Old Grey, NO Date Stamp, Weber Kettle - Future Fire Pit

grey=faded black no date=old Oughtta make a great MM/HD cooker.

I have made quite a few Weber "Redneck" Fire Pits over the last few years. Sold them on craigslist for $20 or given them away to friends. When I was building UDS's and using the bowl for the soon to patented "swamprb UDS kettle lid flange mod" I tossed a few in the scrap metal bins, and a couple people fished them out to use for fire pits on the beach, so I got to work!





Used to think I was the only one that had any "Grecian Formula" Gray kettles, gawd know's I've seen a few here in the Pacific Northwet, I thought they were faded Blacks, but a lot of them surface and people on the bullet site score them which makes me wonder if Weber had made some Grays?

Here are a trio of Gray tops I have in my collection (hoard)



And I have tried to restore them to their original blackness and nothing seems to work- notice the grease stains on the bowl and your lid? I've even taken grease from my drip pans and smeared it on to see it it will darken them to match the stains-to no avail!

Another thing you might consider is making a FrankenWeber Pizza oven out of it! There are a few bro's here that have made them and they can walk you through it.

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Swamprb, what does the mod you mention entail?

brickie