CL SCORE!!! "Happy Cooker" 22" Kettle Grill

Q-Dat · Sep 15, 2011

Found this on CL today, and went anf scooped it up after work.

Its a Happy Cooker Kettle Grill. The guy wanted $20 for it and I gave him $25. After looking around online I found that this was made by Weber and sold at Sears.

I took it home and put it straight to work.

I will take more pics and give more info tomorrow hopefully. But for $20 I am thrilled!

Boshizzle · Sep 15, 2011

Lucky you, nice score!

mbshop · Sep 15, 2011

nothing wrong with that !

Q-Dat · Sep 16, 2011

Two interesting things about it. One is the charcoal bowl. It has a porcelain coated bowl for the charcoal instead of a fire grate. It also obviously pre-dates the "One Touch" system. It has three simple daisy wheel intakes. I think I may end up preferring this. Seems like temp control might be more precise, and longer cooks a little easier. We shall see though.

The othe thing is a neat hook on the inside of the lid that lets you hang it on the edge of the bowl.

I will get pics of all this, and hopefully figure out the age of it asap.

Callahan-que · Sep 16, 2011

Great Score!. I'm real interested in seeing more pics especially of the charcoal bowl.

Brian in Maine · Sep 16, 2011

I had a new Happy Cooker 27 years ago. There should be a grate that sits on top of the porceline coated pan for the charcoal. The pan is an ash catcher. Congrats!

Pappy · Sep 16, 2011

Looks like the happy cooker made you happy.

Q-Dat · Sep 16, 2011

Ok as promised here are more pics.

The ash catcher that I now know is not a fire bowl haha! (Thanks Brian in Maine!)

The non "one touch" bowl.

The lid hook

And the barely readable handle

Haven't found any date code yet to find out the age. Any ideas?

Q-Dat · Sep 16, 2011

This is the kind of chicken it cooks.

martyleach · Sep 16, 2011

Cool! Great find. Looks sorta like a Weber but sorry dude my handles won't fit

Great deal. Gotta love CL!

mfindell · Nov 2, 2011

Please tell a newbie how to cook a bird like that.....my mouth is watering. I inherited a Happy Cooker when we purchased a lil trailer on the White Oak River. The Happy Cooker has turned out to be the best thing about the home.

Q-Dat · Nov 2, 2011

mfindell said:
Please tell a newbie how to cook a bird like that.....my mouth is watering. I inherited a Happy Cooker when we purchased a lil trailer on the White Oak River. The Happy Cooker has turned out to be the best thing about the home.

Certainly! Not much to it though. Just rubbed it with olive oil, and seasoned with Tony Chachere's. Then indirect heat until the breast hit about 160* and then over direct heat to crisp up the skin.

Hope that helps!

swamprb · Nov 3, 2011

Hang onto that ash tray!

Happy Cooker was its own brand.

Weber made a Sears Economy Kettle with the same ash tray, bolt on vents and wood handles. You can find it on the Weber parts schematics pages. Unfortunately Weber no longer stocks the ash tray. I think you get better fire control using the ash tray, especially if you have a Cajun Bandit!

Don't ask how I know!

Q-Dat · Nov 3, 2011

swamprb said:
Hang onto that ash tray!

Happy Cooker was its own brand.

Weber made a Sears Economy Kettle with the same ash tray, bolt on vents and wood handles. You can find it on the Weber parts schematics pages. Unfortunately Weber no longer stocks the ash tray. I think you get better fire control using the ash tray, especially if you have a Cajun Bandit!

Don't ask how I know!

Yeah the daisy wheel vents are definitely better for controlling airflow than the One Touch.

deguerre · Nov 3, 2011

I also gave the guy I got my performer from an extra 25 (He was asking only 50 for a two year old Performer?!?) Turns out he was having to sell off a lot of stuff for financial reasons so I was glad to give him the extra.

CL SCORE!!! "Happy Cooker" 22" Kettle Grill

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