Amazing Broil King Find!

[smokenoob]

Nice job MacGyver!

[rickgregory]

Man having to do all that work when you already paid... oh, right. Now to get a cook on it...

[FireMan]

Rill nice!

[Dewesq55]

Well I finally ordered and received the replacement cooking grates so the grill is ready for use. The rotisserie burner turned it to be shot and needed to be replaced. I had a b*tch of a time finding a replacement - getting backordered from 2 different e-tailers. When I finally found one that actually "had one" it got here and was the wrong model and didn't fit. I was very frustrated and rather than send it back I decided to cannibalize it for the parts I needed to fix the original. It now works perfectly. I haven't been able to remove the hood so I didn't get all of the rust off the inside, but I think I got enough that it won't drop into the food being cooked. I've decided, for now, to keep the charbroil it is replacing and turn it into a dedicated flattop. At the moment I just have GrillGrates turned flat side up, to but plan to eventually buy a real griddle top for it.

[SmokingSteve]

Wow! Way to go! Please keep us posted on the progress of the process.

[FireMan]

Ya done good. 👍

[IFindZeroBadCooks]

It looks like a steal!

Some people are weird. Drop $1500 on a grill and leave it the rain with no cover and then give it away for free when it gets rusty.

Bargains for the patient and folks who take care of stuff.

[Dewesq55]

Yeah, I agree.

[Huskee]

For someone with a little time and a wire wheel, a great free find for sure.

[Dan Deter]

Even with springing for replacement parts that's still a heck of a deal!

[Dewesq55]

So I picked it up today and brought it home. There is quite a bit of rust sheet metal inside, including the inner lid panel. I will get to get in there with a wire wheel on my grinder and knock it off. Right now it's a bit flaky and could fall on the food being cooked. The burners are bit rusty, but look to be sound. The flavorizer plates, again, have some rust but are serviceable. Since this one was built, Broil King has gone to stainless flavorizer. If necessary, I will spring for a set of those. The biggest issue, at the moment, is that he had it set up as an installed unit connected to his main home propane tank, so the removed the regulator to attach it to a 20 lb tank. So right now I can't fire it up and see how it burns. They also revived the side out tank base. Also, the grates are in bad shape in the sense that they were porcelain coated steel and the porcelain coating is all degraded and they are quite rusty. This is another part that Broil King has done away with in favor of stainless steel. The replacements are around $75 each (you need 2) which I might eventually do if I can't make the old ones serviceable.

The model number is 9565-44 which translates to a Regal 490 Pro (without the "S" in front.)
Here's a couple of photos. I'll post some more when I get a chance.

[Dewesq55]

I think that's basically what it is.

[Dewesq55]

Yeah, rotisserie burner is not IR. It's a regular tube burner. He did not give me the rotisserie motor, but I can get one from Broil King for not too much money.

[Huskee]

Hopefully it's juts a case of "it's dirty so it's junk" and with a little elbow grease and you'll have a mighty fine free grill!

[TripleB]

Congrats!! Always fun to find free things that you can use. I always drive by slowly when people put out things in front of their house to discard. Couple months ago I found a nice little brown ceramic bean pot. No cracks or chips, still had the lid. Have I used it....no, but I was happy bringing it home.