My relatively basic grill has been slowly but surely trying to give up the ghost. It has silently been begging to be sent off to the great scrapyard in the sky.
I’m having none of it. I think I want my next grill to be part of some sweet outdoor kitchen extravaganza, so I’m not interested in replacing it right now. Besides that, I have [GrillGrates] for this grill and I love them, so I don’t want to have to potentially replace those.
The grill base is just inexpensive pressed steel, and after a few years of being outside and not receiving tender loving care, it is falling in on itself.
And, underneath those GrillGrates that I love so much, all the burner parts were pretty much trash at this point as well:
What was still salvageable was the upper part of the grill. The firebox wasn’t beyond saving.
Lumber is insanely expensive right now, and I also need to clean up the garage, so this is an all-scrap project:
Not shown- some old shelving that coughed up quite a bit of 3/4″ material, and a couple wheels from what might have been an old ruined push mower.
I did end up buying some gray spray paint and bolts for the wheels. Everything else was repurposed. A refurb kit is *way* cheaper than a replacement grill.
Drip pan details:
Nothing groundbreaking, but should get me a couple more seasons out of this grill. Total expense was probably about $45. The kit with replacement burner tubes, heat tents, etc, was around $30.
