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I restored this 25 yr old grill...
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:54 pm
This old grill was about 5 to 10 years old in 1993 when I started dating my wife.
It's been under her grandparents carport all this time. They told me yesterday I could have it if I would give it to my dad.
Over all in good shape, just the cast iron grates were really rusted.
So I started cleaning my heart out. Just got the coals hot as hell and coated the grates with canola oil. Then used paper towels to lightly coat the out side while it was still hot.
Cooked about a dozen inch thick bone in pork chops, and 12 chicken quarters yesterday for the 4th. Must have turned out pretty good, cause there was very little left!!
It's been under her grandparents carport all this time. They told me yesterday I could have it if I would give it to my dad.
Over all in good shape, just the cast iron grates were really rusted.
So I started cleaning my heart out. Just got the coals hot as hell and coated the grates with canola oil. Then used paper towels to lightly coat the out side while it was still hot.
Cooked about a dozen inch thick bone in pork chops, and 12 chicken quarters yesterday for the 4th. Must have turned out pretty good, cause there was very little left!!
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:57 pm to heypaul
Nice job
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:59 pm to heypaul
Thats a pretty good job on that old grill.
Buddy of mine was in the same situation about a year ago. Grill in his new house looked like hell but after about an hour or two of getting some heat in there and scrubbing like hell, it turned out pretty nice
what yall got growing in pic 3?
Buddy of mine was in the same situation about a year ago. Grill in his new house looked like hell but after about an hour or two of getting some heat in there and scrubbing like hell, it turned out pretty nice
what yall got growing in pic 3?
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:59 pm to heypaul
Grew up with one of those. Great rigs. Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:08 pm to Jones
That's squash
Now that my dad is retired, his garden is huge.
We're sitting out here on the porch and my mom is in there right now putting up pickles.
#countrylife
Now that my dad is retired, his garden is huge.
We're sitting out here on the porch and my mom is in there right now putting up pickles.
#countrylife
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:36 pm to heypaul
We had one just like that. My mom has a picture of me with my head sticking out of that door covered in ash. That was probably around 81
Posted on 7/5/14 at 9:37 pm to OTIS2
quote:Me too, and they are.
Grew up with one of those. Great rigs.
OP ought to get a rotisserie kit and cook his next turkey on it. Nothing like it, not even fried turkey! You can also get a smoker box that drops in in place of 1 of the grill sections.
This post was edited on 7/5/14 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 7/5/14 at 10:20 pm to heypaul
Very nice job, I love the vintage look too
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:37 am to heypaul
How did you clean the grill, wire brush, metal scraper, sandblast?
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:44 am to heypaul
The old man had one just like that, and his rotisserie attachment with those pork roasts and chickens were legendary on the weekends.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:03 am to Mike da Tigah
great job getting it cleaned up. What kind of grill is that?
Posted on 7/6/14 at 11:29 am to eyepooted
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What kind of grill is that?
I'm assuming that it's a Char Broil - that's what my dad had in my youth. Back then, they were a little sturdier, but the functionality is still solid.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 12:07 pm to Stadium Rat
Yea it's a Char Broil
I think it says 480 on it?
I think it says 480 on it?
Posted on 7/6/14 at 12:22 pm to heypaul
Looks great.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 2:04 pm to heypaul
Great job.......I am in the middle of restoring an old Vermont castings has grill....shoulda been taking pictures...
Posted on 7/7/14 at 7:10 am to nelatf
Keep us updated....
Posted on 7/7/14 at 7:44 am to heypaul
My dad had an old char-broil just like that one. Learn all of my skills on that thing. Great grill
Posted on 7/7/14 at 8:35 am to chity
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How did you clean the grill, wire brush, metal scraper, sandblast?
Brushed all the spiderwebs and debris off with a broom. Then got it hot while cooking and dabbed canola oil on a paper towel, and lightly/ gently / evenly coated the outside and inside.
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