Im calling on all you guys to hit the streets, junk piles/scrap metal drive, CL/Kijiji, or whatever, and rescue as many grills as we can for the rest of the month.
It should be a pretty good time of the year to intercept some grills from the scrap heap with the summer coming to an end for a lot of people, folks are moving or finishing that "last season" with their cadywompas old junker...that the legs been falling off of for 20 years.
Any age, size, color, or condition...even if you have to pay a few bucks to save it!
No grillfella can ever feel complete without a couple rescued junkers on the side of the house.
Save'em all & we'll part'em out later...
Heres two I recued today.
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All of us together I think we can get 100 grills... make that 98.
Go get'em and post'em up here.
Damn, that Joe has seen some shit.
Its in my junk pile now...I have a plan for it that'll be good entertainment for us this winter
I can't pass up an old Gennie. This EO 1000 model from 1995 followed me home, and will get the treatment. It will be used on my deck, where I have limited space, but is closer to the kitchen, so a smaller footprint is nice. Frame is generally solid, but will need some TLC. Burners, grates and flavorizers will be upgraded. I have a couple other things in mind.
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Great save Marty!
I am hoping to pick up a kettle tomorrow through CL.
Rescue failed... :(
Keeping my eyes out for another.
I was able to rescue a fairly new Performer today. Like new but very dirty and greasy inside. Gourmet grate system in excellent condition after clean up. It is my first Taco. Oh, it was $30.
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I missed out on a couple of freebies but picked this up for $20. Needs an intense cleaning but still works great.
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Went to the dump today and pulled this out of the pile.
Thats 6 off the pile.
Good hunting fellas!
@wreck | fish Whats town are you in...maybe we can get you some help?
Freebies that I picked up this week....
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O code SSP was Sunday night and DH code kettle was Wednesday night.
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I picked up a really nice DE code performer for 40$, cooked on hard by a previous KCBS competitor.
Nice grill fella!
No pics as it is in hiding from the OL.
Will clean up a post some pics.
Also passed on a free red gaser on Friday hopefully someone here got it?
Red
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I'll keep an eye out. I did rescue a OTP a month or so ago. It was literally within minutes of being picked up by the metal recycling truck. It's on the side of the house now..
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Saved this a few weeks back... some crazing should clean up nice

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Quote from: Hell Fire Grill on August 20, 2017, 05:27:34 AM
Thats 6 off the pile.
Good hunting fellas!
@wreck | fish Whats town are you in...maybe we can get you some help?
Thanks. I'm in Berkeley California. A red MT slipped thru my fingers yesterday. Hope it found a good home!
I'll keep at it!
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Saved this a few weeks back... some crazing should clean up nice
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That's really nice!
@wreck | fish Heres one in San Jose. It should be free I think.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/zip/d/vintage-weber-bbq-grill/6272362153.html
Quote from: Hell Fire Grill on August 21, 2017, 08:16:50 AM
@wreck | fish Heres one in San Jose. It should be free I think.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/zip/d/vintage-weber-bbq-grill/6272362153.html
Thanks HFG. I think that is a member's kettle as well. The original posting had some WKC T Shirts as part of the package! Hope someone picks that up. A bit too far for me unless it was a redhead!
Thanks again.
Picked up this N code today, my first kettle so I guess I'm officially part of the club. Got to fix one of the leg sockets and it's missing a bowl vent. I'll post some pictures once I get it cleaned up.
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Great save
@29tx !
Thats what this club is all about RESCUE, RESTORE, & RESPECT.
Let us know where about your located and maybe we can get a club member in your area to help get the parts you need or raid their personal stash.
@stevez pulled one for me. Ssp plumb. Oh yeah. I got me some parts!!
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Got this last night for $10. Looked great until I turned it upside down. The sockets needed some desperate help and one pulled right off the bowl when I tried to remove the leg. I was even being extra careful! Should be a fun restore with the help of some stainless steel bolts and washers. My first 18"!
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This was my last road side find. Rescue, restore and respect
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Quote from: Hell Fire Grill on August 23, 2017, 05:52:13 AM
Great save @29tx !
Thats what this club is all about RESCUE, RESTORE, & RESPECT.
Let us know where about your located and maybe we can get a club member in your area to help get the parts you need or raid their personal stash.
Thanks Hell Fire, just updated my profile. I'm down in Houston, Texas. The restore on this is under way, hopefully will be able to fire it up soon as long as the we don't get too much rain this weekend.
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This was my last road side find. Rescue, restore and respect
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Love that shade of green! What is the vent code?
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That's a h code mate.
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Nice Resto. Enjoy and Congrats
Quote from: toebone on August 23, 2017, 03:12:45 PM
That's a h code mate.
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That's a nice looking green!
HOLY GRAIL: 1960s Glen Blue aka The Imperial
Very Nice Green, and helluva restore!...Thanks for starting this thread Ray!
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been looking for a solid genesis but seems when your actually looking everyone wants huge amounts for them
Cheers fellas

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Thats a bunch of good kettles saved fellas.
Lets hit it hard this week end and double that.
One tip I'v used to get a grill for free (im a cheap SOB) is to contact sellers that have had their grill listed for a couple weeks or more and tell them your interested in it if its FREE.
Tell them grilling season is about over and no one will be wanting to buy for the next 10 months.
If that dont work then let them know if they give it to you they'll never have to deal with a CL stranger again.
Right now people are moving and the first thing to get dumped is the old grill.
Arbitrarily contact 5 sellers offering to pick up their crappy old grill for free. You just might be surprised what some people will give/throw away just to get rid of it, especially if nobody else has contacted them for it.
Seriously if they wanted the grill it wouldn't be for sale...
Picked up this Gen 2 Performer with code DO...1995. Broken table but otherwise in decent shape. I'm going to order a new metal table.
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My first 18" kettle. Love the little guy
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Nice work! What WKC is all about!
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Saved at the dump. No lid to be found.
Great saves you guys!
Til the next rescue mission....
Picked off the side of the road, left out for the trash. I drove past it earlier in the day but we had a van full of pumpkins, my wife and daughter & a wheelchair. Came back for it a few hours later.
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I can see why they threw it out, but glad you saved it!
That'll make a wicked Halloween kettle. Im imagining some dry ice and a black light inside....
When I met with the CL seller of this brownie last week, he talked himself down from $25 to free. He just wanted it, and the charcoal, out of his way. My Dad found the SJ by some garbage cans last month and handed it off to me.
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Nice save
@Grillagin , grate score on the brownie.
Another road side save. This was found last Friday on my way to work. Grill and accessories at the curb at 5:00am with the trash. Even had a kingsford charcoal caddy.
AT code that looks to never been covered or cleaned. Previous owner loved BBQ sauce. All over inside and out. Got the sweeps off and started clean up.
Looks like the owner went crazy and beat one of the ash sweeps, chipping the inside of the bowl with the metal end on the grill brush and also bent the sweep handle trying to get it moving. They cleaned up OK. Looks like I have a dedicated pizza cooker.
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Nice grab
@nolch01! I was thinking of doing the same thing with the H-code I got for $5 off CL. Same story as before. The guy wanted it out of the way. You got more goodies!
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You guys are doing a great service. I don't ever see any rescue Webers here in Virginia Beach, but will be keeping my eyes peeled!
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Found set out for trash. Cleaned up like new!
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