Weber is hitting the road, then and now *****

[Bob Correll]

1960's:

2014:

"In March of 2014, our Weber Grill Academy Experience it hitting the road."

"We will have an East Coast tour hitting Atlanta, Charlotte, Indianapolis, St Louis, Baltimore, Chicago. And a West Coast tour hitting Austin, Phoenix, San Diego, Portland, Denver, Boulder, Seattle.
Look for us at Memphis in May & Sturgis!"

Weber Blog.

 

[Wolgast]

So cool...Whis the trucks hit San Diego in mid july though.

 

[Bob H.]

Those look like the original gas kettles in that 73 Ranchero. Looks like it could use some air shocks in the back. Wish that I had one of the stands from the gas kettle
to mount a charcoal kettle on just for grins. That picture might have been taken at a location in Park Ridge IL (the old Perry's Pizza).

 

[Phil Perrin]

Thank you for the update,Bob! They are coming to Charlotte,but they aren't telling any details of the schedule. Grr!

 

[Dave Russell]

That's cool. I'd love to go to Memphis in May this year.

 

[George Curtis]

I'm so underwhelmed. one town in calif and its not even central to anything. yawn.

 

[Chris Allingham]

This blog entry makes clear this is mostly a retailer event, not a consumer event.

http://weber.com/weber-nation/blog/the-wow-factor

 

[Matt Gard]

Very annoying that they won't post the schedule on the website. Thats a crock of you know what if you ask me. Why the secrecy with the dates of the cities they will be in.

 

[Chris Allingham]

Very annoying that they won't post the schedule on the website. Thats a crock of you know what if you ask me. Why the secrecy with the dates of the cities they will be in.

If it's primarily a dealer event, maybe they don't want a lot of customers showing up. They did say they'll be at Memphis in May & Sturgis, so you know there's gonna be customers there.

But I wonder if it's mostly about educating and pumping up the retailers so they sell more Webers?

I have heard actual quotes like “WOW, this was amazing!” “This was a lifetime memory!” “I absolutely love Weber!” ‘This was by far the best training I have ever had”. “I’ve been selling Weber for many years, and I learned new things today”.

If this is the case, it's a great thing...but shouldn't be publicized on social media cuz it gets all of us excited and wanting to attend!