Webber Kettle Enthusiast Thread

[caseydog]

Post up you Weber Kettles Here!


Weber Kettles have been around for a half century. Anyone have any really old ones?

The centerpiece of my Weber paddock is this red 22.5 inch. The red color was discontinued a couple years after I got mine in 1995.




I would love to find someone with woodworking skills and tools to make a new set of wooden handles for it. These are original, and they got so bad looking that I finally just painted them black. I don't want to replace them with the new plastic handles.




I also have a mid 90s Smokey Joe with wooden handles that is VERY well used. I cook on it about twice a week in the summer, and a few times a month in winter.

The Smokey Joe Gold on the right is the "baby" of the family -- about four years old. It is my teardrop grill.








CD

[Wolffarmer]

Shouldn't be to hard to make that handle. Want to send it to me after grillin season? ( handle only ) I usually have Pine/fir, maple, walnut, cheery and oak on hand. Could cut up a block of ash if i had to.

Randy

[caseydog]

Shouldn't be to hard to make that handle. Want to send it to me after grillin season? ( handle only ) I usually have Pine/fir, maple, walnut, cheery and oak on hand. Could cut up a block of ash if i had to.

Randy

Grillin' season is all year. But, I can take one handle off and send it to you. They are all identical.

I'm thinking some kind of outdoor wood, like Redwood or Ipe would be good, if you can work with those woods. I'd provide the wood. Any recommendations?

Who knows, you might be able to make a bunch up up and sell them on eBay. Surely I'm not the only person who want's these handles.

CD

[Kurt (Indiana)]

CD, After watching a friend cook on his "wood handle" Weber, I finally bought a Weber (22.5") kettle. Great Grill.

I also ordered a "hinged" grate for the grill. That will make adding wood or charcaol easier when cooking for extended times.

I have installed a remote temp gage. I want to be able to monitor the temperature around the meat (or in the meat)

My temp monitor lets me see the inside temp without removing the lid.

Did yours come with the temp gage or is it an add on??

I've been doing ribs in the DO for camping and it works pretty well. The Weber, however, does a really good job on ribs (at home).
I have a (faux) Smokey Joe for camping and I use it a lot away from home that I "finish" the ribs on.

I don't know why I waited so long to get a "real" Weber but it's great grill for a variety of meats. ( I love it so far)

I've only fired up the gas grill once since I've owned the Weber.

[hiker chick]

My Weber Smokey Joe - rectangular - is on every camp trip this year.

Low tech and I love it!

[Alleged User]

caseydog, I have a little black Smokey Joe identical to the one on the left in your third picture. I don't even recall where I got it, but it's pretty old, and I've had it for quite a while. I love it. How many times my little Weber has saved the day when someone's fancy stove wasn't behaving. My sister 'holds' it for me...up in MA, where it's nice and handy...for her.

Once my trailer is finished, Duke and I will officially gift old Joe to her, and we'll get one for us that will live south of the Mason-Dixon line. Preferably a new old one from a yard sale.

[caseydog]

CD, After watching a friend cook on his "wood handle" Weber, I finally bought a Weber (22.5") kettle. Great Grill.

I also ordered a "hinged" grate for the grill. That will make adding wood or charcaol easier when cooking for extended times.

I have installed a remote temp gage. I want to be able to monitor the temperature around the meat (or in the meat)

My temp monitor lets me see the inside temp without removing the lid.

Did yours come with the temp gage or is it an add on??

I've been doing ribs in the DO for camping and it works pretty well. The Weber, however, does a really good job on ribs (at home).
I have a (faux) Smokey Joe for camping and I use it a lot away from home that I "finish" the ribs on.

I don't know why I waited so long to get a "real" Weber but it's great grill for a variety of meats. ( I love it so far)

I've only fired up the gas grill once since I've owned the Weber.

Mine came with the thermometer.

