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Title: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: RadRacer on June 27, 2016, 06:14:17 AM
Looking at picking up this performer for my mom. Listed on Craigslist for $100, then reduced to $60. It's an hour drive, but I think it might be worth it.

Can anyone shed some light on what exactly I'm looking at? It's a 22" performer premium I believe. Or is it a deluxe? There's a little rust on some of it, but is there anything specific I should be looking for?

Here's the image from the ad:
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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: northwestkettle on June 27, 2016, 06:40:15 AM
I'd say $60 is a decent price can't tell from the pic if it has gas igniter looks like the back of the grill if it dose have gas lighter it's pretty cheep for sure


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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: mlmack on June 27, 2016, 06:53:29 AM
Looks like a 2nd generation Performer.  $60 is a great price, if you don't mind the drive.
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: RadRacer on June 27, 2016, 06:53:45 AM
I'd say $60 is a decent price can't tell from the pic if it has gas igniter looks like the back of the grill if it dose have gas lighter it's pretty cheep for sure


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The lid thermo makes me think it's an older model, although the guy claims it's 2years old. The wheels though, are the newer ones, but missing hubcaps. Or so it appears, I'm no expert.

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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: Neil_VT00 on June 27, 2016, 07:13:50 AM
It's a 2nd generation performer (22"). It's from somewhere in the 2005-2014 timeframe. 

I'm not sure if it is a gas-assist model, but I've never seen a 2nd gen that didn't have it.  You'd have to get a picture of the front of the table to know for sure. 

All that being said, $60 is a great price in my area if it's all there and the gas assist is working.
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: MINIgrillin on June 27, 2016, 09:16:48 AM
Go for it. If the vents are in good order then it would be worth it not having to transport one over there for get togethers.
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: RadRacer on June 27, 2016, 10:16:25 AM
Go for it. If the vents are in good order then it would be worth it not having to transport one over there for get togethers.
Lol, exactly why I'm looking. It's her birthday today, and she always asks me to bring my kettle to get together. Well, now she'll have her own. If I get it

Still haven't heard back from the seller. Patience sucks 😋

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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: RadRacer on June 30, 2016, 05:44:52 AM
Well, I heard back from the seller. Guy said he was tired of looking at it. I offered $40 and he said be here tomorrow and it's yours. Road trip time 😀

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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: Saugust on June 30, 2016, 08:31:51 AM
Well, I heard back from the seller. Guy said he was tired of looking at it. I offered $40 and he said be here tomorrow and it's yours. Road trip time 😀

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Tomorrow?!?! For a $40 performer? How about YESTERDAY!
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: RadRacer on June 30, 2016, 08:33:29 AM
Well, I heard back from the seller. Guy said he was tired of looking at it. I offered $40 and he said be here tomorrow and it's yours. Road trip time 😀

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Tomorrow?!?! For a $40 performer? How about YESTERDAY!
Lol. I was about to give up on it after not hearing anything for a few days. Figured I'd email him once more just to check, and he finally relied to me. Told my dad about it, and he's just as excited as me :-P

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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: Red Kettle Rich on June 30, 2016, 06:57:07 PM
Please don't forget to send us some pics  8)
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: Darko on June 30, 2016, 07:21:49 PM
Great score! Congrats.
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: RadRacer on July 01, 2016, 01:40:09 PM
Picked it up today. No pics though. She's in rough shape; has been sitting outside in the rain and the ash sweep is rusty. We managed to free it up, but the bucket was full of water. My dad took it to his shop where he's going to sand blast the charcoal trays and such to clean them up a little. The porcelain looks good. We're going to attempt to register it after we're done cleaning it, hoping we can get some kind of warranty on it. It does have the gas assist, and came with some tongs, a fork, and a cleaning brush. I think it will clean up nice, just going to need a little elbow grease. Having an aircraft shop full of tools at your disposal will help too😋

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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: captjoe06 on July 01, 2016, 01:49:40 PM
She's gonna clean up just fine.  My first Performer was in about the same kind of shape and she cleaned up very nicely.  Can't complain about that price.
Congrats and don't forget to post pics!
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: RadRacer on July 01, 2016, 03:19:57 PM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160701/d4aff4752592653f591d15b207b7e82e.jpg)
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160701/8ed8242bebe0e39c87dbb31c2ea84e07.jpg)

She's looking pretty good. And my mom is super excited about it. Just in time for the 4th of July too [emoji3]
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: haeffb on July 01, 2016, 05:04:38 PM
Yeah, nice work. And giving back to Mom is always a good thing!
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: mike.stavlund on July 01, 2016, 09:07:04 PM
Beauty.
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: captjoe06 on July 01, 2016, 10:25:41 PM
You stole it.  I love the black frames on the second Gen Performers.  👍🏻
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: brewtownbeatdown on July 02, 2016, 07:38:14 AM
Nice grab!!!  I know it's for your folks, but you shoulda swapped the black ash bucket before taking it there.
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: RadRacer on July 02, 2016, 08:09:34 AM
Nice grab!!!  I know it's for your folks, but you shoulda swapped the black ash bucket before taking it there.
My kettle is the OTS, so no ash bucket for me to swap with... yet [emoji14]

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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: RadRacer on July 03, 2016, 06:45:30 AM
She went out and bought new grates for it, and they're cleaning up the inside today. I'll have some pics tomorrow, as we're planning on using it for our 4th cookout

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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: Travis on July 03, 2016, 07:15:41 AM
Dude, it sounds like you just stole the show with this gift. Shit, now I gotta step up my game!! Ha! Good job, man.


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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: Garvinque on July 04, 2016, 02:07:59 PM
Looks real good and great price! Happy 4th
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: huntergreen on July 05, 2016, 06:25:10 AM
looks fantastic! nice find.
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: RadRacer on July 24, 2016, 02:56:37 PM
Little update, grill got cleaned up finally:

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160724/185f02f0fbd568effecab3b7e4fa2415.jpg)
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160724/39199f6ef5e32fdd77c640767eebb184.jpg)
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160724/9d516b883087de0db9e82c9bf11bd458.jpg)

New grates as well. Now it's ready to cook!

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Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: DirectDrive on July 24, 2016, 03:12:50 PM
Looks freakin' awesome !
Another Weber rescued !


I think I just peed.
Title: Re: Possible purchase. Any insight?
Post by: Mr.CPHo on July 24, 2016, 04:17:36 PM
Congratulations, nice find on CL!


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