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Grill Talk => Weber Grill Forum (Grills, Accessories) => Topic started by: Cellar2ful on November 25, 2019, 08:18:17 PM
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Well, it's just a couple of months shy of 3 years since I picked up this Chariot Seville. For those of you that haven't seem my original thread from 2017; here is a link to the post:
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/index.php?topic=28034.0
The wrought iron cart and kettle had been terribly neglected and abused. Separated from the cart, the original lime bowl had been used as a fire pit for several years. This misuse not only caused horrible crazing but the four grate straps had rotted out, leaving 4 gaping holes in the bowl.
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I swore when I acquired it that one way or another, I was going to find a way to cook on this Chariot Seville using it's original bowl. Well, the stars finally aligned. This was last night's cook of rotisserie lamb kebabs.
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The best fix I could come up with was to entirely re-sleeve the inside of the bowl, using another kettle bowl. I initially sourced a old MBH that the leg sockets had broken off. Once I ground the handles off I, I found there was quite a bit of rust and rot behind the grate straps. I decided to not use it as I felt it was going to eventually have the same problem with the grate straps rusting out. It took me another year to find a suitable three wheeler. I found it about two blocks from my house, set at the curb with a Free sign on it. It was a black L Code daisy wheel kettle in really nice shape.
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After cutting/grinding the leg sockets and bowl handles off, I dropped it into the crazed bowl where I encountered an unforeseen obstacle. It would only go in part way, leaving about 3 inches of it sticking out the top. I took it to a welder/metal fabricator guy I have used in the past. I felt if he cut off the rolled bead on the top of the newer, black kettle and cut a couple of slits into the bowl, it would more than likely fit inside the crazed bowl. Picking it up from the welding shop, I found he did have to cut off the rolled top bead and make two 3" cuts in the upper bowl for it to fit.
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He also welded the bowls together by making a weld about every two inches around the top of the bowls.
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Using a internal ash pan from a Happy Cooker will keep the ashes from getting in between the two bowls.
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Using steel wool, I removed all the rust from the outside of the bowl and oiled the bare metal with olive oil. I also added some vintage correct bowl vents.
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This has been the most involved and longest restoration I have undertaken. It was worth every minute and dollar spent.
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Wow !! That lid is in such good condition compared to that poor bowl. What a journey. Well done she looks great [emoji106]
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Wow great work and persistence. Definitely worth the time and effort i reckon. I like the way you have adapted a new bowl into the old it looks very neat. Cool
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Nice work Jim first time I have seen this done
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So freaking amazing!
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true love of the RRR awesome job
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Amazing!
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Awesome restoration
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Nice job! That is a pretty creative fix to the issue of a rough bowl. Thanks for sharing!
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Oh man, that is wild. I'm sure you were hoping to find a way to fill in the holes in the original bowl, but this is one heck of a good solution. The best part is you can't even tell unless you really know what you're looking at. Nice job!
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Great job breathing new life into this sweet Seville!
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That is an awesome restoration!
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Kettle ingenuity at it’s best. Grate work. Really curious how much better the thin “double wall” works at maintaining temp compared to a regular kettle[emoji848]
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Nicely done, Jim!!
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Glad to see you finally got it done Jim. Thats the most practical way to make it happen IMO, plus 2 grills have their usefulness extended.
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That is outstanding, and a true labor of love on your part! Well done.
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Wow! Brought it back from the grave
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Amazing!
It’s hard to believe that it’s been three years ago...[emoji51]
It looks incredible. How did it cook?
Enough air flow?
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Really curious how much better the thin “double wall” works at maintaining temp compared to a regular kettle[emoji848]
Amazing!
It’s hard to believe that it’s been three years ago...[emoji51]
It looks incredible. How did it cook?
Enough air flow?
It seemed to cook a lot hotter than a regular kettle. The kebabs were cooked the same amount of time as the last few times and these had a slight charring that the last ones didn't. It may have been that I threw a couple of very small apple wood pieces on this time that I haven't in the past. That may have spiked the temps. Or it could be one of these reasons........................
Even though I put vents back on the bowl, the kettle has a lot of other holes throughout the bowl from rust through.
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Or, it could be this little issue with additional vent holes. Apparently my welder didn't get the part about lining up the vent holes on the two kettles prior to welding. He had only lined up 1 vent hole on each of the 3 vents clusters. I quickly got past this little hiccup as life is to short to dwell on snafus. I didn't think there would be enough air flow with only only 3 vent holes (instead of the usual 12) so I had him drill 9 more vent holes. Another reason the internal ash pan from the Happy Cooker is being used.
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Definitely won't be using this one for any low and slow cooks, that's for sure. I will report back after using it a few more times. Hopefully it won't take another three years to accomplish that.
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Amazing job Jim! The ultimate RRR. Bravo sir.
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This is incredible Jim! You truly embody the WKC ways! Great RRR!
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Very cool!
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Great job!
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