Hello my name is Kyle. I never understood the price difference with Webers until about a year and half ago. I bought a junky $10 kettle to use the lid for a UDS. After I got it, I cleaned it up, just because it was there. Then I used it. Then I was hooked. I sold the UDS, bought a WSM. I never looked back. I now have 3 kettles, a 22 wsm and a 18 wsm currently. Love them all.