I was going to wait till I clean it up and post maybe tomorrow, but could not contain my excitement to show and tell.
8hrs on the road to get this. MrHoss and MacEggs has PMed me to go get this as I was closer to it and also were just as excited as I was to get it. As MrHoss put it " Great Score for the team!!!"
I was lucky enough to score nice 79 faded black MBH few weeks ago for $25... and now this for $30. Kettle God must be on my side.
This is the Sellers Ad. description and the pics. From the description, it sounded like the bottom part of the bowl might be rusted out with all 3 vents detached, but I was determined to go get it no matter what the condition it was in. In person it is in surprisingly in good condition with only one vent off and the ash disc is in perfect condition. Exterior lid needs to be cleaned real good to assess how good it is but no dings on it. bowl also needs good clean but few chips but no dings.
Weber kettle barbecue. Basic model: three x three-hole air vents, disc ash catcher below them. It's been lovingly used over the years (and with excellent results until just a week ago when the new barbecue arrived). It still has many more years left. But with compromises. The bottom air vents' rotary covers have come off, so there's no controlling the heat except for the top vent (whose rotary cover is fully functional), and there's no shutting down to conserve the coals if you're finished cooking and they still have some life left in them. The coal grate is bowed and could use a replacement, but not necessarily this summer. The grill could use a good clean and oiling. IN OTHER WORDS: it's functional (as I say: it was our mainstay until recently), but could use some TLC. It'll do nicely as a standalone cooker, or you might wish to relegate it to overflow barbecuing when the crowd gets too large for your main kettle. Thanks.
The seller is a Grillfella with a new Crimson kettle. I let him know of this forums and it looks like he will be joining shortly. I did let him know that this is pretty rare vintage kettle and he was more than happy to pass it on to me as he is not a kettle collector. He even gave me an extra black MBH lid he had.
From what I understand from talking to the seller ... ironically no one would buy this on other classified ad he had on. People backing out and showing no interest. Even on this ad. he had one interested party besides me in almost 1.5 days on. MacEggs and MrHoss had their reasons and with travel even farther than me probably did not even inquire about it.
I will clean it up and post before and after pics with reattached vent. I can't wait to see how she will look all cleaned up.
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