Has anyhone heard a rumor....

[Jeff H]

only 2 more days...

[CharliefromLI]

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[BluesDaddy]

I just came from my local Weber dealer. He is one of only two Weber Alliance dealers in STL. He told me that the grill is called a Charcoal Summit (we knew that already) and he said the price point on it will be $1699.99. He is going to email later this afternoon with more info. He knew nothing about it until I educated him. He checked and said that they ordered 2 from Weber this morning and that it will be on display on their showroom floor next week for all the STL guys that want to see it up close and in person.

If this is accurate I'll just pass. I couldn't justify spending the money on an XL BGE or Kamado Big Joe when I can put out really good product with my 26" and a Slow 'n' Sear for 1/4 the price. I can buy a Lang 36" Deluxe Patio for $150 less. Weber looks to want to cash in on that 1 percenter with dollars to burn.

[ramsfan]

I just got an email back from my Weber dealer as he promised earlier. Apparently, he talked to someone in the interim and he wasn't supposed to give me all that good information that he gave me. Now suddenly he says that he knows nothing about a new grill coming out, he doesn't remember talking to me, he never heard of a company called Weber, etc. He says for me to come back on Wednesday and he thinks his memory will be restored by then?

[Idahawk]

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So it's  going the Pizza Oven Route , only select dealers will get the units , that's what it looks like .


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[kevinsmith812]

Another pic.


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[pbe gummi bear]

Someone overlay the curvature of that bowl onto that of a 22.5" kettle bowl and see if it's a 22.5 or 26.75" kettle. A 26.75" performer with a tall lid for smoking would be very interesting!

[brettbrown]

I want to know what the cut outs on the ash sweep mean.  Smoke, grill, garbage can?

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[SixZeroFour]

This is the most revealing photo to date IMO! At first I was kinda disappointed to see the ash bucket collector system, but if you look closely at the the cutouts @brettbrown mentioned you can see a small dot above each setting (smoke or grill). I would imagine the lower vent setting is done manually and then you program in your exact temp via the built in ATC...



Which is pretty damn cool...

Unfortunately the teaser is of a 22.5 bottom... but who knows, maybe a 22 and a 26" model?!? Only a couple more days

[pbe gummi bear]

How can you tell it's a 22.5" bowl?

[dmbrill]

If this grill has been built from scratch, why even have the leg sockets?  You can see this is mounted on a cart with the wheels in the background.

[SmokenJoe]

How can you tell it's a 22.5" bowl?

My guess is that the ash catcher support ring is too large for an 18.5" and too small for a 26"                                    SJ

[pbe gummi bear]

How can you tell it's a 22.5" bowl?

My guess is that the ash catcher support ring is too large for an 18.5" and too small for a 26"                                    SJ

22.5" and 26.75" ash catcher assembly are the same.

[SixZeroFour]

@pbe gummi bear On the 26r the ash ring sits completely inside the leg sockets - on a 22 the ash ring straddles them slightly as seen above.

[pbe gummi bear]

@pbe gummi bear On the 26r the ash ring sits completely inside the leg sockets - on a 22 the ash ring straddles them slightly as seen above.

Good to know, thank you! I'm a little less intrigued now.