Huge thank you to @WNC who helped me rescue a patent pending Chief from an uncertain fate as a “fire pit”.
It needs legs, wheels and triangle, but overall it survived in great shape along with the original grates. Not much crazing as I would expect being used as a fire pit and the bowl vents are intact and operable. The bowl was severely out of round, but I was able to slowly bend it back into shape.
I can’t believe this is my 4th 26’er in the stable and I’m excited to get it back into cooking rotation. If any one has legs, wheels, or a triangle for a vintage 26’er, please let me know.
Again, big thank you to @WNC for the assist.