The drip pan, for lack of a better term, came sliding out of my force 10 and overboard when we were prepping the boat for haul out. Ooops. I think mine is on it's last legs. Your's sounds like a different BBQ, we never really cook meat on ours .. just use it as a toaster for the most part!
Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I dearly love my small Force 10 log style propane marine grill. Your > opinion may differ but I haven't seen one I like better for size, > temperature control, and lack of flame out in breeze. I cooked a nice > steak on it a few years ago in a tropical storm with 35 knot breeze. > > Anyway, when I went to use it this weekend to cook Chicken Georges (recipe > below), the air mix plenum assembly was almost detached from the grill > body. It was originally tack welded to a flange ring which was also tacked > to the grill body. It worked but I was worried the assembly, regulator and > propane bottle was going to do a MOB thing. > > This grill has been out of production for several years. I saw one on > eBay for $250. :( The Force 10 marine grill entity has been taken over by > Kuuma. They make nice grills. > > Normally I would do the research and by a new grill from Magma, Kuuma, > Dickinson, etc. but I really like my old Force 10. So I decided to try to > resurrect it. > > Dis-assembly showed the rotary air/fuel valve completely gone, plugged > slots in the burner tube, propane supply orifice partially scaled, in > addition to the plenum hanging by a single small tack weld. > > Well, 6 hours of restoration later, it works again. Tack welds replaced > with self tapping pan heads, orifice in the gas supply cleaned out, slots > in the burner tube cleaned and a new inner air/fuel rotary mix valve made > from a piece of 1 inch stainless railing. > > Test burn showed 475F on the thermometer on the lid. :) Good for a few > more years! > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > Chicken Georges > > Chicken breast marinated in Worcestershire sauce, grilled > Cooked bacon > Sliced swiss > slice of pineapple > Lettuce > Mayonnaise > Stack on hamburger bun. Eat! > > Derived from the Gorgeous George and Chicken George burgers from High > Alpine mid-mountain restaurant at Snowmass, CO. > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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