Looking to get into Weber Kettles


 
Juls R said:
Have been looking around for used ones. There are quite a few around, however most of them do not seem to be in great shape. There are some great examples on this forum of people restoring 2nd hand ones. The ones I have seen so far are all very rusted around the handles and have big dings in the lid and rusty gouges. Too big a restore job for me to take on (for the first one).

I am sure if I keep an eye out the right one is sure to pop up with my name on it.:D
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Welcome Juls! If you haven’t used charcoal, before spending that much money on a new one, buy an old dinged up one. Put some vegetable oil on the rusted spots to stop it from rusting through, buy a new grate and fire it up. It will cook as good as a new one and if you don’t like cooking on charcoal you can sell it for at least what you payed for it. If you love it, then decide if you want a new one or you can use it until a Good used one pops up.
 
Once you start, you will either fall head over heels in love with it or you will not care for it.
Personally, I’m a charcoal guy most of the time, I do have a Genesis gas grill but, it is not my daily driver.
And welcome to the forum! One of the happiest places on earth!
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Richard in NS said:
Welcome Juls! If you haven’t used charcoal, before spending that much money on a new one, buy an old dinged up one. Put some vegetable oil on the rusted spots to stop it from rusting through, buy a new grate and fire it up. It will cook as good as a new one and if you don’t like cooking on charcoal you can sell it for at least what you payed for it. If you love it, then decide if you want a new one or you can use it until a Good used one pops up.
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Sound advice Richard. I will keep looking at the 2nd hand ones. I’m not in a rush so waiting a bit to find an ok one is probably the smart move.
 
Charcoal cooking produces ash, which can be messy compared to a gas grill. Three things I recommend are to get a kettle with the one touch cleaning system as well as the high capacity ash catcher and get a steel ash can with a lid to dump hot coals in if you store your grill in the garage when not in use, as I do. That way you can leave the ash can outside to cool. Just my $.02.
 
Juls R said:
G'day - I'm a kettle wannabe. Not new to Weber, in so far as I have a Weber family Q for about 5 years now. Love it. Thinking about expanding the Weber family and getting my first kettle.

I thought I would ease into it and got a cheap'ish kettle from the local hardware... what a mistake! It went back after two weeks. Now I am looking at taking the plunge and getting a real Weber (learning from my mistakes).

I have a bunch of questions that I will post in the appropriate forums - having read through some of the posts there are certainly a lot of knowledgeable people here.
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Welcome Juis R!
 
Jason Godard said:
Charcoal cooking produces ash, which can be messy compared to a gas grill. Three things I recommend are to get a kettle with the one touch cleaning system as well as the high capacity ash catcher and get a steel ash can with a lid to dump hot coals in if you store your grill in the garage when not in use, as I do. That way you can leave the ash can outside to cool. Just my $.02.
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Thanks for the thoughts Jason. Do you find that the ash catcher reduces the air flow into the kettle?
 
Juls R said:
Thanks for the thoughts Jason. Do you find that the ash catcher reduces the air flow into the kettle?
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The ash catcher with the one touch is a much more convenient way to manage ash and airflow.

I've not noticed any limitation of airflow.

Mine is a 2004 one touch kettle.
 
Juls R said:
Thanks for the thoughts Jason. Do you find that the ash catcher reduces the air flow into the kettle?
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No problem with air flow that I've noticed. One important thing that the newer ash catcher does for you is help capture sparks and small pieces of burning coals and contain them. In some situations the open pan of the older kettles can allow burning material to escape and the newer style of ash catcher helps minimize that problem. It's just a better idea and I've upgraded my '90 MasterTouch to the newer system.
 
Juls R said:
Do you find that the ash catcher reduces the air flow into the kettle?
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I've used a regular 22" kettle for decades. Last year I bought a Performer, which comes with the One-Touch cleaning system. No difference in ventilation. No lack of airflow.
 
Juls R said:
Thanks for the thoughts Jason. Do you find that the ash catcher reduces the air flow into the kettle?
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No. The sum of all of the openings in the retainer ring is greater than that of the bowl openings.
Also, always wear shoes, do not barefoot it. This is especially true if you use lump charcoal, as there are many small pieces that can fall out as they burn. I made the mistake once and it took over a month to heal, so yeah, shoes.

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PSA - Always wear shoes.

Just a friendly reminder. I’ll spare you the visual, but I stepped on a decent sized coal that fell out unnoticed when dumping the chimney. I’m on day 8 and still limping. Always wear shoes.
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