Hello WKC,
it's a long time ago that I've been active here. I'm very sorry!!!
My now 7 months old son is keeping me very busy in my free time but I keep on grilling as often as possible.
But now I have some good news for you. Another "old" kettle is rescued and will now be restored and respected.
So here's the story how I came to my 5th Weber:
In the past I often thought about building a outdoor kitchen in our garden. I had a lot of different ideas and plans.
But all plans had the same problem -> not enough space in the garden.
So in the end after many discussions with my wife I finally accepted that there will be no way to build up a nice outdoor kitchen.
I decided that another or new table near to the grills (maybe with wheels) could already be helpful.
So the plan was that I wanted to change something in the garden in summer.
...
And then last weekend... Destiny!!!
On the Swiss auction website (where I already found my Red Beauty Master Touch and the thrifty legged brownie) I've found this wonderful red SS Performer:
There were 3 more pics, but not very good.
The auction was starting at 30 CHF, about 30 $.
I didn't think about it one second, I just knew I want it and I need it.
There was already 1 bid on it and so I've set my highest price to 51 CHF (if needed I would have gone higher
).
And so two days ago the auction ended at 41 CHF !!!!
42$ for a SS Performer, muhahahahaha isn't that great
I felt like winning the jackpot
Maybe some cleaning and polishing, a few hours of work (that's how I expect it to be from the pics) and I have another great grill in my lineup. Yippie
I'm gonna pick it up the next two weeks and be sure to be updated with some nice pics before and after cleaning/resto.
I wish you all a nice weekend, have some great grilling time with your families at these wonderful spring days
Sebastian