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Picked up our Christmas tree this morning from the local high school track team. We stopped into the local Ace hardware (been there a thousand times) to look for the limited edition red children's toy, for the boy for Christmas, and instantly noticed a new old stock Weber fire pit! I have been looking for one for the last year or so, so I couldn't believe my eyes! Marked down to $99 so I bought it instantly. Here are a couple quick pics.

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Looking for a cover for this so if anyone has one and willing to part with it I'm  your man!

Thanks for looking, and Merry Christmas to all!

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Right Place . . . Right Time ! ! !





BD

Nice score!


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Wait.... So your saying you can still buy these new ... sometimes

If you get lucky......


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Yeah, I got lucky. What year did they stop making these?

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Great find! Merry Christmas!


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Wow!  Great find Todd!  Congrats!  If there was another one sitting in your Ace Hardware, I may have to make another trip up north:)

Merry Christmas to you! Nice find!

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@crowderjd I actually grabbed it in Fallon (the town we met up in).  Could not be live my eyes when I saw it right at the main entrance!

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Wow!!! Very Cool.


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Awesome

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Quote from: WEBERNV on December 02, 2017, 05:28:51 PM
Yeah, I got lucky. What year did they stop making these?

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I'm not sure but my buddies got me the same model for my birthday, the wood handles give a clue that it's been a while since this model was produced.
I'm looking forward to putting it to use!


Some members recommend putting a grate in the bottom or sand to protect the finish

Lots of members that have these have suggested to put sand in the bottom to prevent the porcelain finish to crack from the extreme heat.


I saw this picture on pinterest which gave me the idea to line the bottom of mine with round rocks from the shore (we've got plenty of them around here).


I wouldn't fill the bowl like it is in this picture but rather line it.


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I lit it up yesterday to provide a little heat while putting up Christmas lights. Got a little snow occasionally so I huddled around the fire to keep warm. I did the playground sand suggestion so time will tell how it stand up to the heat. So far I love this thing.

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It's great, enjoy it and take care of it. I got a cover for it off Amazon. I definitely recommend pouring play sand in the tray beneath it, and also adding a charcoal grate to raise the logs a bit and aid in preserving this one of a kind Weber product. Lastly, the wood handles are junk, mine fell apart even with good care-- get some Zavod handles.  Cheers!

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That is a great picture! Congrats on your find!


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That takes some serious nuts to operate that bad boy on a wooden deck.
Yikes.

Looks really nice!

The handles are actually bamboo, not the traditional wood. As an fyi, the bamboo handles on mine did not fare well. After about five years outside, but under cover they completely deteriorated. The finish failed and the bamboo split.

These fireplaces were reissued for a couple of years around 2007-2010ish. Those years aren't exact, but close.

I use sand in mine too, and it's a fantastic backyard pit. Placing the lid on top does something magical and drastically cuts down on smoke production while directing heat out toward the sides.

Quote from: captjoe06 on December 05, 2017, 02:19:19 AM
That takes some serious nuts to operate that bad boy on a wooden deck.
Yikes.

Looks really nice!

Thanks. Serious nuts is in no short supply here.  It does seem daunting, but the manual for the pit actually says it's safe for operation on a deck, but to ensure that the sand is used. When I make a big fire in it, the sand totally insulates the heat from the surface beneath the pit which is completely unaffected temperature wise, it's really interesting.  Lastly, whenever I use it I definitely hose down the deck really good and keep the fire extinguisher close by though.



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Quote from: cbpeck on December 06, 2017, 09:06:22 PM
The handles are actually bamboo, not the traditional wood. As an fyi, the bamboo handles on mine did not fare well. After about five years outside, but under cover they completely deteriorated. The finish failed and the bamboo split.

These fireplaces were reissued for a couple of years around 2007-2010ish. Those years aren't exact, but close.

I use sand in mine too, and it's a fantastic backyard pit. Placing the lid on top does something magical and drastically cuts down on smoke production while directing heat out toward the sides.

Aha, yes mine split apart in strips but I didn't realize it was bamboo. The physics of the smoke dissapation is really interesting isn't it? Best thing to do is to always burn properly seasoned firewood to avoid smoke. 

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You guys are really making me want one of these.

The absence of over-smoke with the cap on is probably because the flame's "exhaust" is then not essentially infinite. Part of what a stove or fireplace chimney does is to "slow down" the air flow a bit so that it lasts longer / doesn't run away.

Nice! I had a similar story when I found mine. If you value your grass, place it on a paver base about 12" bigger than it's footprint. The heat gets redirected down and kills the grass around it even if you put sand in the bottom. You will have a nice brown ring on the ground several days after using it.

Wow! That is an awesome score. Congrats.