looking at the last pic, there appears to be more than a couple spots on the bowl where the color has popped off and rust around the leg mounts as well as a good bit of rust on the one-touch handle. were i forced to venture a guess, i'd say that grill was blown over by the wind onto some rocks and left upside down/tipped over for a while. as ugly as it is, i believe it could be saved with some steel wool, elbow grease, high temp primer and high temp engine paint. not sure what caused the large patch of damage though.