Show your most prized grill

[harris92]

I own the "73 red.  What do you guys think?  Looker or cooker?

[MartyG]

I say make it an annual cooker = once a year to keep its' spirit alive. Ideally a couple baskets of charcoal in the center of the bowl to sear a couple rib-eyes. Use it on your anniversary to mark the day, (keeping the newlywed thing you mentioned going here) and take pictures! Hmmm, might have to do that myself with my own little redhead.

[harris92]

Thanks Marty.  Your red looks mighty fine too.  What year is it?

[MartyG]

1997

[Craig]

I own the "73 red.  What do you guys think?  Looker or cooker?

I'm in the cooker camp. It's what they're made for. Plus when you cook on a redhead, it's magic! BTW, nice looking black 22 and avocado. Marty, that '97 red 18 is nice!

[pbe gummi bear]

Bumping this awesome thread

[Harbormaster]

Thanks for the bump Gummi.

I know I posted the "B" WSM already, but these two are pretty special too because my kids gave them to me.

First is a pristine Pat Pending 18.5" I got for Fathers day 2012:



And second is a Pat Pending 22.5" Avocado I got for Fathers Day 2013 from my oldest:

[Duke]

Nice grills. Quick question, I had an old faded 18.5 wsm a while back and the lid felt way lighter on it than it does on the newer ones. Can you conform this or was it just me?

[Harbormaster]

Nice grills. Quick question, I had an old faded 18.5 wsm a while back and the lid felt way lighter on it than it does on the newer ones. Can you conform this or was it just me?

I think the older domes are equally heavy, if not heavier, than the newer ones. Of course, I've never put them on a scale.

[Beef]

[Beef]

I clicked send too soon.  The above grill was a recent thrift shop find for $10, about a week ago.  My 8 year old and I were on a harley ride and I bought it on a layaway plan, and picked it up later.   I explained to her that just getting it home, researching it a bit, and sharing with you fine folks is worth $10 of entertainment, much less preserving a relic.

Note the daisy wheel mounted inside the grill.    Fixing that was my first mod 
How did they ever think the paint would stay on this bad boy?    Would high temp powdercoating hold up to charcoal heat? 
Curious

[glrasmussen]

That is classic Beef. I'm sure we have all have pissed away $10 on something more worthless than that. Nice score!

[mrbill]

my most prized is Buddy. just a lil 18.5 Budlight OTS that I modded

[Chasing_smoke]

This is still my pride and joy



But the blues brothers do the heavy lifting



That master touch is my favorite grill I own.  Love the lid bail position on them.

[Craig]

This is still my pride and joy

I still love that shot, CS!! The way the light hits it at night in that photo is the kind of cool like that scene from Dirty Harry when they flip on the lights in that football stadium to expose the Scorpio killer and there's Harry aiming his 44 magnum and the barrel is gleaming from the lights. Its that kind of cool! It's almost as if this redhead is trying to stop some rusty no name firebox pretender cooker from ruining another meal.