I’ve been wanting a propane grill since we bought our house 5 years ago but I didn’t want to shell out big bucks for something I won’t be constantly using. My town is doing a village garage sale this weekend and I saw this little guy 4 houses down from me so I ran over and offered my neighbor $40. It came with a cover and I already have a full propane tank so I am excited to get grilling.

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    4 days ago

    Webers are nice to have because you can but almost any part you need to keep it alive. Nice buy!

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    That bad boy is very clean! It looks low miles. How are the burners and the igniters?

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      The grates are spotless. The guy said it was blown across the yard a few years ago during a big storm but it’s well intact. It’s only a 2 burner but it’s enough for us. Popped a new battery in the igniter and it fired right upb

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        You can do better than Webber but not much. You can do a lot more worse. Anything cheaper than Webber is you get what you pay for or less. Anything more might be better but there are diminishing returns.

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          Their BBQ tools are rock solid, too. I upgraded to a green egg and kept the tongs and spatula from my old setup. I’ve owned them for a decade now. They’re outside (under the patio) and still do the job perfectly.

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      I’ve got an old beat up Weber kettle that I love but I really wanted something I can just fire and throw some meat on lickity split. I’ll be keeping the kettle for when I want to smoke a pork butt or do beer can chicken

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        Yep. Real wood charcoal is the bomb. But it just takes more time and more malice aforeskin than a gas grill. And sometimes you just want to cook outside now, not later.

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    I love garage sales! My little village had a “town-wide” garage sale last weekend. I picked up an electric chainsaw, two weedeaters, an 18 speed bike, and a bike trailer for a grand total of $30.

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      Larger chain rings are for lower gearing. So if you are towing heavy or going uphill. You shift up to smaller chainrings for more resistance and downshift to bigger chainrings for less resistance.

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        Yup. But for how I normally use my bike, I rarely need more than 5 tops. 1st gear is stupid low, it feels like I could tow a car with that one lol!

        Also I live in a very flat area. I could see using more of them if I lived somewhere with more hills to have to drag my sorry arse up and down.

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          I think I went like 15 years before I shifted out of my middle chainring. Then I moved somewhere mountainous and spent so much time wishing for lower gears. I thought I was a strong biker as a flatlander but I spent months getting dropped daily on my way to work by mom’s towing their kids to school. Humbling for sure!

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      18-speed bike? The most I ever heard of is 10. How many gears do you expect to actually use? Seems like cable TV with 4000 channels.

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        I found that while I never used the full range, I did use all the gears … let me trying to explain that better: I used all six of the back gears and I used all three of the front gears, even if I never used all eighteen combinations.

        If you want to shift the front gear, it helps to be on “that end” of the back gears

        I don’t know if the technology has gotten better but for me, neither fully diagonal combination worked well anyway.

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        Instead of the normal (old?) 5 gears on the back, this one has six and 3 on the front makes the 18. I hardly ever change the front, so I only really use 5 out of that anyway.

        Maybe a serious bike person would use them all, but I see no point in it.

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    What, no inside pic of of the good stuff??? I’m hoping it’s as well maintained as the rest of it.

    Looks like a fine looking grill.

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    Great buy! I have this model with one extra burner - has not let me down yet. 40$ is a steal if the inside as well maintained.

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    $40 is an amazing deal. I saw what looks like the same model “on sale” for I think $450 over Memorial Day

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    Nice, I like it. I was able to snag 4 different power tools I’ve been looking out for at a garage sale the other day. If you get there early you can get some really great deals.

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    I’ve had the same grill (except 3 burners) for like 7 years, it’s great. The grates eventually did rust but you can get replacement parts easily. Enjoy!