I love cooking outdoors, especially (but not eclusively!) in the summer. So when the opportunity to buy a discounted, quality grill with a good warranty, in a month where there was a little slack in the budget rope, Audrey agreed it was time to retire the old grill.
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| The new shininess |
And not a moment too soon either! I had replaced the burners once and grill plates twice over the 14 years that we owned our Thermos-branded Char-Broil barbeque, and I know think I gave it a thorough cleaning during the last transplant (oof, 2022?!). But yeah, the corrosion, rust and assorted detritus in the bottom was almost an inch thick in places, which meant carefully removing what innards I could before taking the shop vac to it.
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| The old crustiness (detritus not shown) |
With the burners and cooking surface in the bin, I had hoped to disassemble the rest of the unit in a similar fashion and save myself a trip to the EcoStation, but alas, it was not to be. Luckily, Glory was able to remove the two side shelves so that it would fit into the back of the 'Lander with the seats folded (after a tarp was laid down and the old vinyl cover draped back over the grill like a burial shroud).
Yestereday I took it to the Kennedale EcoStation (Coroniation is closer but blsoed until next year for some upgrades), wheeled it into the scrap metal bin and said good bye. Driving away I reflected on two things: 1) that was a pretty good run for a barbeque I bought for $189 at a liquidators in 2014, and 2) I really should have thrown the cover out while I was there, but didn't think of it in time.
At any rate, we've had a few opportunities to use the new grill now (including searing some smoked steaks and grilling asparagus on it just yesterday!) and it's been great thus far, although I am still getting the hang of using a thermometer with the infra-red side burner. Do I really need 1200 degrees?
With any luck this new Napoleon will last even longer than our last grill!
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