I decided to take a quick peek at FB marketplace after lunch yesterday, and saw a thumbnail of this image under the caption "Push mower and charcoal grille: $60":
In the milliseconds it took to click on the post, I told myself it's probably too far away, it's probably gone by now, it's probably roached beyond belief . . . No such luck. The ad's only been up for 7 minutes, and it's about 60 miles away. As for the roach potential, I'll take my chances. Seller responds immediately. I leave immediately.
The seller is moving, and getting rid of a bunch of stuff left by a former tenant. She tells me the grill has been sitting under the porch for 5-6 years. From the accumulated filth inside the bowl, I have no reason to doubt. Sold American. (I also bought the reel mower).
Most of the filth cleaned out pretty readily, to reveal a very nice grill, but with a manufacturing defect I hadn't seen before. The bowl vents and leg sockets are not in harmony. One bowl vent actually sits on top of one of the leg socket tabs:
I took some quick measurements of the distance between the legs and the bowl lip and found the front leg to be about 1 inch closer to the bowl lip than the back legs. This might account for the forward tilt:
Appears to date from
1976, with the large bowl tabs, plastic wheels and Bar-B-Q small tab lid vent. Anyways, here are some pics before and after a quick cleanup:
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