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BBQ Grail 06-15-2008 12:49 PM

Weber Kettle Appreciation Society
 
I love my Weber Kettle.

We have a UDS Thread. This is the start of the Weber Kettle Appreciation Thread.

What have you done with and/or to a Weber Kettle.

You can also join the new Weber Kettle Appreciation Social Group...

FatDaddy 06-15-2008 01:35 PM

I've melted a hamburger bun sack to the lid. That was a pain to get off. still has a little spot on it. Other than that no mods really. I did make an elevated rack for the WSM out of a 18" grate and some SS bolts, and I use it more in the 22.5 kettle than the WSM. It is great for Roadside chicken or anything else that would benefit from the extra space between the coals and the food.

ThomEmery 06-15-2008 01:40 PM

I have enjoyed one for years
Gave it to my Son Kyle today
when They bought me a Ranch Kettle for Fathers day

JD McGee 06-15-2008 01:49 PM

I did this to my SJP (little kettle)...:biggrin:

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/IMG_4169.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/IMG_3435.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/IMG_3432.jpg

I rescued this guy from certain doom and neglect...then added a thermometer in the lid...:biggrin:

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...t/IMG_4371.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...t/IMG_4372.jpg

N8man 06-15-2008 02:04 PM

Made a Smoker out of my 18 incher
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/at...7&d=1180228507http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/at...1&d=1179453481
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/at...1&d=1179453557http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/at...1&d=1179453612http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/at...6&d=1180234784
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/at...5&d=1211745284

CornFed 06-15-2008 02:09 PM

N8man thats cool

D.B.Cooper 06-15-2008 02:57 PM

I’ve used Weber kettles since I was 16 (I’m 39 now). My parents had this huge/fancy natural gas grill. One day our Ace Hardware had a sale so I bought one. That was the best burgers I’ve ever had. Been hooked ever since.

I just wish Weber would come back out with the red colored ones. I’d be buying three of them. One for cooking and the other two…just in case.

mbshop 06-15-2008 04:10 PM

i have three 22.5 kettles. i need about four more. i like looking at them and cooking on them. i'm hard pressed to justify using anything else for grilling or low and slow. i think they are as close to perfect as a tool can get.

txschutte 06-15-2008 04:20 PM

Just got a 22.5 kettle today!!:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

smokeandbeer 06-15-2008 04:48 PM

2 Attachment(s)
I really love my Weber's too. I have done some extreme mods to my 22.5, because I wanted a side burner and shelf, which were chronicled under the FrankenWeber thread and have done a few more mods (added hook for Cast Iron Pan, mounted the grill tools and the propane tank) so here is the final result...

Attachment 16621

Also I made smokers out of two 18.5 kettles I had and those are chronicled under the Bride of FrankenWeber thread, and I have mounted both of these on casters, but don't have a recent photo. So this is basically what they look like...
Attachment 16622

I also made a custom water baffle from some beer cans for the 22.5 chronicled under the Smokin on the kettle thread and have since made a revised version out of a coffee can, and some aluminum tape.

I am thinking I am going to do the Mods to my SJP that JD did, but haven't quite gotten enough time recently.

Love my Weber equipment. Top of the rung for the backyarder like myself IMO.

puff 06-15-2008 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CornFed (Post 663649)
N8man thats cool

Way cool! :shock:
(Puff needing plans from N8man) :icon_cool

Harbormaster 06-15-2008 07:50 PM

Personally, I think that when the Germans invented the Bratwurst, they did so knowing that in the fullness of time Mr. Stephens and Mr. Weber were going to invent and market the kettle grill.
They were made to be together.

Ron_L 06-15-2008 08:14 PM

One of the first things i bought when i moved into my first apartment (1980) was a 22.5" kettle. I still have it. It has faded to a mottled gray, has one wheel that falls off, is missing half of the handle and has a dent in the lid from my wife's car, but it still cooks! I call it "Lucky". I now have an older model Performer and, as of yesterday at the Elk Grove IL Rib fest I have a One Touch Silver still in the box. It may be time to retire "Lucky".

Big George's BBQ 06-15-2008 08:20 PM

I love my weber kettle. I beleve I have had three. Got my team a second in chicken at a Comp

SmokeyBear 06-16-2008 05:10 PM

I've done mods similar to Mr. McGee's to a SJP.


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