Weber Deluxe Performer Restoration, From Start to Finish!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2022
- This is a full restoration of the generation 2 modern Performer.
I will take this grill from not so good to like Brand-New!
See what's involved in restoring your Deluxe Performer.
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It's better than new because it has history and dedication built into it!
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Wow, thorough job. Looks fantastic. We just got one off the curb during junk pickup day in our neighborhood and are restoring. (Except we are doing a more basic, minimal restoration). Thanks for the video!
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Fantastic restoration!
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Beautiful work
Thank you very much!
Looks great and inspired me to work on my Weber
Thanks, glad to hear you are inspired. It will be worth it when you're done!
First class job for sure !
Thank You Sir, I appreciate that.
Great grill tips. Thanks for sharing. I have subscribed to learn more.
Thanks for watching. Lots more tips, tricks, and cool mods to come.
Nice job 👍
Thanks
Beautiful restoration! I just bought a model 3 and was wondering what to do with my model 2 it is replacing. After watching your video, I have a retirement project! Thanks so much!
You're welcome, thanks for watching.
Awesome!
Thanks!
Nice Speedster kit.
Very good observation. It's a project I've yet to get too.
The Gray performer is the one I have yet to own- maybe I will get lucky and come across one. Love your shop and all the cool
Cabinets. Shelby poster makes one wonder - what’s under the car cover. Great video and she came out beautiful
Well you will get see my cars when I start my second channel "My Garage" in the near future.
Beautiful job friend. I just picked up one of these on CL but don't have the motivation to take it apart and clean it out like you did.
Fantastic, good luck with your porject.
I suspect that’s actually better than new!
Klaus
All most, Thanks
nice job. how many of the parts did you order new? obviously the grates, but looke like some other parts were also.
Great work. You have inspired me to restore my blue Gen 2. I've got a crack / puncture in the thermoset table. No idea how I will fix that.
Glad to hear that. You don't have to fix you can replace it with a new steel one. I know they are not cheap but it will last the rest of the life of the grill.
I bought a used one that was manufactured in 2015. The bowl's interior wasn't that dirty but the nuts and washers are rusted. The gas burner tube was caked on with grease and ash but I managed to clean them off with heavy duty degreaser. The front-end of the burner tube facing the center of the kettle looks rusty even with a lot of scrubbing. I am not sure if that is baked on grease. Will try Easy Off oven cleaner. If that doesn't work, I will soak it in Evapo Rust. Where do you get stainless-steel bolts, washers and nuts to replace the original ones? Thanks!
Great video! Random question, where can I buy the red toy kettle at the start?😂
I got it from eBay. Search 8" Weber kettle
Hi! What did you use to soak your ash catcher and sweeper? Thanks a lot!
Dawn Ultra dish soap. After soaking sweeper it was rusty so I soaked it overnight with Evapo-Rust, then took the power wire wheel to it and that's what brought it back to a like new look.
How did you get the aluminium parts so clean and shiny?
Mother's aluminum polish and a lot of work hand polishing.
I guess mine must be a first gen. Where do you find parts for those? I need a new table for mine. That one looks like it’s about the same size and everything.
Fiber glass tables are not available any more. You can get a new steel table from Weber or the BBQ parts store online.
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Awesome job!
How did you restore the table top?
Dove grey performer generation 2 from crate n barrel store (exclusive)
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How would you restore the grey weathered plastic table?
I used a Green 3M Scotch-Brite green pads, (amzn.to/4cfcbCB) Dawn dish soap and lots of elbow grease!
How much do these grills go for? My neighbor is trying to sell me his that he never used for $200 it’s the same older model that you restored thanks
It depends on the color & condition. Weber kettles have a collector following. Some vintage Performers & Kettles have high values. Black is the most common color and would have the least value.
We are thinking of buying one. $549 new.
will the 3rd gen ash catcher fin into the 2nd gen?
Yes if you replace the ring that holds the ash catcher also.
So how did the top part get black when it was right on the metal ?
That isant rust on metal. It's many, many years of smoke and cooking buildup that I scraped and cleaned off to reveal the black porcelain underneath.
When does the video for the custom Simpsons perfomer come out? I hope you made one.
I just posted PART 1. You can watch it now.
So like Dallas Texas right?
Yes, I'm in Garland, TX
Yes, I'm in Garland, TX
AWESOME after several days of labor and expense of products, you have made a 50-dollar grill into a 55-dollar grill!
Thanks for watching.
this cost more than 500$...
690$ to be exact...
Do you still have this performer
As of 12/20/22 I still have it. Barbecue Build Store: www.ebay.com/str/barbecuebuild
I was curious if the ebay one was yours it's on my list lol. Would you ship to ca?
It would cost too much and I'd be worried it would get damaged.
Pretty optimistic calling this a "restoration"
I guess you could call it a BBQ Rebuild.