So this is how my morning went...

[wyd]

What a great day.  Nice to have a day like that every now and then.

[zavod44]

The grills always come in bunches.....

[Hogsy]

How's your luck Brian!!! Great scores too
I'm glad you got those clothes to pack my new red grill with, you know how rough those couriers are

[Ken Mc]

what a great day Brian....

[Duke]

Great finds Brian! I sure hope someone can rescue that gasser and 26'r. That red 22 was a great save, I would love to have that if you decide to move it please let me know.

[HankB]

Great finds! It helps to know how to look. And perhaps the stars lined up t00.

I had a pretty good day as well, putting a new 26 and the new 14 WSM through their paces.

[salad]

That's a helluva day.  Nice scores!

My favorite part of the story was your neighbor waiting for you with a corn-and-tater ring... it really pays to let people know what you're into, so they can be agents for you.  Plus I'm smiling imagining this guy bragging to his friends about his nutty neighbor who gave him a $19.50 finder's fee.  Lol.

^This.  I've been telling a few friends to be on the lookout for Webers and one sent me a text yesterday saying his next door neighbor was rolling a kettle to the curb to give away.  Nothing special.  A black 22.5 a few years old in great but dirty condition.  Just needs cleaning and a ash sweep.  I'm cleaning it up but haven't decided on whether to part it out or just give it to my sister and bro-in-law who only have a gasser. 

[glrasmussen]

What an Epic day. Thanks for sharing the your story.

[G]

Impressive scores and spies.  Another great day of collecting in Chicagoland.

What grill?  Yea, right...

[zavod44]

I was trying to get you the other 26...

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[G]

THat would be cool.  Lets rent a van and drive around chicagoland knocking on doors and collecting vintage grills.  I see a new History Channel show....Kettle Pickers.

[Peaspurple]

WOW! That is one hell of a morning. Congrats on the great finds.

[1buckie]

You know it's funny, I went to get that smokey yesterday and the guy flaked on me and I was pissed because I was halfway there.  So I was mad and I told my Droid "Okay Google Now" "find me an estate sale"  So MY Droid found me a sale in two seconds close to my house, but there was nothing...I thought man I really got skunked.  I was thinking my kettle Karma had let me down....I was just a day early....

 That's the way it works, I'm convinced......

.....the KETTLE GODS make you wait sometimes....they're watching & decide it's provident to be later than earlier some of the time..........

 Tremendous demonstration of how this happens !!!!!

Thank You !!!!!

[zavod44]

So you know I like to do some recon, so here we go......


I was on Google maps, and I have located the two grills I spied in the wild...here is how close the two grills are;






Here is the location of the 26"



here is the street view



here is my pic from the public storage





Now the gasser












my picture

[glrasmussen]

LOL, this is how the story started a year ago...This could top it. Get the van in motion...