My best CL score yet!

MeetMeatsMeat · 03-02-2013, 04:26 PM

I checked Craigslist after a long day of work and BOOM this was posted for free. They said it was going to be sitting on the curb. I couldn't find my keys fast enough!

It has this styrofoam stuff in it to make it look like ashes. So I think it was a store model and never used.I opened up the "oven" door and there was the original rotisserie motor.

Has anybody seen one of these?

Thermal Mass · 03-02-2013, 04:31 PM

Fark'n cool!!
I'll bet that handle on the "oven" gets fark'n hot...
What is the name on it say??

Toney Marconi · 03-02-2013, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MeetMeatsMeat

Has anybody seen one of these?

Not since I was a kid.
I seem to remember my Uncle Alfred using one for 4th of July cookouts.

HankB · 03-02-2013, 04:32 PM

Very cool! We had something similar when I was a kid back in the middle of the previous century. A piece of history! (I don't think ours had the oven - just cylindrical hood.)

sdbbq1234 · 03-02-2013, 04:32 PM

Post a closer pic of the model up in the right hand corner.

Looks really cool!

wallace

MeetMeatsMeat · 03-02-2013, 04:38 PM

Here it is

MeetMeatsMeat · 03-02-2013, 04:39 PM

Oven door open

MeetMeatsMeat · 03-02-2013, 04:43 PM

The knob on the side turns the grate.

cholloway · 03-02-2013, 04:48 PM

What a fantastic piece of Americana! THAT is a score!!!

padge31 · 03-02-2013, 04:53 PM

I found an add on-line from 1963 and it was selling for 16.88. I just typed in wards garden mark grill.

Eric

Homebrewed Q · 03-02-2013, 04:55 PM

Whoa! Nice and unique!

cholloway · 03-02-2013, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by padge31

I found an add on-line from 1963 and it was selling for 16.88.

Eric

But, that was the sale price... Regularly $19.50 (rotisserie and all)

Brian in Maine · 03-02-2013, 06:12 PM

My dad had a grill like that. It brings back memories.

mbshop · 03-02-2013, 11:08 PM

i'm sooooo freakin jealous ! i want one sooooo bad.
some times ebay has parts for the rotiss.

caseydog · 03-02-2013, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MeetMeatsMeat

Has anybody seen one of these?

Oh, yeah. If you grew up in the 60s, you have seen a grill like this. That style of grill was very common back then. You rarely see one like that, today.

The rotisserie was part of the package. That, and cooking grate that you could crank up and down.

On the downside, they tended to rust out faster than you could wear one out cooking on it. I think my dad may have possibly gotten two summers out of one -- barely.

Even though they suck, it is cool to see one for the memories.

CD

03-02-2013, 04:31 PM	#2
Thermal Mass is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 02-05-13 Location: Jackson, WI	Fark'n cool!! I'll bet that handle on the "oven" gets fark'n hot... What is the name on it say?? __________________ 42" WFO,[B][/B]-Brick vert smoker, Tuscan wood grill, 22" Weber, ECB-sent to the curb! Superfast [B][COLOR="Magenta"]PINK[B][COLOR="Magenta"] Thermapen[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR][/B] Offically a [URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/group.php?groupid=39"]ZERO[/URL]!! [COLOR=Red]My Build[/COLOR]: [URL]http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153650[/URL] "[COLOR=Navy]When it comes right down to it, you just want to be surrounded by good people and good food."[/COLOR]-Chuck Hughes

03-02-2013, 04:32 PM	#4
HankB is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-16-12 Location: Winfield, IL	Very cool! We had something similar when I was a kid back in the middle of the previous century. A piece of history! (I don't think ours had the oven - just cylindrical hood.) __________________ Weber Crazy

03-02-2013, 04:32 PM	#5
sdbbq1234 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-11-10 Location: Northern VA	Post a closer pic of the model up in the right hand corner. Looks really cool! wallace __________________ wallace(Don) - Life Is Good But BBQ Is Better - BWS - Fat Boy - WSM 22.5 - A bunch on other outdoor cooking stuff. - KCBS CBJ# 58657 - MABA Member "Take luck!"

03-02-2013, 04:48 PM	#9
cholloway Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-10-11 Location: East of Atlanta, GA. Name/Nickname : Colin	What a fantastic piece of Americana! THAT is a score!!! __________________ Colin - "Drinking alcohol can cause memory loss... or worse, memory loss" New Braunfels Hondo Offset New Braunfels Bandera (Refurbished & Improved) Char-Broil 450 (Purchased new in 1981) 1996 Blue Weber SS Performer Weber charcoal Go-Anywhere 2 Weber SJSs & modified stock pot Mini-WSM Weber rotisserie, Rib-O-Lator & Smokenator system Blackstone Tailgater Combo & STOK Island gasser

03-02-2013, 04:55 PM	#11
Homebrewed Q Take a breath! Join Date: 11-10-10 Location: Shenandoah, TX	Whoa! Nice and unique! __________________ BWS Fatboy, Weber OTG 22.5, Weber OTS 18.5, Weber Performer, Weber Genesis SE-410.

03-02-2013, 04:43 PM	#8
MeetMeatsMeat Got Wood. Join Date: 07-01-12 Location: OR	The knob on the side turns the grate.

03-02-2013, 04:53 PM	#10
padge31 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 01-20-13 Location: colfax ia	I found an add on-line from 1963 and it was selling for 16.88. I just typed in wards garden mark grill. Eric

03-02-2013, 06:12 PM	#13
Brian in Maine is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 08-05-07 Location: Portland Me	My dad had a grill like that. It brings back memories. __________________ Brian 2 WSMs 2 OTG One red one black 22 1/2" black Bar-B-Kettle with rotisserie ring Brinkman dual zone charcoal grill Webber Silver Genises B 3 burner camp stove

03-02-2013, 11:08 PM	#14
mbshop Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-24-07 Location: visalia, ca	i'm sooooo freakin jealous ! i want one sooooo bad. some times ebay has parts for the rotiss. __________________ george spam, can't live without it