Can't find a date code/letter on my kettle

[K Sims]

I got this old kettle but I can't find a date code. It has the 3 daisy vents in the bottom. It (at one time) had wooden handles but they deteriorated off.

I can't see any date code letters on the vent as suggested.

There ARE letters on the vent, but I don't think they are date code letters.

Near the end of the "WEBER" name on the vent there is an "R" (I assume for "registered trademark"), and then just below it there are 2 letters "EZ" which I assume are referencing ease of use or related to the model name.

What am I missing?

 

[Jim Lampe]

not missing a thing Karl!
Your grill was manufacture BEFORE the date coding took effect in 1979.
So, you're grill is older than you think.

 

[Clark "Harbormaster" Hodgson]

Actually, EZ is the date code.

It's a 1998.

 

[Timothy Hoffman]

If this is the location of the EZ then you have a 1998 grill as Clark has pointed out.

 

[Jim Lampe]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">and then just below it there are 2 letters "EZ" </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
holeyShiRt Batman! I should READ the entire post before answering AND lookin' more AND more like a horses pa-tooot!

 

[Clark "Harbormaster" Hodgson]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jim Lampe:
holeyShiRt Batman! I should READ the entire post before answering AND lookin' more AND more like a horses pa-tooot!

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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