Identification Help Needed on This Kettle

[Kelly C]

Hi everyone - can someone help identify what version of kettle this K code is with a horizontal line or indentation around it? Have not seen this shape before on a Weber kettle. Inside of bowl does not have any straps to hold grates. Food grate rests in the horizontal groove...very different.

 

[Brad Olson]

Kelly, is it an 18" Bar-B-Kettle? I bought one (like yours, a K-code) last year that's just as you describe; it's like a Smokey Joe Platinum bowl with daisy wheels and legs.

1988 Bar-B-Kettle 18" question

This morning I went and picked up an 18" Bar-B-Kettle and if the lid's original it's a 1988 (code K) model. However, I didn't notice until after I got it home that it doesn't have the 4 tabs for the cookgrate, but instead relies on an interference fit. I'll still be able to use my iron grate...

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[Kelly C]

Thanks Brad for the info. Mine is a 22” kettle with two wooden handles. I heard on the WKC that Weber made a model for Sears and Kmart. Here is a better picture after cleaning it this morning. Still need to redo the two handles. It is missing a lid air damper. Would be great if someone had a spare K date code air damper I could buy. Let me know if you do.

 

[Brad Olson]

Interesting! Does it take a standard 22" cookgrate or is it a unique size? A regular 18" grate is too small for mine but the SJP version fits perfectly.

Sorry, I don't think I have any spare K-date dampers but I'll check the rescue grill I got last summer the next time I go out to the garage to cook something.