The absolute best cooking item I ever bought was a small propane grill.  I bought it when I was living in an apartment in Florida and we weren't allowed to have grills on the patio  😉  I used it all the time. 

My current grill is about 7 years old and the drip shield rusted out and now there is nothing left.  Time to make a choice.  My mom has a travel Weber that I like but it was $100 or something.  Car repairs and house repairs are telling me it's not a good time to tell DW I need more camping equipment    My grill is no longer made but I found a different model and the drip shield would be like $15 plus shipping.  I was procrastinating buying it.  Would it work right, should I just talk to DW about a new one  :tickedoff:

Last weekend I was at a Navy reunion with a memorial service for my Dad (he passed away 2 years ago).  We had some time between events and passed a garage sale.  My bro and DW joked about how Dad loved going to garage sales.  My Dad passed on the garage sale eye to me.  As they were talking I was checking it out and in a drive-by I was able to see this grill and see that it was clean.  We stopped.  It looked brand new, like they cooked 1 burger on it.  I paid $10 AND I got it with 2 propane bottles.  So I basically paid $4 for the grill if the propane was $3 each in a store ;D

Now the real funny part of this story......we were 8 hours away in Plattsburgh NY, 30 minutes from Montreal Canada.  It was fitting that on the weekend of my Dad's memorial service that I stop at a garage sale and pick up something.  My Dad was known for stopping at garage sales or flea markets where ever he was.  My folks were at a wedding in GA and my Dad picked up a parking meter.  Some of the family members thought he was crazy  :idiot2:

Here is a pic of my grill

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