Saw it while driving a van for work. Spent my lunch break driving this thing back to my house.

It's got some rust, the existing paint is faded, and the thermometer is shot.

So I got a wire wheel for my grinder, a couple cans of high temp flat black paint, and a couple universal thermometers.

It's far from perfect, but it looks great from 10 feet away, and it only cost me like $20 n supplies!

I've never owned a grill before, believe it or not. Let alone a smoker, or anything to do with charcoal. But so far I love it.

Made lots of hotdogs to practice getting it hot and running it. Made steak for my friends, with some guidance, and the consensus was "tasty!"

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Bravo! I got the tiny version of that for $10 at a yard sale, the Brinkmann Smoke 'n' Grill

I didn't have to paint it but I did notice the dial is CRAP. I am gonna swap that out before my next smoke sesh.

Congrats!

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Thanks!

    Heads up, the stock thermometer is some kind of weird insert. Not standard.

    Like, the hole in the grill is 2 inches in diameter, and the whole thermometer recesses inside of that. I couldn't find an exact replacement since they don't make it anymore.

    So I just busted the glass out of the old one, pulled out the guts, and drilled a ¼ inch hole for the new one to go through. So basically I mounted the new one INSIDE the old one.

    Just be careful not to beat up the old one too much, it's thin aluminum and I almost couldn't get it to go back in cleanly because I squished it a tiny tiny bit when I was breaking the glass out, so it was deformed. It's a tight fit.

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