Found on marketplace for only 100 bucks. Is there a way to find out the year it was built?
by NoLookinCookin
19 Comments
Educational-Neck5890
Carbon date the ashes
Desperate_Set_7708
r/redneckengineering
docbasset
There may be a date code inside the dome, near the hinge.
Extra_Tree_2077
That’s in rough shape. New hinges, new vent, new thermometer, new handle etc. Can get quite pricey if you want original BGE stuff.
KingOfTheBongo82
Count the rings
az987654
I’d love this as a restore project
Financial_Coach4760
I would t pay $100 for it. $40 tops. That thing is gonna cost you $500 in parts minimum.
gaw92
Give no more than $50, put it aside and search for a cracked one.
chrislee5150
Mine looked the same. Did all the hardware for $350. It literally looks brand new.
Blehhhhhj
check the odometer
JROBBIN4563
Why does that look so tiny to me. Like a toy
Hot-Equal702
Do not know.
Shop around a bit to find a hinge and wide handle and lower draft damper.
Likely a lid seal as well.
So for a few hundred dollars you will have a nice bge.
Enjoy.
Cracked fire bowls and inner ring are common and do not immediately need to be replaced if ever.
My fire bowl has been cracked into three pieces for a years.
Newer ones have splits in them to solve the thermal expansion issues.
Oh yeah a fire grate or basket . I have a stainless fire grate. Via amazon.
Ymmv but cook and have fun.
Spreadeaglebeagle44
Steal at $100 if the shell is intact. Clean burn and run that bitch. It’s a BGE not a spaceship.
garage-hank
They would have to pay me $100 to take it
MrWonderfoul
That looks like the 1st generation BGE. Not sure when these were replaced by 2nd gen. Mine is about 25 yo.
2for2true
So long as the shell is intact and it’s at minimum a ‘large’ egg, I would absolutely restore it. Yes, some of the hardware will be pricy but some of it you can swap out at your basic hardware store (or work with your local metal machine fabricator).
sqweeze07
The R next to the logo and that stippling pattern was pretty common on early 2000s models
seepa808
Why does this appear to be the size of a keychain?
KFlow07
There’s nearly $100 worth of material in that table alone. What are you considering? Snatch that up and in the words of Malcolm Reed, let’s get to cookin’
19 Comments
Carbon date the ashes
r/redneckengineering
There may be a date code inside the dome, near the hinge.
That’s in rough shape. New hinges, new vent, new thermometer, new handle etc. Can get quite pricey if you want original BGE stuff.
Count the rings
I’d love this as a restore project
I would t pay $100 for it. $40 tops. That thing is gonna cost you $500 in parts minimum.
Give no more than $50, put it aside and search for a cracked one.
Mine looked the same. Did all the hardware for $350. It literally looks brand new.
check the odometer
Why does that look so tiny to me. Like a toy
Do not know.
Shop around a bit to find a hinge and wide handle and lower draft damper.
Likely a lid seal as well.
So for a few hundred dollars you will have a nice bge.
Enjoy.
Cracked fire bowls and inner ring are common and do not immediately need to be replaced if ever.
My fire bowl has been cracked into three pieces for a years.
Newer ones have splits in them to solve the thermal expansion issues.
Oh yeah a fire grate or basket .
I have a stainless fire grate. Via amazon.
Ymmv but cook and have fun.
Steal at $100 if the shell is intact. Clean burn and run that bitch. It’s a BGE not a spaceship.
They would have to pay me $100 to take it
That looks like the 1st generation BGE. Not sure when these were replaced by 2nd gen. Mine is about 25 yo.
So long as the shell is intact and it’s at minimum a ‘large’ egg, I would absolutely restore it. Yes, some of the hardware will be pricy but some of it you can swap out at your basic hardware store (or work with your local metal machine fabricator).
The R next to the logo and that stippling pattern was pretty common on early 2000s models
Why does this appear to be the size of a keychain?
There’s nearly $100 worth of material in that table alone. What are you considering? Snatch that up and in the words of Malcolm Reed, let’s get to cookin’