AJP
Full Fledged Farker
Was driving down the street and I saw a weber 22.5" kettle in a guys driveway and what appeared to be a brand new one in the box. Stopped and chatted with him, confirmed he had just bought a new OTS 22.5", asked what he wanted for the old one, he said take it I was gonna throw it out.
It isn't the prettiest Weber out there but hey for free why not. The first thing I noted was that the bottom had a wood handle and the top had the plastic. Upon further inspection the bottom is date coded ER (1996) and the top is DU (2002). The bottom is also missing 2 daisy wheels so there is no real way to conserve the date code sadly. It was bent a little here and there but if you do it right the top fits on the bottom. There are a few spots of rust but over all it is in fairly good shape.
First thing I did was take the plastic handle of the smokey joe in the garage and change it out for the wood. So I now have 2 plastic handles on the kettle and one wood on the joe. Next I called Weber and ordered 3 new daisy wheels and the missing ash catcher. When the parts get here I will update with pics.
My question is for the rusty part would it be best to sand it down some and paint with glossy high temp grill paint? Also in the future I plan to order some of those fancy wood handles that Marty Leach sells, but it isnt in the budget right now. Also what is the best way to clean this up it has a ton of burnt on goodies here and there.
It isn't the prettiest Weber out there but hey for free why not. The first thing I noted was that the bottom had a wood handle and the top had the plastic. Upon further inspection the bottom is date coded ER (1996) and the top is DU (2002). The bottom is also missing 2 daisy wheels so there is no real way to conserve the date code sadly. It was bent a little here and there but if you do it right the top fits on the bottom. There are a few spots of rust but over all it is in fairly good shape.
First thing I did was take the plastic handle of the smokey joe in the garage and change it out for the wood. So I now have 2 plastic handles on the kettle and one wood on the joe. Next I called Weber and ordered 3 new daisy wheels and the missing ash catcher. When the parts get here I will update with pics.
My question is for the rusty part would it be best to sand it down some and paint with glossy high temp grill paint? Also in the future I plan to order some of those fancy wood handles that Marty Leach sells, but it isnt in the budget right now. Also what is the best way to clean this up it has a ton of burnt on goodies here and there.