Those hinged grates are for indirect cooking -- low and slow. TIP: cut the hinged sections off if you, like me, also have a solid grate. Those sections are a PITA when you are smoking on the Kettle. Open, close, open, close..... They serve no purpose, unless the hinged grate is the only one you own.

Do you have the dividers for indirect cooking?



These, and a drip pan are all you need for great BBQ.

CD

[Kurt (Indiana)]

Mine came with the thermometer.

Those hinged grates are for indirect cooking -- low and slow. TIP: cut the hinged sections off if you, like me, also have a solid grate. Those sections are a PITA when you are smoking on the Kettle. Open, close, open, close..... They serve no purpose, unless the hinged grate is the only one you own.

Do you have the dividers for indirect cooking?

These, and a drip pan are all you need for great BBQ.

CD

Good tip, I don't use that surface for smoking anyway. I have the original solid grate too.
I use the drip pan and the "rib rack" on the opposite from the coals for "Low and Slow".

The temp probe comes in from the side (in the kettle part) and can be located either next to the meat or in the meat.

This should be fun.

It's fun to get new toys.

[caseydog]

Mine came with the thermometer.

Those hinged grates are for indirect cooking -- low and slow. TIP: cut the hinged sections off if you, like me, also have a solid grate. Those sections are a PITA when you are smoking on the Kettle. Open, close, open, close..... They serve no purpose, unless the hinged grate is the only one you own.

Do you have the dividers for indirect cooking?

These, and a drip pan are all you need for great BBQ.

CD

Good tip, I don't use that surface for smoking anyway. I have the original solid grate too.
I use the drip pan and the "rib rack" on the opposite from the coals for "Low and Slow".

The temp probe comes in from the side (in the kettle part) and can be located either next to the meat or in the meat.

This should be fun.

It's fun to get new toys.

Easy access for adding coals and wood chips...

[doug hodder]

CD....I've got some redwood...but gotta wait till I get back from IRG and get the shop cleaned. Doug

[Wolffarmer]

Doug, you have some redwood that is not 2x4? about all i can get around here. getting any kind of special wood really sucks around here unless you drive about 150 miles, one way. At least that i have found so far.



Not that I know what to do with it anyway.

Randy

[nevadatear]

ok, so I don't own a Weber, but I ate at a Weber Grill restaurant in Chicago last week. They cook on authentic giant Weber charcoal grills. Do I get wannabe points? http://www.webergrillrestaurant.com/

[Kurt (Indiana)]

ok, so I don't own a Weber, but I ate at a Weber Grill restaurant in Chicago last week. They cook on authentic giant Weber charcoal grills. Do I get wannabe points? http://www.webergrillrestaurant.com/

It would be fun to attend a "grilling" class. I usually grill a lot year round but it would be good to learn from an expert.

I saw that site earlier and thought; I wish my son still lived near Chicago so I could go visit him and go out to the Weber Restaurant.

Oh well, I'll just cook up some ribs and enjoy them at home.

[Zollinger]

Here's an oldie but a goodie! Inherited a few years ago. Replaced the grill once.

[Larwyn]

My current Webber Kettle is only about three years old. I have owned a couple of others over the years, lost custody of a late 60's/early 70's model in a divorce, and cannot remember what happened to the second one but the one I have now is number 3 for me. It was raining when I went out to take these pictures so they aint all that great...

I have added a thermometer to the lid. I suspended the ash pan on chains rather than depending on those near useless spring clips that almost hold the ash pan to the legs

I also included a picture of the custom wheels that I fabricated from 1/8"x1" flat bar and a bit of 1/8" plate. I really only needed to make one wheel since Bruno the Wonder Dog only ate one of the originals, but I decided to make a matching set...

(I know you can buy replacement wheels but where's the fun in that?)

You can also see part of the Char Broil gas grill in the picture. My wife cooks outside more often than in the kitchen, especially in the summer time. I reckon it's an old habit from when we were full time RV'ers. Both grills see lots of use but for the very best grilling, as far as I am concerned, you cannot beat good old Mesquite Charcoal.