An Oversized Duracell Battery

[Blacky924]

That's what the wife has said when it showed up rolling her eyes...

After two years of hunting and searching using random descriptions like umbrella holder and fireplace accessories I scored a grail of mine... an oversized Duracell battery.

Weber sold this canister on a tilting stand to store charcoal. It was available from mid 50s right through to the early 70s which is just short of two decades, this surprises me that only a handful or two have been discovered and in collector hands. The base is black metal and the lid is a copper colour shaped to also act as a scoop.

Its massive sitting next to the late 50s Californian 18" kettle, standing at around 750mm tall. Such a cool accessory and in amazing condition for its age. It appears to have little to no use and is one of very few in this great original shape. It's the first one on Aussie soil and I am so stoked that I stumbled across this on an eBay listing a few weeks back and grateful it now joins the fleet of other grills from that similar period.


Sent from my iPhone using Weber Kettle Club

[cubalz]

What a sweet score. Nice!!

[OkieGirl]

Wow, that is huge.
Congratulations! Great score.

[RRRanger99]

Two amazing finds! Congrats on the scores!

[bamakettles]

Very nice, you don't see those every day.  Congratulations!

[ASpitzer]

Great find! It does look to be in like new condition. A holy grail for many including me. As you said, hard to believe so few exist for being made for nearly 20 years. It is much larger that I had pictured in my mind.

[michaelmilitello]

Awesome find!   Does it have any Weber branding anywhere on it?

This charcoal bin seems to have been much more common.




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Big Dawg]

Very nice ! ! !

I really like the pre-Gourmet System Wok.  But I really, really, curious how the Steak Ring is supposed to work ! ! !





BD

[Babekyu]

That's a pretty unique piece!  Great score!

                            ████             
                          ██    ██           
                          ██    ██           
                          ██    ██           
                        ██      ██           
                      ██      ██             
                    ██        ██             
                    ██        ████████████   
                  ██                      ██ 
██████████    ████                          ██
██      ██  ██                              ██
██      ██  ██                        ██████ 
██      ██  ██                              ██
██      ██  ██                              ██
██      ██  ██                        ██████ 
██      ██  ██                              ██
██      ██  ██                              ██
██  ██  ██  ██                        ██████ 
██      ██  ██████                        ██ 
██████████        ██████                ██   
                        ████████████████     

[Blacky924]

Awesome find!   Does it have any Weber branding anywhere on it?

This charcoal bin seems to have been much more common.




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks

No markings of Weber brand anywhere that I could see. Yes the plastic late 70s -80s version of the charcoal caddy seems to be found often. Perhaps the steel ones all rusted out or anyone that came across one wasn't sure what it was without WEBER branding to lead them in the right direction.


Sent from my iPhone using Weber Kettle Club

[Kneab]

Congrats on the caddy Blacky.
At a great price too.

Sent from my SM-S918U using Weber Kettle Club mobile app

[Blacky924]

Congrats on the caddy Blacky.
At a great price too.

Sent from my SM-S918U using Weber Kettle Club mobile app

Thanks Kneab. Was an unbelievable price I'm so fortunate to have snapped it up


Sent from my iPhone using Weber Kettle Club

[Chesapeake Weber]

Anyone know how that steak ring was supposed to work?  I read the description and it's not clicking for me. 


Sent from my iPhone using Weber Kettle Club

[Blacky924]

Anyone know how that steak ring was supposed to work?  I read the description and it's not clicking for me. 


Sent from my iPhone using Weber Kettle Club

From what I can gather it was a smaller version of the more modern char ring to dump coals in a centralised position to sear steaks over. It would be like putting two charcoal baskets together in the middle of the grill to sear


Sent from my iPhone using Weber Kettle Club

[Blacky924]

Actually I may be completely wrong there. Reading it again it would seem that aids in preparation maybe it's a ring around a thick cut of stake to ensure it stays together during the cook. something in place of butchers twine 🤷‍♂️


Sent from my iPhone using Weber Kettle Club