So I seen that JCNAZ posted on the trading section a local blue SS pefromer, after thinking about it and weighing the con sequence of getting it (girlfriend said slow down on acquiring grills and the smoker you want). I decided go for it. Anyways meet with the seller able to hagle some with them on the price so I take it home. It isn't perfect and needs work.<---- assembled incorrectly and pretty dirty and some porcelain chips not to big though. Anyways pics that follow are the tear down and clean up.
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Now I didn't get pics of me cleaning so we jump to reassemble.
And something special added.
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A lot of runway on that table!!! This is my extension I made to put on my black SS that is in the garage still waiting to be finished.
Also breaking this kettle in tonight with a cook I will post some more pics here. Need it seasoned for the rib roast tomorrow.
Thanks for looking
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Here are some pics of its first cook.
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More to come stay tuned. The table extension is great if gives so much real estate to lay things out.
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Very nice !
That's an Enterprise Class Performer as in aircraft carrier !
Rest of its first cook.
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Well it cooks good.
It was nice to have gas assist again. Now I gotta get the other performer finished so I can store all the other kettles in the garage. The girlfriend says she will allow two performers on the patio and I can store the other kettles in the garage.
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Absolutely awesome Mikey!
Your extension turned out even better than I had imagined it could. You are on to something big here...wouldn't surprise me if you get a few PM's asking you to build some of these!
You know I love black kettles, but that blue really makes this stand out.:)
Just a killer clean up and rebuild that extension is very cool! Great Job!
excellent!!!
Sweet looking table. Does it swing away or down?
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Quote from: Jocool on December 24, 2013, 12:00:00 AM
Sweet looking table. Does it swing away or down?
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Yeah...how is that extension mounted up?
What a great setup. Very nicely done. Sometimes I could use a little more room on my Performer.
The table extension is a slide in unit. I made a piece that fits inside both pieces of square tube and is a pretty tight fit. So just slide it in or out and that's it.
Here are some more pics.
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The frame under the stainless. Minus the slide pieces.
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The slide piece not fully slid in.
Hope these help a bit
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would love to see some close up photos of that extension.
Nice job!
Quote from: Jeff on December 24, 2013, 08:06:41 AM
would love to see some close up photos of that extension.
Jeff I will get some more pics of it later. Some detailed ones! ;)
Quote from: Jeff on December 24, 2013, 08:06:41 AM
would love to see some close up photos of that extension.
Here are the detailed pics Jeff. Sorry took so long what with the holidays and work.
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The handles on the extension are the same length as the ones that are originally on the performer. Also put the plugs in the extension handles that I removed off the performer handles.
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The underneath with extension installed. It does not interfere with the grate hanger. Thought about ordering another one and installing it on the extension, still considering it.
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Last 3 pics is pulling the extension off. Last one shows the slide piece that goes inside the handles of the performer cart. Notice how the stainless of the extension goes past the black frame and that is where the slide pieces are, made it this way to fill the area between the performer handles and make it a very clean almost as if the performer was made this way.
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Extension slid all the way out and ready for removal.
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Used an extra tool holder on the extension handle so I can hang the grate.
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Used pipe and ground it down to slide inside the extension frame and into the performer frame handles.
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Underneath of extension table showing the frame.
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The screws holding the stainless to the frame the one in red goes through the slide piece holding it into the extension table. The slide pieces just slide into the performer handles and the table held there by friction , it takes a bit to push it in to install, and pull it out to remove. Thinking of drilling the frame of the performer on the handles and then tapping the slide pieces to the extension so I can bolt it in. The table extension sags just ever so slightly and this would take care of that.
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Hope that shows more detail. This was a fun project and I really like how well it works and how great it turned out.
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awsum work 8)
love to see a good mod ;D
i must make a blue performer bowl arrive in a shipment one day 8) ::)
Very cool mod! Would love to have an extended work surface like that! Thanks for the detailed pics. I think there's been a post where the extension is hinged. Would love to see detailed plans of that, as well.
Excellent photos, thanks for posting them!
That's a great mod. Thanks for the detail
Excellent work.
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nice work.
get it in the mods thread