4 or 5 years ago I sold my PG500 to my brother in law. He used it a ton at first and then just kind of let it sit. We've talked the last couple years about buying it back and he finally just wanted it off his porch so I bought it back on the cheap even though I didn't really have room for it.
I don't believe he cleaned it the entire time he owned it, so I spent the last few hours getting all the gunk off of everything. Manufacture date was January 2013. That's the great thing about stainless. Cleans up well after all these years.
Ive bought and sold in the neighborhood of 12-15 smokers over the years. Maybe more. This was one of the few that I missed now and again.
I fired up to 550 for an extra burn off after cleaning and am in the process of backing down to smoking temps to throw on some ribs. Definitely a different animal than the cheapo z grill I've been using. Glad to be reunited.