Picked this Louisiana grill up ~10 years ago from the local ace hardware for $200, they were switching to Traeger & they had been using this for demos on weekends.
Gave me an Er-1 this morning, resolved that (loose temp wire) but I'm thinking this poor thing is getting loose to end of life. Might be an interesting welding project to build a new one, salvaging the smart stuff and making a bit larger pellet grill.
Any thoughts on tackling such a project? I'm at the local scrap yard a lot, pretty sure I can find what I'd need for dirt cheap. May even go stainless (I need the practice welding SS)
by Walts_Ahole
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Yeah…penetrating rust, I think that’s given up the ghost. Can’t say I’ve heard of someone scavenging the brains and putting it in a new/bigger cook chamber, but I can’t think of a reason it wouldn’t work.
10 years? You more than got your money’s worth out of it. Looks pretty rough. I’d buy a new one.
Feb 21, 2015 in the pic below, covered 99.9% of the time, on my second grill cover & it’s about to crack.
https://preview.redd.it/s1fove9xwpne1.jpeg?width=1680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=944fb114870d535fc734b46d02b6b7011a3dd185
Save the guts and get an old fridge.. mount near bottom… large vertical smoker
If she’s still smoking and working good save your money. If she needs more than $300 in parts buy a new one.