With the help of my friend Fo Sizzle, I picked up this Red OT+ this weekend. It looks pretty good without much work. It has a strange looking finish. You can see some small black specs. I thought they were from cooking. They would not come off with 0000 steel wool.
There is dent under one handle attachment points. Probably a normal spot when the lid gets dropped on the handle.
Does the rubber malllet trick work without causing more damage ?
It is missing the ash pan and the thermometer. I would like to upgrade it to a Master Touch with the ash can. I know I need that bar and older ring. Has anyone bought those parts from ereplacements.com or elsewhere ?
So here's the M(1990) code One Touch Plus after cleaning. I borrowed the thermometer from my performer. the handles had some big cracks. I glued and clamped them. Then, sanded, stained and sealed them. They still look rough. Definitely a candidate for some new handles from you know who.
Both bail attachments are chipped. BTW, when I asked the seller if the lid holder was bent, he said what lid holder. We just set the lid on table. He tried it out and said that was the first time he had used it.
The triangle is the cleanest of my kettles.
I think I may take of the front leg and run some needle nose plier inside to remove this dent.
Overall this is a nice Red Kettle for $30.00. It did include a bag of mesquite charcoal and really tall chimney. You can't have too many chimneys.
I am not sure what they cooked in this kettle. I has a funky smell inside. I have cleaned the inside a bit. I have a brand new hinged cooking grate which I may drop in this kettle. Although the old grates sure are heavy duty. Do you think this would have had a an upgraded grate ??
Thanks for the heads up Fo Sizzle. Not sure how I missed this during my continuous CL scanning.