Today we took delivery on new grill grates. New stainless steel grates to replace the holed-out porcelin coated original ones. It took 14 years (my estimate) to burn the grates off of our Weber Genesis gas grill. I think that's how long I've had the grill, only a guess, probably a close one.
At one point in life I had 5 grills one the patio. I was grill crazy. Every time I found one bigger or fancier or whatever, I'd "forget" to get rid of the other one. It all came in handy during the wedding party when Sue Unit and I got married. I did the cooking because I wanted to, because I needed to use all 5 grills, and I did. I planned a menu that required 5 grills. I had 8 gas tanks. Insane. Some sort of a fixation at that time.
From all of that, the Weber remains. Only the Weber. I've replaced the stainlesss tube burners (about 10 years) and the Flavorizer Bars (about 11 years). Finally the grates. This grill has taught me what quality is about. And the value of buying quality to start with.
And the design. Notice in the photo the thing has straight-down sides, no ledges to catch grease and gunk, making it a frustrating task to clean. And the straight-down sides drop all of the gunk into a drawer that holds the grease pan. Pull the drawer out, scrape it into the trash can, you're done cleaning.
Perfect temperature control. You can, and are supposed to, use it as an oven. With three sideways burner tubes, it's an oven. Bake bread, whatever an over does.
I sold one of these at Sears in Pineville NC one day. My second ex-wife wanted to hit the mall and buy lots of smelly stuff and goop that wasn't going to help her character at all. I pointed out that she could do the mall while I hung out in Sears, in the hardware section.
She went strutting off toward the girl stores and I noticed right away a couple oogling over the Weber Genesis grill. I went over and pointed out all of its great features and how much I loved the one I had at home.
I think they wanted it to start with, and my tale pushed them over the top.
The man said, "We'll take it. Do you have a cover for it?"
I said, "I don't know, I don't work here."
The mall had a great day that day. They sold a lot of stuff.
At one point in life I had 5 grills one the patio. I was grill crazy. Every time I found one bigger or fancier or whatever, I'd "forget" to get rid of the other one. It all came in handy during the wedding party when Sue Unit and I got married. I did the cooking because I wanted to, because I needed to use all 5 grills, and I did. I planned a menu that required 5 grills. I had 8 gas tanks. Insane. Some sort of a fixation at that time.
From all of that, the Weber remains. Only the Weber. I've replaced the stainlesss tube burners (about 10 years) and the Flavorizer Bars (about 11 years). Finally the grates. This grill has taught me what quality is about. And the value of buying quality to start with.
And the design. Notice in the photo the thing has straight-down sides, no ledges to catch grease and gunk, making it a frustrating task to clean. And the straight-down sides drop all of the gunk into a drawer that holds the grease pan. Pull the drawer out, scrape it into the trash can, you're done cleaning.
Perfect temperature control. You can, and are supposed to, use it as an oven. With three sideways burner tubes, it's an oven. Bake bread, whatever an over does.
I sold one of these at Sears in Pineville NC one day. My second ex-wife wanted to hit the mall and buy lots of smelly stuff and goop that wasn't going to help her character at all. I pointed out that she could do the mall while I hung out in Sears, in the hardware section.
She went strutting off toward the girl stores and I noticed right away a couple oogling over the Weber Genesis grill. I went over and pointed out all of its great features and how much I loved the one I had at home.
I think they wanted it to start with, and my tale pushed them over the top.
The man said, "We'll take it. Do you have a cover for it?"
I said, "I don't know, I don't work here."
The mall had a great day that day. They sold a lot of stuff.
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