Dave Cohen
New member
I'm sure this has been tossed around ad nauseum, but I am not savvy enough to search for it, so hear goes;
I have a 11 year old one touch platinum. This is the model with a built in counter along side of the kettle, but not the propane lighting system. It has served me well all these years, and has lived on my deck all that time. Now, it has some serious body cancer on the bottom, with a couple of holes eaten thru. The top is also rusting out around where the handle is welded onto the body, and the plastic counter surface is broken in two ever since my son tried to use it as a ladder! So this is the last season for this old bird! Got me thinking, what to replace it with? The current side table model is the obvious choice, but I really don't want or need the propane lighting system, as I use a chimney.
My ideal, if only weber would make it, is a side table rig (preferably wood) without the propane lighting system, or the charcoal storage bin. It would have a built in thermometer in the lid, and cast iron grates! (why won't they do this? - they have them on the gas models).
I have seriously pondered replacing with a Kamado, but the expense is an issue, as is the possibility of flashback, which I hear can really be dangerous.
So, what would you do??
I have a 11 year old one touch platinum. This is the model with a built in counter along side of the kettle, but not the propane lighting system. It has served me well all these years, and has lived on my deck all that time. Now, it has some serious body cancer on the bottom, with a couple of holes eaten thru. The top is also rusting out around where the handle is welded onto the body, and the plastic counter surface is broken in two ever since my son tried to use it as a ladder! So this is the last season for this old bird! Got me thinking, what to replace it with? The current side table model is the obvious choice, but I really don't want or need the propane lighting system, as I use a chimney.
My ideal, if only weber would make it, is a side table rig (preferably wood) without the propane lighting system, or the charcoal storage bin. It would have a built in thermometer in the lid, and cast iron grates! (why won't they do this? - they have them on the gas models).
I have seriously pondered replacing with a Kamado, but the expense is an issue, as is the possibility of flashback, which I hear can really be dangerous.
So, what would you do??