OK, Me and a friend decided the other day, when the PS3 comes out in america, were going to import a PS3 case (somehow) and build the PS3 grill!

For those who dont know what im talking about, look here

The main reason for this is there are a lot of sony fanboys at my school, and I really wanna piss them off by doing this. Me and my freind are planning to cook some steak or something in my software devlopment class. The look on the fanboys faces will be priceless! Plus, if I am the first to build the PS3 grill think of the fame and fortune (ummm well id like to think so, anyway lol) And, I already have the perfect george foreman grill to put in there.

Im curious to see what everyone thinks about this. Is it a crap/stupid/old/good/funny idea?

Id also like to know if there are heaps of other people planning to do this.

IMO... sounds like a silly idea and a wasdte of money. Besides... getting it to look as good as a fake photochop... would be ridiculously difficult.

But.... to each his own...

Oh yeah and I think I forgot to mention that its just a PS3 case with a george forman grill in it. And using the dimensions of the PS3 the grill will fit nicley in it....(hopefully)

DO IT

Cook up a tasty steak for me while you're at it.

I think if you started a website like "therealPS3grill.com" you could easily start taking donations to pay for it...

Nothing says you couldn't put the PS3 guts in another case, or just sell the guts (I'm sure you could make your money back that way).

Also being that you'll be cracking it open you'll probably be one of the first to provide opening instructions for case modders as well as an early glimpse at the PS3s innards which is beneficial to everyone.

I'm moving this to the PS3 forums because this is really a PS3 mod/could lead to PS3 info after release.

do it!! Ill probably buy it.........seriously.

Take plenty of pics! I will be the 1st to shoot it with a variety of bullets

lol, good luck with it. Set it in between a 1Ghz Thunderchicken and 3.4Ghz Preshott. You can cook eggs and thin strips of beef on the processors while cooking the big stuff in the PS3.

if you can get the case, then do it.

but make sure it cooks 7 chickenwings at the same time.

and leave the 8th on raw...

You should set up a website and take donations. Then you could destroy the innards, make the grill and have pictures of opening up the console. Everbody wins! I would donate to that

Kool thanks for all the feedback you guys.

Again, cause i live in Australia ill have to either import just a case or the whole console, since gay sony decided not to release the PS3 here until March next year. Heh perhaps with the innards I could put a steak on the heatsink and see how long it takes to cook lol

Im interested in this idea of setting up a site and getting donations for it. Could anyone help me out with this?

And yeh after I make it ill probly sell it on ebay or something. Im getting so excited about this If it all works as im hoping, itll be awesome!

EDIT: BTW if youd like to help me set up a site about this, PM me or something. And also, it seems like if im gunna build it, ill stuff like the cuts done professionally, instead of my crappy sutting lol

set it up and ill donate......one request....cook a GIANT CRAB

OK well some people have PM'd me with advice. Thanks guys! So there is a great chance of a site going up soon.

Twistedsymphony, the name shall be therealps3grill.com if this site goes ahead.

The other thing is, since I have to import either a whole system or just a case, I need to find a way of getting someone (Preferrably a trusted X-S trader) to get me one as soon as the come out and send it over here (I will pay that person via PAYPAL, not money order thanks to the scamming bastard who ripped me off $500)




Erm, can george forman grills cook giant crabs? Ill have to get back to you on that lol

EDIT: typo

Just to keep the donation thing Legit...

don't link to the paypal donation piece directly from XS and don't ask for donations directly either.

Keep it something like "Help out with The Real PS3 Grill Project" linking to your site. because "Help" could be ideas, securing a PS3, etc in addition to donations

you could also encourage people to place links to the website in their sigs to build awareness but don't create any additional topics about it.

That's just to keep this within the XS rules.

no but, PS3 grill should, with real time taste change

Cool thanks for the advice. I was going to just put a link to the site in my sig and I dont really like asking people directly for donations or anything.



Lol how true.

EDIT: Now, the fun of trying to find if theres any chance i can get one on launch day....

OK Ive decided ill import a whole system. So can people tell me, what are my chances of getting a PS3 on launch day?

Also, is there a trusted X-S trader out there who can get me a PS3 on launch? Or soon after? PM me if youd be willing to do this. (Id pay that person, of course lol)

Mwahahahaha therealps3grill.com is up and running!!!

So its official......the PS3 grill is going to be made as soon as I can get my hands on a PS3.

Let me know what you think of the site and if you guys have any suggestions for it. Lol donations are welcome (and ideas lol) !

BTW anyone reading this feel free to place a link to this site in your sig.

Recheck your links on the links page. Looks good though.

Well so far over 1200 people have looked at the site....im quite impressed lol

I still cant get those gay links to work properly though.

Still waiting for donations aswell

Did you try changingto
Just add the [ http:// ] to the front of each link. I'm not sure which program you are using to edit your site. If you open the file [ therealps3grill!_000005.htm ] in Notepad you can change it manually.

Also, if you add [ target="_blank" ] with each link it will open in a new page, keeping your site open.
Example:
Would be a nice addition for anytime you link off of your site.

OK I got around to fixing those links. Thanks for the help. Just looking at the stats for the ssite, and 3,302 people have visited the site in the past week. Still waiting for donations though....oh well

Great job with those links. The site looks good. Maybe you could also have a "donation station". A page that lists all the people who donated money, or the top 10 or something. I never tried to get money from people off of the net so I am not to sure about good marketing techniques.

BTW, did you ever get your 360 or your money back?

