She came to me in good physical shape. Solid frame, a few minor scrapes around the rim on the lid but in need of a deep cleaning.
Before and after.
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Working gas- assist
Tag: Weber Kettle Club
Here’s The @WeberGrills O Code ’92 Redhead Kettle Restore Live Blog
10/16/16 The subject:
Condition: lots of rust on the legs/triangle. Missing ash sweeps rusted in ash sweep bolt. White paint dots on the faded lid. Usual cruddy bowl. Missing handle. Rusted/oxidized lid vent. Missing ash pan.
Tools:
4AM:
Tackle the bowl with dish soap/water razor scraper/steel wool/sponge/paper towels.
Next, what’s left of the old ash sweep system is rusted in place. Break out the oscillating tool and cut off the bottom nubs that went through and it broke free.
Now it’s time to clean the bottom of the bowl using the razor scraper/steel wool.
Having the legs removed start sanding them with 150 grit sandpaper using long strokes just as is advised in the Weber Kettle Club restoration guide, and then moving up to 250 and then finishing with steel wool and then polishing.
Legs and triangle before-
A finished leg on the left and an unfinished on the right-
Once the legs were cleaned up and polished it was time to install the new one touch ash sweeps which we conveniently picked up at Fosters Grill Center on Eastern Ave (an authorized Weber Dealer). Check out how nice that bowl cleaned up-
Next to attack the oxidized/rusted lid vent with the steel wool. Before and after-
The new ash pan (also purchased at Fosters is installed and she is ready to rip!
First cook chicken wings!
Before and after, I think she cleaned up nice!
Once again thanks to advice from members at The Weber Kettle Club for their advice and input on this restoration!
@WeberGrills Performer Rescue/Restores To Date #weberkettleclub
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1997 Green 1st Generation EI Code
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2001 Green 1st Generation DA Code
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2006 Green 2nd Generation
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Much of the blame for the obsessive hobby of finding and cleaning up old Beautiful Weber Grills can be placed squarely on the shoulders of the founders and members of the Weber Kettle Club
New www.weberkettleclub.com Stickers Thanks To Forum Member @sixzerofour
I obsessively check out the forums on http://www.weberkettleclub.com for inspiration and instruction on how to rescue, restore and respect Weber Kettles. If you’ve followed Good Morning Gloucester and NortheastBBQ over the past year you know the passion for BBQ has grown exponentially and it has a lot to do with the positive and encouraging members at http://www.weberkettleclub.com and also http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/index.php
Both are fountains of information on the Art of BBQ and the passion for Weber Kettles.
A special shout out to Weber Kettle Club member @sixzerofour for sending me these stickers, one of which will be adorning my pick up truck today! Thank you so much!
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