Just a little story about paying it forward and spreading the Weber love...
Last summer, maybe it was the summer before, I got the chance to meet and cook with all around great grillfella
@mike.stavlund . Well, come the end of the day he sent me home with this fine OTG.
(Just the kind of solid guy he is)
It wasn't getting a lot of use at my house, but did sit proudly in the line up. One of my wife's friends has been starting to get really interested into charcoal cooking. (Largely due to eating over at our house and noticing how much fun it is and how much better food tastes)
She's always been really excited and interested in my kettle collection, and been on the look out for rare gems for me. So when she said she was going to finally pick up a Weber, I told her she could have this one. Genuine appreciation and excitement followed.
I got it all cleaned up for her, and when she came to pick up wanted to know what I called it. Well, I don't name my grills, but usually just refer to them by their catalog names, if I don't just refer to them by their colors, i.e. "The red" or "the lime", etc. I told her this was a One Touch Gold, and immediately she was like, Goldie, I'm gonna call her Goldie!
I got this picture texted to me the next day, Goldie's first cook at her new home.
Anyway, now she's been officially bit by the weber bug, and for that I had to apologize, because as we know there's no known cure. I'll tell you too, it was just as exciting to give a Weber as it is to find one.
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