26" Performer

[flem0061]

We had a resurgence of summer this week in MN so I took the opportunity to finish mounting my 26" Weber to the stainless steel table. Gas hook up will be next but it's a pretty low priority since a chimney, paper, and lighter will work just fine through the winter.

I also picked up a Classic Accessories cover meant for a egg/kamado with offset table - the fit is acceptable and quality is good.

[KevinJ]

Beautiful

[tom b]

OMG so nice!

[LloydQ]

The back of your yard looks like a baseball diamond. That is just wrong.

[flem0061]

Originally Posted by LloydQ

The back of your yard looks like a baseball diamond. That is just wrong.

That's not my yard, though my next door neighbor would appreciate your compliment! I'm more the every-other-week see how few circles I can make it around the yard at high speed on the lawn tractor kind of guy.

[DubfromGA]

Lots of real estate under the dome of that Weber.

Glad to hear you have plans on cold weather grilling.

Grilling season is year round (easier for me to say, I guess, with mild winters here, lol).

[DubfromGA]

Lots of real estate under the dome of that Weber.

Glad to hear you have plans on cold weather grilling.

Grilling season is year round (easier for me to say, I guess, with mild winters here, lol).

[flem0061]

Many winters ago there was a billboard that hung above the Metrodome in Minneapolis that showed the current temperature outside next to a Weber kettle grill and it stated, "This is not a bear, it does not need to hibernate in the winter"... I've lived by that ever since!

[CptKaos]

We get cold and snow and even ice here, sometimes it lasts for 2 whole days, most times it's tee shirt weather by noon
BBQ pits don't get a chance to cool down, but when it's hot you can maintain 225 with a box of kitchen matches
Larry

[Jrogers84]

Looks great. I want to steal your idea

[McSpazatron]

Originally Posted by flem0061

We had a resurgence of summer this week in MN so I took the opportunity to finish mounting my 26" Weber to the stainless steel table. Gas hook up will be next but it's a pretty low priority since a chimney, paper, and lighter will work just fine through the winter.

I also picked up a Classic Accessories cover meant for a egg/kamado with offset table - the fit is acceptable and quality is good.

Id love to see some details on this build. Where did you source the table?. I wonder if Weber will sell them for reasonble amount.

Im itching to get my 26incher off of its spindly legs....it's already showing signs of crazing at the cups where the legs join in.

[benniesdad]

Originally Posted by flem0061

We had a resurgence of summer this week in MN so I took the opportunity to finish mounting my 26" Weber to the stainless steel table. Gas hook up will be next but it's a pretty low priority since a chimney, paper, and lighter will work just fine through the winter.

I also picked up a Classic Accessories cover meant for a egg/kamado with offset table - the fit is acceptable and quality is good.

Great work. I have an old stainless steel Performer that doesn't get that much use that might be a candidate for this same mod. Could you tell me a little more about how you attached it to the table itself? Did you just reuse the brackets off the original 22 inch kettle that was on the Performer?

[flem0061]

The build was quite simple. The table was from my green 22" performer and the brackets used the same hardware on the sides as mounted the 22". I had some 8" black flashing that I cut to fashion the three brackets; flexible enough to form to the right bend between the table and the kettle. I punched holes in the kettle using a new, sharp drill bit and mounted with stainless bolts. Painted all of the hardware with high temp gloss black. It sits higher than the 22" which I kind of like, at about the same grate level as my gasser. Now I just need to replace the bent/cracked handle that was a casualty of high winds and spindly legs in it's former life.

[Cook]

Looks great.

For winter attire around here I typically just add a fleece vest. In the past 36 months I think I've had long pants on three times.

[flem0061]

I'm a little embarrassed to say it took me this long to get a first cook on the 26" Performer but we've been out of town every weekend. I treated the family to smoky bbq mustard sweet chili wings (concoction of sauces that I wanted to get rid of in the fridge), salt and vinegar wings, and a few bbq dusted turkey burgers. All kissed with a little apple wood smoke.
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