Happy Birthday to George Stephen!

[Chris Allingham]

Updated 2/26/20
Happy Birthday to George Stephen, inventor of the Weber kettle grill. He passed away in 1993 and would be 99 years old today.

 

[Bob H.]

I wonder if he is still grilling up there somewhere?

 

[Bill Elwell]

I wonder if he is still grilling up there somewhere?

Where do you think all those clouds come from? ; ' )

 

[BFletcher]

Remembering a master today

 

[Lynn Dollar]

He was in the WW II generation, I wonder if he served.

 

[Jim Lampe]

The
Reason
We’re
All
Here.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

I’m not sure I am quite elegant enough to grill in tails. Dinner jacket? Sure but, tails is one piece of sartorial splendor I am afraid I do not own.
Today, I’d rather be grilling than stripping wallpaper!

 

[Chris Allingham]

I'll share my WSM birthday cake with George today. Happy Birthday, George! Thanks for all you gave us...and keep on giving us to this day!

 

[Karl Quist]

Thank you Mr. Stephen! You made mine and my family's lives better. (and neighbors, and friends) (and a good amount of strangers)

 

[Jason in CA]

Countless BBQ memories through the years.

 

[Jon Tofte]

A true pioneer. I wish he was still at the helm!

I always wonder if the story about him tinkering with his first cut-open buoy kettle is truth or just legend. They say he was trying to get it to work but the fire kept going out. A neighbor supposedly looked over the fence and said something like, "Hey George, you need to poke some holes in that thing so the fire can get some air!" I would love it if that were really true. I also wonder what George would say about the SmokeFire?!!!!