Thinking about looking for a Genesis to restore

[demosthenes9]

Thanks, but I'm thinking of the current generation Summit. Just waiting for the right one at the right price to come along. Once they get a little dirty, people seem to lose interest and run out to buy another one. Hope to find one that needs nothing but a good cleaning.

Hahah, must be nice living in your area.  Around here, Summits are few and far between.  Can't say that I've seen one on CL that was under 8 years old or ridiculously expensive.

[SixZeroFour]

I somehow missed this thread completely?!?

All great advice from everyone above and the $200-$300 estimate range sounds about right for a nice clean refurb.

One thing I learned very quickly while going through the restore process is that many older Genesis' use the same lids, but the bottom section of the BBQ's vary between models. I had hoped to find an extra cheap BBQ that I could salvage parts from and in the end wound up doing 2 restores when the parts wouldn't swap like I had hoped. 

[mike.stavlund]

Yes, I've tried to share lids and parts with friends who had apparently identical grills, but the dimensions would be slightly off.  So be careful. 

[jamesnomore]

I got my 1000 for $25 and with parts/paint spent just under $200. I couldn't be happier and 6 years later running great with no signs of slowing down. She used to be red but I swapped the lid to blue to match my kettles. I prefer the east west configuration over newer north south especially with the roti.



Can't find a better pic of original restore. I've since replced the side burner with another table.

[addicted-to-smoke]

I suppose we all have our preferences. I'm "gasless" but would love a red 1000 or maybe just a 2-burner with wood to complement my red SS. I like the idea of a side burner however, to light chimneys and cook with CI pans ... and the sweet spot overall (for me) seems to be those later '90s/00s models with SS carts but NOT the gray plastic tables. Especially if it's a Summit or whatever those models were with the top-mounted controls.

Then again I'd probably fall for the right Q model in any non-gray, non-off white color.