Jon Tofte
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
I was trolling through OfferUp and came upon a 4-minute old listing for a "Grill". I looked at the picture and new it was a Weber MBH (metal bowl handle) kettle that had to date to the 1970s. Best of all, it was FREE!
I contacted the seller and had it back at my house an hour and a half later:
I will need to look it over more closely in better daylight, but it doesn't look half-bad. Has all of its bottom vents. Based on the vents, I have dated it to 1975.
The only sad thing was that when I showed the seller a picture of my 18" restored kettle he saw the ash pan and said that he had it "somewhere". He looked a little but couldn't find it. It was free, so I couldn't really push the issue. There is a guy in the Weber Kettle Club who makes amazing replicas of these old ash pans, so I plan to get one from him.
Anyway, look forward to a fun restore and this time actually USING this kettle. It will go great with my matching red MBH kettle.
I contacted the seller and had it back at my house an hour and a half later:
I will need to look it over more closely in better daylight, but it doesn't look half-bad. Has all of its bottom vents. Based on the vents, I have dated it to 1975.
The only sad thing was that when I showed the seller a picture of my 18" restored kettle he saw the ash pan and said that he had it "somewhere". He looked a little but couldn't find it. It was free, so I couldn't really push the issue. There is a guy in the Weber Kettle Club who makes amazing replicas of these old ash pans, so I plan to get one from him.
Anyway, look forward to a fun restore and this time actually USING this kettle. It will go great with my matching red MBH kettle.