First Craigslist Kettle

[WEBERNV]

Hi everyone, I scored my first Craigslist Kettle today. I have been wanting a vintage kettle for some time now and I am a Craigslist junky so it was inevitable that I would be dragging an old kettle home someday. I saw this kettle come up on Reno's Craigslist a couple weeks ago, seller wanted $45, I did not really need another kettle so I figured I would watch and see if he lowered his price. Yesterday day he reposted it at $40, I was amazed it was still available so I reached out to him and arranged to pick it up this morning. He was a nice old man, said he had it since new (F code so 1984?) but he bought a gasser and this one was in the shed for the last 15 years.

Here are some before and after pics. It is a cooker so probably not gonna get too much cleaner. Might sort some issues out with the legs and triangle but otherwise I think it's perfect.

Before:







After:





And with a brand new hinged grate:



Thanks for looking!

[Darko]

Nice score. Congrats on the pick up.

[AZ Monsoon]

That's in nice shape. Congrats

[Maxmbob]

Great looking Brownie.

[cumminfourya]

Looks great. Congrats!!!


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[greenweb]

In mint condition!   Surprised that no one picked up this minty brownie  earlier.  You have some patience waiting 2 weeks before making a move, but it worked out for you in the end.  Congrats!

[WEBERNV]

I was surprised it lasted that long myself, once he reposted it I could not say no. I think a lot of people may search "weber" on Craigslist, this poster misspelled it and posted it as a "webber" which may have lead to me picking it up. I always search both "weber" and "webber", you never know what you may find!

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[SmokenJoe]

I really love that mini-fade on the lid rim.  That brownie is mostly brown, beautiful.  Congrats.
SJ

[Travis]

Hey, nice score. Like greenweb said, I'm surprised it lasted so long. Great job bud!


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[greenweb]

I was surprised it lasted that long myself, once he reposted it I could not say no. I think a lot of people may search "weber" on Craigslist, this poster misspelled it and posted it as a "webber" which may have lead to me picking it up. I always search both "weber" and "webber", you never know what you may find!

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That is very interesting!  If any one of us here got whiff or that ad. and posted here.... that kettle would have been gone in less than a day.   You are very lucky man.  Enjoy your new kettle.

[WEBERNV]

I even watched the online finds section on here and no one posted it, I guess it was meant to be!

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[mirkwood]

Nice score WEBERNV.
I was watching it for the last 5 or 6 days myself. I thought it looked pretty clean too and like you I was
surprised it was still available. I was looking a super clean brownie about a year ago that was listed in Carson.
As luck would have it, it was stolen from the guy the night before I was supposed to go pick it up as
it looked just as nice.. I'm glad a member got this one..   

[WEBERNV]

Did my first cook on it today, two racks of pork baby backs and a half dozen beef short ribs. The old brownie almost held the temp better than my newish copper. All the food was great and my dad enjoyed a early father's day get together.

Lump charcoal snake setup:



Both kettles together:



Final results, I can say that they tasted better than this picture lets on:



Hope you all have a great Father's day!

Thanks for looking!

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[Travis]

Happy Father's Day to you and everyone else as well! What a great day!


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[MINIgrillin]

I was surprised it lasted that long myself, once he reposted it I could not say no. I think a lot of people may search "weber" on Craigslist, this poster misspelled it and posted it as a "webber" which may have lead to me picking it up. I always search both "weber" and "webber", you never know what you may find!

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Also try charcoal grill..charcole grill...charchoal grill. I've picked up a few that weren't even listed as weber grills.