u/Bubbly-Front7973

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So the propane side of that grill that I picked up a while back needs a lot of work and a lot of help and I had the idea of removing the propane side from it and either cutting the frame back or putting a big countertop there where I can do some cutting and working maybe get a piece of granite. But then I came across this new Char-Griller I saw somebody tossing away recently which looked like it was in really great shape so I somehow thought that I could just swap the propane side and just have two charcoal grills but unfortunately when I brought it home put it side by side I realized it was actually bigger than the grill barrel that's on my unit. To put in perspective the grill grates look about the same but there's only three of them necessary to cover the surface inside the propane and charcoal grill of the large unit and the new one I've just picked up it requires four of them. But I did notice that it has provisions where if I wanted to I could swap the smoker box from The Big unit to this one

u/Bubbly-Front7973 — 15 days ago
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So it looks like this grill needs a lot of work actually contemplating on just getting rid of the propane side altogether and just making it a smoker either cutting it down to the short one or replace both grill sides with a water tank from a hot water heater that I strip down and I'll cut that open and make a grill out of it and I'll switch the grills from this old one to it. Will definitely much heavier gauge steel but it's just a thought I haven't decided yet.

on the propane side it's missing one of the metal grates for grilling which is not a big deal I if I'm replacing the entire unit or cutting it down.

interesting thing is the previous owner told me he never used the propane side but it just ended up getting badly damaged anyway and it came with a cover that's not in the greatest shape but it's intact except for one of the smokestack covers is ripped the propane side and it's the one that's all rusty

Or do people here think that it would make more sense to try to salvage scavenge the parts on eBay and restore it back to its original working condition.?

u/Bubbly-Front7973 — 15 days ago