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Title: Score! C code for $5
Post by: weldboy on October 17, 2015, 12:16:09 PM
So I have 6 kettles but none have really great stories behind them. This is the closest I've got to a great story. Well anyways, woke up this morning, wife and kids were on a shopping trip a few hours away. Did my usual morning ritual looked at Wkc forum, eBay, then Craigslist search for webers, and an estate sale pops up. Huh, looked through the ad, oh gas weber grill. Emailed the lister about the potential for any kettles on the property, told him I collected them. Received this response....(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/17/51eb6387b58c4121f39bf7752901b439.jpg)
Decided to go anyways, planned on smoking a pork butt a bit later but I had some time to kill, and it was only 20 min from my home. Pulled in the drive walked into the storage shed. Saw an older guy holding a newer weber chimney. Surely there's a kettle around here right? This is what I found....(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/17/ad635b34a59d5bdcb51c20276dd08e89.jpg)
I asked the old man how much he wanted for it. Five dollars was his reply.
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Gave it a quick cleanup when I got home. I know it's not a grail, but man 5 dollars! I'm giddy about it. Here it is cleaned. This thing must have only been used a few times. Thanks for looking.(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/17/9f8a98b1ea1e039bb9d49235f32d8042.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/17/4cfa07f6f8875abcc959424aa573dd53.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/17/335e01f717d4a923a0a836bee79f1e55.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/17/1551c9ca91b9e26885ab23a52e0e0eb2.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/17/7d4afdb0ff8ff0dbc2320d58f16a16e3.jpg)
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: MrHoss on October 17, 2015, 12:19:33 PM
Gorgeous....love those handles.
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: MacEggs on October 17, 2015, 12:30:31 PM
That's awesome! 

I had a feeling that under all that dust was some beautiful black.  Must have been stored indoors for sure considering it's age and condition of handles.

I suggest some 0000 steel wool on those handles, then a couple three coats of tung oil to help preserve them.  Those look real nice.
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: weldboy on October 17, 2015, 01:10:36 PM
@MacEggs will do for sure
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: swamprb on October 17, 2015, 01:27:23 PM
You did a nice job on the cleanup! Thanks for the before and after pics.
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: SixZeroFour on October 17, 2015, 01:44:25 PM
Great story weldboy! and good on you for trusting your instincts and sniffing out that kettle. 8)
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: Lumpy Coal on October 17, 2015, 02:15:38 PM
Great find!
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: Santo on October 17, 2015, 02:45:03 PM
Nice score, congrats.  Who cares if it's not a grail, it was only $5 and now it'll get used instead of collecting dust.  Well done.
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: WNC on October 17, 2015, 02:54:21 PM
That's awesome, I would have let it go at gasser, like Matt said way to sniff it out!
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: ramsfan on October 17, 2015, 04:13:26 PM
You can easily tell that kettle had been kept covered for years   ...covered in dust that is. (J/K)  Very nice!
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: weldboy on October 17, 2015, 04:29:18 PM
I'm pretty sure the previous owner cooked on it a few times and parked it in the building where I found it, looked like it hadn't moved in a few decades
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: jcnaz on October 17, 2015, 06:24:37 PM
That is awesome!
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: charred on October 17, 2015, 07:00:55 PM
Major score- a  black beauty. I love those TOAO handles.
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: 1911Ron on October 17, 2015, 07:28:38 PM
Great score for $5!
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: Winz on October 17, 2015, 07:42:59 PM
Congrat on a nice score!
Winz
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: SmokenJoe on October 17, 2015, 08:14:22 PM
Cheeze-Wiz, that's more than I paid for my last smokey joe ;D    Great find and better cleanUP.                             SJ
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: Russell C. on October 17, 2015, 08:56:32 PM
Nice job Mike.  I saw that ad earlier in the week and emailed on it because I wouldn't mind having a nice older gasser in the herd.  Never thought of asking if he had a kettle lying around too.  Good on you!

A little disappointed you consider this your first "good" story though.  I let you into my home, give you beer and send you home with a Brownie and a Redhead.  Come on man!  [emoji41]

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Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: Idahawk on October 17, 2015, 09:43:38 PM
Great grill and a great price , congrats


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Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: weldboy on October 18, 2015, 04:49:46 AM
@Russell C. You're totally right my friend. That is an awesome story in its own right. Meeting another grillfella 10 minutes from my house, seeing your collection and having a brewsky, and scoring two kettles... you are right sir shame on me😭. Seriously though that redhead grills a mean steak.
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: Mozfan00 on October 18, 2015, 06:20:07 AM
What a great condition "c" kettle!! Congrats

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Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: TheDude on October 18, 2015, 07:14:50 AM
Almost perfect condition and my birth year. Bit of a grail for me. Nice find man.
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: Stringplucker1 on October 18, 2015, 11:41:34 AM
5 doller make you holler


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Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: tb80 on October 18, 2015, 12:19:32 PM
Great score   


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Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: Harleysmoker on October 18, 2015, 03:06:31 PM
Nice find! I couldn't pass on any kettle for $5
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: Craig on October 26, 2015, 08:49:37 PM
Friggin Sweet!! Welcome to the "C" club! A grail for some. First full year of the wooden (teak) bowl handles.
Title: Re: Score! C code for $5
Post by: Cochise on October 27, 2015, 07:55:14 PM
Good deal!