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cigarman20

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How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« on: February 10, 2020, 04:23:21 PM »
I was doing my usual search on the boards last night and much to my surprise up popped a single picture of a brownie!

It was the first that I have seen in my area of the country in the two years that I have been involved.

The post was only 5 minutes old when I responded. The seller kindly updated the post to “pending” and we made arrangements for a pickup this afternoon.

As it turned out Bridgewater Virginia is a bit of a hike from Richmond (125miles). I figured what the hell...new year... vacation to burn, why not?

Took the half day and made the drive to the other side of Shenandoah Nation park.

I wasn’t disappointed. The kettle is in wonderful shape with some minor rim rash and one small porcelain pop. It had a new grate and she through in a bag of coal and some cedar planks to boot!

Five hour and 280 miles round trip and I had my first brownie. A good day on the hunt.






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Raindog

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2020, 04:30:23 PM »
Nice score. I would have done the same. Enjoy!

smokeyjoe

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2020, 04:30:35 PM »
Definitely worth it.
Me and a buddy drove 9 hour round trip for a Cado he wanted. I picked up a pk dutchess on the way.


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kettlebb

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2020, 05:06:21 PM »
Nice Chocolate there!  I probably would have tried to get the seller to ship or get an agent if it were me. Good for you and nice score.


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Firemunkee

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2020, 05:37:51 PM »
Congrats on the brownie! It sounds like you made the most of your trip. Well woteth it I say

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WeberKell11

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2020, 05:59:57 PM »
Congrats she's a beaut!

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michaelmilitello

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2020, 06:01:08 PM »
Nice find at a nice price.  Love the kettle hunting road trips! 


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bamakettles

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2020, 06:30:54 PM »
Very nice!  I would have done the same in an instant.  Really nice find.


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MagnoliaTom

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2020, 06:34:41 PM »
Sweet find....I’ve driven farther for worse [emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23]


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JEBIV

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2020, 03:08:22 AM »
I love kettle road trips, nice score
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PotsieWeber

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2020, 07:45:57 AM »
They say it better than I can -> https://youtu.be/tbNlMtqrYS0
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jhagestad

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2020, 11:43:01 AM »
That is one good lookin brownie! Nice!
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cigarman20

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2020, 03:41:01 PM »
Thanks gents. I’ll post some pics after the clean up.


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cigarman20

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2020, 01:18:06 PM »
Well I finally got this one cleaned up!  Planning to cook on it for the first time tomorrow.

How much time do you usually spend on a cooker?

While this was by no means a perfect restoration, I did spend several hours getting the crude off and putting in a new set of sweeps and handles.

Got to admit I love cleaning these up. Shouldn’t have waited so long!




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greenweb

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Re: How far would you drive for a $10 kettle?
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2020, 02:40:06 PM »
Cleaned up really nice! I drove farther for my MBH brownie few years ago.