Yeah im still waiting for people to daonate lol im starting to not worry about the donating thing anymore, but i spose the sites only been up for a week, so i cant get my hopes up too much. Im not too sure either about marketing techniques either. Im very pleased with how many people have visited the site lol.

And no, I never got the money back from that scamming bastard, and i dont expect to either.

Everyone else feel free to comment on the site and everything....

Just thought id let everyone know ive updated the site a bit....... and as you can read on the main page weve decided not to smash up the insides of the PS3 since a lot of people didnt seem to like that idea ...

BTW there has finally been donations! lol

Alright, some pics are up on the site of what the PS3 grill will hopefully look like (isnt it great what you can do with a $7000 animation program) Im quite pleased with how the pics turned out, cause I threw that model together and textured it in a bit under 2 hours. Oh and yeh the pics are a little dark, and its a tad hard to see the grill bit, but u can just turn up the brightness on your montior.

Tell me what you think.

I'm going to make an xbox 360 blender!

Heh......xbox 360 blender......lol

Hmmm, how does a 360 resemble a blender lol, the PS3 actually looks like a george foreman grill, thus why i assume hes making a grill. rofl

Wow you must have an active imagination if you acctually think the ps3 and the GF grill has any likeness.

Maybe the new GGR62 looks like the ps3 though but the original white one acctually more resembles the x360 then the ps3. And the 10th anniversary editions is almost spot on what the 360 looks like.

you actually looked up grill pics to make comparisons?



And if you didnt, why/how do you know what they look like, by model # no less?

I had to look it up as well. The only foreman grill I've used the original, which looks nothing like the PS3 so I didn't see the comparison. I wanted to see what new grills looked like and if the comparison was well founded.


I'm guessing based on the noise, but a better idea might be the 360 hair dryer, dust buster, leaf blower, etc.
http://gaming.multiplay.co.uk/?p=/ftpfiles...20%26fid%3D3406

Yeh ive seen the grill that looks a bit like the 360. Ive been shopping around for grills, andit looks like no matter what grill i get, its gunna have to be chopped up a bit to fit in the PS3 case. Does anyone know whats underneath the grilling surface? Im guessing there will be some kind of heating element or something.

Still looking for someone to get me a PS3 at launch/shortly after launch! (As i said before ill pay that person for the PS3, of course ) Only like 17 or so days till the PS3 is launched!

I've never opened one up but I would imagine it heats the grilling surface using nichrome wire, as most electric heating devices do.

In that case it wont take up much space at all, but you'll definitly want to shield the plastic parts of the case with metal to keep them from melting.

I may be wrong but I think that consoles use thermo setting plastics that don't melt. The same kind that saucepan handles are made from so they dont melt. But ofcourse, shield it just to be sure.

Sweet project aswell. I think the PS3 actually looks more like some models of barbecues than a George Foreman, but its still a grill.

you're probably right about the plastic but you'd better safe then sorry.

Also you're definitly right about the PS3 looking more like a traditional grill then a George Forman grill.

it has to do with the rounded barrel shape of the PS3





the split across the center just makes the top half look like it should lift up like a grill

So the PS3's case is going to be made out of plastic? Ive heard different things from different people as to weather the case will be made out of metal or plastic. But yeah, ive given some thought as to what I could do to prevent the plastic from melting, if the case was made of plastic.


So if i do end up having to cut up the grilling surface a bit, i can just bend the nichrome wire or something so i dont cut it aswell. I imagine the wire would be somehow attached to the bottom of the grill surface, not actually going through the grill surface, if that makes sense.

Bump to the top.

Well, so far its not lookin like ill be able to get a PS3 at launch, unless i buy one of those extremley overpriced preorders on ebay....damn.

Oh well, ill have to wait a few weeks longer....

Well, just thought id let everyone know ive resorted to bidding on 20GB systems on ebay....im that desperate. They seem to be going for a resonable price atm, but knowing ebay, theyll probly go to like $2000 in the last 10 mins or something.....

Well heres hoping....

lol I give you credit you really want to see this thing through.

Well, yeh ive kinda commited myself to making this happen lol i dont want to dissapoint all the people out there that want to see this happen. Plus i really want to be the first to post a tut on how to open the PS3.... lol

Woot! I just ordered a 20GB PS3 and Ridgeracer from play-asia. (Thanks soooo much explosive2!!)

So, I will (hopefully) have the PS3 by next friday (17th). So, on the PS3 Grill site I will also be putting a tutorial on how to open the PS3, and plent of pics of the insides of the system.

Lol $1400 well spent....

don't know if this has been posted yet - but thought you might like it jimmy.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/ps3-vs-pa...iron-212573.php

Lol now thats funny....so which ones the PS3 again? lol

Gotta love old people.

EDIT: Yay 350 posts!!

big baller Jimmy

Ohhh yeh.....lol

I just realised something, since im getting a japanese system, the UI and everyting wont be in japanese onyl will it? Or will it have like a language select screen like every other console?

EDIT: I also added an extra controller and a memroy card adapter to my order.....so that brings the total up to AU$1500....ouch...this PS3 better be worth it...

why all the add-ons and caring about the UI i thought u were ripping it apart??

by the way new idea on what you should grill how about the six-axis see how cheap it really is compared to the weight

You can change it. In fact here is a walk through of the menu in english to help you find that setting:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/03/playsta...eo-walkthrough/

system settings->system language

Well, since im spending soooo much money on the PS3, why wouldnt I check everything out? Heck, once i sell it, im not going to see another PS3 until at least march next year......so it kinda makes sense.

BTW, thanks silentbob, i figured it would be kinda stupid if sony wouldnt let the language be changed to english....