@addicted-to-smoke"What was the first year for this?'
This is the "only" year for this.....the two in this thread are likely or
possibly the only two out there, unless there's some in OZ............
this is at the start of the gas explosion (pun intended), but Weber had such good fortune with the kettle shape, this was an attempt to mix the two which somehow never caught on......
The above is speculation on my part, but look back thru the history of when gas BBQ''s really became popular, when Weber began to really get into the game, how wildly successful they are with gas now & how much of their sales percentage is gas compared to charcoal (hint: Huge difference)
These are a pivot point of an entire era, the way I look at it.......