1970 18.5″ Avacado Kettle

1Buckie (Ken) is our first WKC featured member in 2014. I first ran into Buckie in 2012 and he always had these massive smoked cooks and rows of kettles a smokin’. I would  also probably describe him as a ‘turd fiend as he cooks tons of them (literally). 1Buckie is a true Grillfella as he’s got the…

With Thanksgiving a little more than a month away, have you thought about your family’s turkey? If your idea of good turkey is Boston market and amusement park turkey legs, boy you are missing out! The Weber kettle has been turning out great turkey for generations using “covered cooking.” The innovation of the lid radiates…

He was a regular guy, with a regular guy name:  Bruce.  A mechanic, if I remember correctly, with hands weathered by years of working on HVAC equipment.  We knew each other from church, but he was wary of church.  He grew up there, and obviously liked a lot about it, but was somehow distant at…