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Buffalo Forge Grill for Sale

Sometimes I get messages from folks wondering where they can buy a Buffalo Forge Grill, and other times asking how they can sell one and how much they're worth. Well, here is one that is for sale. Sure, it has some rust, but that is a given for these grills (including mine). Looks like it has its hubcaps, which isn't always the case. If you are handy at restoring, like my super-talented friends Adam Gibson or Howie Mook, it could end up looking  pretty great.

If you are interested, reach out to me and I will connect you to the seller (who lives in Orchard Park). 

Howie Mook's Buffalo Forge Grill: "Before" Video

 

Howie put this video together from photos he took before he transformed his Broil-Air into "like new." You can see the "After" here. What a craftsman. And check out his restored Buffalo Forge drill press. 

Howie Mook Restores the Lettering on a Buffalo Forge Grill

Done by Howie's steady hand. Nice job, Howie! For more of Howie's masterful Buffalo Forge and bbq work, look here. 

Vintage Sahlen's Sausage Clock

My friend Howie Mook spotted this on eBay. Sweet! Sahlen's hot dogs are—and this is not a matter of conjecture but fact—the world's finest. Especially when grilled up on a Broil-Air. 

Bitty-Q in Action/Two Bratwurst

 

A video by Howie Mook showing his Bitty-Q in action. Fantastic! Howie notes that he plans to make a few more in the winter months and that it's "still perfect weather here in Buffalo to grill outdoors despite it being December." 

Howie Mook Makes a "Bitty-Q"

Inspired by a YouTube video by Grant Thompson, Howie makes his own 2-Sahlen's version of a "Bitty-Q." Nice, Howie! Can't wait to see it in action! Who needs a Broil-Air? As Howie writes,

"Would be neat if you had about a dozen of these, and your party guests could grill their own dogs. At the end of the party they could take them home with them. You could call it a Mini Q party."

Beer Bottle Tiki Torch

Blogger and friend Alice Henry Whitmore saw this bottle unlit in one of Howie Mook's photos, and thought it was a beer holder. Me, too. Nope, Howie informs us, it's a tiki torch. He found the idea on YouTube. I love it.

Howie Mook's Holland Fold-Away Grill

Howie Mook also has a portable Holland grill. Howie's photo provides an excellent idea of scale, how robustly the grill is constructed, a good view of the griddle/windbreak, and how truly flat if folds. Buffalo ingenuity! Thanks for sending, Howie.

1968 King's Department Store Ad with Holland Industries Foldaway Grill

Close-up view.

Sent to me by Howie Mook. Howie writes:

"Vintage King's Department Store ad for Holland Foldaway Grill, like the ones Adam and I have, check out the prices on the other items also."

Hard to beat $3.48. Holland Industries was based in Buffalo. The third Western New York portable barbecue grill we've discovered, including the Eclipse Portable Grills by Eclipse Metal Mfg. Company in Eden and the Outdoor Griddle Grille by the Mortimer Spiller Company in Batavia. Thanks Howie!

Howie Rescues Another Buffalo Forge Grill

Before.

After.

Howie Mook can't stand to see a Buffalo Forge grill suffer. So when he saw this one at an estate sale, he knew what he had to do. Just for the fun of it, he also painted a side table Buffalo Forge green. See below. Nice job, as always, Howie.

Photo credit: Howie Mook.