My Free Grill

[Johnny Ray]

Neighbor down the street had this grill sitting out behind his shop. I had never seen him use it so I asked him about it. He said it had been sitting there for 16 years without being used and that I could have it if I wanted it. I said I sure do.
It was pretty rusted up. The castors were almost rusted away but had good bones and the fire box portion is made out of 1/4” steel and the top part 3/16”. One really weird thing about the design is having to remove the entire top to get to whatever you’re grilling. It’s a two person job.

I got it home and began thinking about a upgrade/ design and this is what I came up with.
Added a fire box, shelf, smoke stack, castors, stainless steel cooking grates, heat baffle and temp gages.

One of the coolest things about this design is it’s a reverse flow but by simply removing the heat baffle and rotating the top 180* it can be run as a traditional offset.
Hope to finish burning her in and and get a cook under my belt soon.

PS: I paid someone to do the welding / mods and to have it sand blasted and painted. Also purchased the temp gages and castors.

So much for my free grill!
Johnny Ray

 

[gmc2003]

Nice job on the restore, enjoy it.

Chris

 

[tag0401]

Looks like a good score!! Look forward to seeing what you make on it

 

[GATOR240]

Great job! Looks like it should work out really well!

 

[Fueling Around]

Neighbor down the street had this grill sitting out behind his shop. I had never seen him use it so I asked him about it. He said it had been sitting there for 16 years without being used and that I could have it if I wanted it. I said I sure do.
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PS: I paid someone to do the welding / mods and to have it sand blasted and painted. Also purchased the temp gages and castors.

So much for my free grill!
Johnny Ray

That is a beast. Congrats on the find.

Reminds me of the free McCulloch chainsaws I've been given by friends.
The first one cost me $80 to repair after a couple of times.
The last one had a stuck rewind my son fixed. Now it needs a chain and bar.

 

[SmokinGame]

So cool. Great job on the project. I am envious of your skill to be able to do that. Hope to see some of your cooks on her posted soon.

 

[SmokinAl]

Awesome job on that restoration!
You have some serious skills my friend!
Al

 

[Johnny Ray]

So cool. Great job on the project. I am envious of your skill to be able to do that. Hope to see some of your cooks on her posted soon.

Thanks SG. All I had was the design idea and cash. My welding buddy had the real skills to do the mods.

JR

 

[Johnny Ray]

Awesome job on that restoration!
You have some serious skills my friend!
Al

Thanks SA, I really only had the design idea. I paid for all the real skills to be done.

JR

 

[HalfSmoked]

Nice job on the restoration and its great to have a welding buddy I know because I have one too.
waiting to see some cooks.

Warren

 

[HalfSmoked]

Thanks for the like Johnny Ray it is appreciated.

Warren

 

[Just4SmokinGrillin]

Awesome Restore