Varekais' Ranch Kettle... part 1, the clean up

[greenweb]

Nice clean up work. It looks great!  Just treat it with some rust inhibitor spray for now, If you want to wait till the summer to work on the frames.

[varekai]

I am going to leave it disassembled for now and take the frames to a local powder coater for an estimate...

[MikeRocksTheRed]

I love the pic of your mini weber lid on it!!!!!  Made me think of a new use for my Ranch when I'm not cooking on it.  It would make a great table for serving up food!

[Lemans]

Awesome.  Welcome to the club!

[varekai]

I love the pic of your mini weber lid on it!!!!!  Made me think of a new use for my Ranch when I'm not cooking on it.  It would make a great table for serving up food!

and you just gave ME a great idea, I could make a top for mine and use as my DINING ROOM table...and it would be kept inside when not in use!


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[MikeRocksTheRed]

I love the pic of your mini weber lid on it!!!!!  Made me think of a new use for my Ranch when I'm not cooking on it.  It would make a great table for serving up food!

and you just gave ME a great idea, I could make a top for mine and use as my DINING ROOM table...and it would be kept inside when not in use!


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A dining room table with a lid!!!!! Would be a great way to keep the table from collecting junk in between meals!!!!

[varekai]

A dining room table with a lid!!!!! Would be a great way to keep the table from collecting junk in between meals!!!!

@MikeRocksTheRed , RIGHT, lid on, no place to put the bills but the trash...LOL

[varekai]

So I just went to the powder coaters to get an estimate, not sure what I was thinking it would cost, but for $45 I left it there it'll be done by the end of the week!!!!


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[Neil_VT00]

So I just went to the powder coaters to get an estimate, not sure what I was thinking it would cost, but for $45 I left it there it'll be done by the end of the week!!!!

Sounds like a great decision to me.  I would have guessed it would have cost more.  Great job so far and I'm looking forward to seeing the results!

[MikeRocksTheRed]

So I just went to the powder coaters to get an estimate, not sure what I was thinking it would cost, but for $45 I left it there it'll be done by the end of the week!!!!


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That seems like a great deal to me.  I would have guessed it would cost more, but I've never had anything powder coated.

[pbe gummi bear]

So I just went to the powder coaters to get an estimate, not sure what I was thinking it would cost, but for $45 I left it there it'll be done by the end of the week!!!!


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Ha, I would have done the same. I know you'll keep us updated.

[varekai]

yesterday I did some cleaning on the grill grate, It was gross! Waiting on some cleaning pads that I ordered to get the heavy crud off....can't wait for the end of the week! Frame will be just like new! I would have paid $150 to have it powder coated, so glad I didn't wait to get the estimate. When he said $45 I was ecstatic, We went into the office to do the paperwork and he told his receptionist to write it up and it was $45, I said make it $50 since you guys are on it so fast... He was a little shocked, look on his face was interesting...LOL   That is all for now.  except now im headed over to Amazon to buy an A-mazen tube smoker ( @MikeRocksTheRed  fault for trying to smoke butter) I will use it for salt also.

[MikeRocksTheRed]

@varekai -  Peer pressure is contagious here!  You got a ranch, so I went and got a ranch...I got a amaz-n-tube smoker now you are getting one.  I guess its my turn to follow you next!

[varekai]

Question is which cold smoker, I'm on amazon looking at the tube and the maze.. and now I'm reading troys review on the kettle page... decisions decisions...


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[MikeRocksTheRed]

Question is which cold smoker, I'm on amazon looking at the tube and the maze.. and now I'm reading troys review on the kettle page... decisions decisions...


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I'd probably go the maze route if I had to redo my purchase.  The tube kind of spills pellets out of the end when you lay it down in the grill.  The maze lets you smoke a lot longer if you needed to.  I like my tube though because it burns for about 6 hours which is how long I like to do my cheese.   When there isn't anymore smoke coming out of the grill, the cheese is done.

Also, do you have a torch or something like that for lighting the pellets.  They can be a bit tricky to light.  I ended up getting alcohol gel which works really good.  I've since been gifted a looftlighter that works even better, but would be an expensive purchase just for lighting some wood pellets!