjoyed it. She’s an amazing cook.
Set up the charcoal baskets on one side of the pit and got the coals going pretty good before I placed the Flank directly over the baskets with a chunk of mesquite for smoke.
Flipped them over and brought them to 135 internal before pulling them off, tenting them under foil for 10 minutes and then cutting across the grain.
Here it is before I scooped on the avocado mixture that Kate made-
Update 2010 @WeberGrills Brick Red Performer Restoration Project
Other than the cracked table I knew this Performer had good bones. She was pretty much scratch free, the bowl was regularly cleaned by the previous owner but she just needed to be scraped down and buffed up.
Before and after pics-
There was a little bit of surface rust on the wire shelf on the bottom . When I was at the owners house I scratched at it with my fingernail and saw that it came right off so I knew it would clean up nicely. The broken table surface was a bit of a concern but I knew where I could get one.
Will you look at the inside of that bowl shine after an hour or so with the razor scraper and steel wool?
After cleaning the bowl thoroughly, the lid got some love with some steel wool and soapy water. Just like new! Before and after-
The lid vent was a little dirty but again some dish soap on the steel wool did the trick-
Thanks to Weber Kettle Club Forum Member @TheDude for suggesting CLR cleaner to knock off the surface rust on the bottom wire rack shelf. Again, just like new before and after-
Big time thanks to all the Weber Kettle Club Members that have helped with suggestions and information. This is a really fun group of people and make the hobby so enjoyable.
The New Project-2010 Brick Red Weber Performer With Gas Assist
She’s got a cracked table which I’ll have to replace, a little dusty and just a tiny bit of surface rust that I’m confident will come off with some elbow grease, thanks to Weber Kettle Club Forum Member @TheDude ‘s suggestion of using CLR to knock off that surface rust. I drove an hour and a half away to Rescue her.
The bowl, lid and grates are in excellent shape and with a little elbow grease they’ll shine up nicely. The ash sweeps turn freely and the ash pan is free of pitting.
There’s really not a ton to do other than clean her up and replace the table. This is a $450 grill brand new. With a couple hours of work I can’t wait to shine her up!
Wings Using Charcoal Baskets & STOK CI Grates On The Performer For The Celtics
Always a winner. They come out crispy like they were fried by cooking them indirect.
Fire up your charcoal in the charcoal baskets which concentrates the heat and flame in the center of the grill then place the lightly coated in peanut oil and rubbed wings along the perimeter for indirect high heat grilling.
STOK Cast Iron Grates On The Weber Performer
Last night it was brussel sprouts, mushroom and onion skewers and ribeyes on the 2009 Weber Performer Deluxe.
Decided to swap out the standard Weber grates for the cast iron ones on the STOK. Worked out well using the STOK veggie basket insert to grill the brussell sprouts which were lightly coated in evoo , Atlantic Saltworks Salt and crushed black pepper.
Latest Upgrade To The 2009 @webergrills Performer Deluxe-Custom Wood Handle
Brussel Sprouts and @BubbaBurger on the @webergrills Performer www.northeastbbq.com #BBQ
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So There’s This…
Excited? Me Excited? 😉
What an honor. With the incredible amount of Weber fanatics all over the world to be named Weber Griller Of The Week, I’m pretty psyched.
Framing that card, damn right I am!
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😀
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