2018 was full of grill adventures.
My goal at the beginning of the year was to agent, so I did:
In February, I was able to pick up a NIB fire pit and pass it off to
@CatskillSmoker as part of a
multi-state, multi-member swapLater on, I agented an Outrider for
@firedude5015 I snagged a
Blue MT in NJ on a Friday afternoon and passed it off to @CatskillSmoker in NY the next morning:
Along the way, I developed the idea of the A.W.O.P. — Agent Without Principal. (As opposed to Agent without PrincipLE). Under this theory, I’d pick up grills of interest and pass them through to interested members at cost. Oddly enough, this only involved beer logo grills (copper Sam Adams, blue Sam Adams and black Guinness).
Rescuing:
I picked up my
first curbside rescue: an 18 OTS that I passed off to another member for free along with an 18.5 WSM center section.
Restoring:
Had the privilege of going to work on a couple of acquisitions that had been neglected:
’62 Glen Blue and a
’77 Yellow.
Did some modifications:
Made a
tuck-n-carry midget for use on the dock at my cabin.
Customized a non-assist SSP. First with a
Sage. Then with an
LE.
Added Master Touch elements to an 18.5 Plum.
Made a mini chimney for firing up small amounts of briqs for low and slow cooks.
De-taco’ed a Blue Wave SJG.
Was extremely grateful to be on the receiving end of some Agenthood:
WSM Rack from
@FiremunkeeYellow, courtesy of @charredMade some trades:
After finding a second WSM rack, I swapped it with
@brewtownbeatdown for an internal ash pan
Traded a C code 18 for a Plum 18 with @CatskillSmokerAlong the way, I managed to accumulate some nice hardware for myself:
’62 Glen Blue'77 YellowBlue Wave SJGGGA
CGA
Non-assist SSP Cart
LE
Plum 18.5
22.5 Rotisserie
Old School charcoal baskets
Oh, and also found some time to actually cook on these beauties —from the 1962 Glen Blue to the 2017 LE.
Needless to say, I am very much looking forward to another year of adventure with this brotherhood of shared insanity.