First Logo Kettle Purchase

[G$]

Yeah Greg, that is exactly what I am thinking.  the daisy wheel bar b q kettles had black triangles, but the OTs did not.

[1buckie]

Just an observation on this type stuff.............

In a manufacturing warehouse, a place like Weber, there's most likely a huge abundance of "spare parts"...........makes sense to me that for a 'special run' of something like the Orig post & the others mentioned, that they may end up "making up kettles"............in other words, WSM replacement vents, oddly coated triangles (was this a request by Schmidt Brewery, or something Weber thought might look nice at the time, or something left over from another 'special project' ?)

It's Red, fairly common for awhile ago, BUT daisy wheel, perhaps at that point beginning to take a back seat to the new & improved One Touch...............

Were the black triangles something they were testing out, a coating to prevent what's one of the problematic things about kettles: the regular ones ALWAYS rust at some point.......and maybe they had a bunch of 'testers' hangin' around, needing to be used for something?

The older Bar-B-Kettles didn't come w/ coated triangles, just after the OT system was brought forth, correct?

Kettle itself could maybe qualify as "spare parts" in the case of making stuff up for specific promotions?


Or, maybe I'm just makin' shit up.........

[glrasmussen]

"Or, maybe I'm just makin' shit up.........  "

I don't think so. My experience so far, the older triangles clean up way better than the new ones. The black triangle has some type of coating, not porcelain though. No rust at all on mine, also the wheels are old school with no white wall.

[MaxBobcat]

i can confirm, i got a '95 (EO) redhead daisywheeler and it does have the Black Triangle. 

[1buckie]

"Or, maybe I'm just makin' shit up.........  "

I don't think so. My experience so far, the older triangles clean up way better than the new ones. The black triangle has some type of coating, not porcelain though. No rust at all on mine, also the wheels are old school with no white wall.

I think ( no actual proof, but people could check their new & old kettles & see what they think ) the older ones were a good, heavy chrome ......the newer are nickel plated, like the newer grates ?

I'd guess the coated ones would be some kind of plasticized paint......I have a few new ones....I'll look closer.......

[1buckie]

Just an observation on this type stuff.............

In a manufacturing warehouse, a place like Weber, there's most likely a huge abundance of "spare parts"...........makes sense to me that for a 'special run' of something like the Orig post & the others mentioned, that they may end up "making up kettles"............in other words, WSM replacement vents, oddly coated triangles (was this a request by Schmidt Brewery, or something Weber thought might look nice at the time, or something left over from another 'special project' ?)

It's Red, fairly common for awhile ago, BUT daisy wheel, perhaps at that point beginning to take a back seat to the new & improved One Touch...............

Were the black triangles something they were testing out, a coating to prevent what's one of the problematic things about kettles: the regular ones ALWAYS rust at some point.......and maybe they had a bunch of 'testers' hangin' around, needing to be used for something?

The older Bar-B-Kettles didn't come w/ coated triangles, just after the OT system was brought forth, correct?

Kettle itself could maybe qualify as "spare parts" in the case of making stuff up for specific promotions?


Or, maybe I'm just makin' shit up.........

PS: Sometimes I get a headache from trying to figure out Weber.....that ever happen to anybody?

[dazzo]

"Or, maybe I'm just makin' shit up.........  "

I don't think so. My experience so far, the older triangles clean up way better than the new ones. The black triangle has some type of coating, not porcelain though. No rust at all on mine, also the wheels are old school with no white wall.

I think ( no actual proof, but people could check their new & old kettles & see what they think ) the older ones were a good, heavy chrome ......the newer are nickel plated, like the newer grates ?

I'd guess the coated ones would be some kind of plasticized paint......I have a few new ones....I'll look closer.......

Not sure about the triangles. In my limited experience, the triangle my original old '78 22" cleaned up real nice. The triangle on my even older 18" 'cado I picked up has rust I can't get off.

[1buckie]

From the ones I have ( a lot of beaters & a few good ones) past a certain point it doesn't matter chrome, nickel, etc will come off & expose the metal under it & make it into hard work...........

In a way, it might have been nice to coat all of them from way back?

Some of them are best just painted, I suppose.................

[Hogsy]

Have we started a thread yet with just logo'd kettles?
I think it would be cool if we had a thread with just kettles with logos
Love them or hate them there out there and there seems to be a lot of them

[Golly]

black triangles only on the "mini ranch" with no internal bars just external  here in OZ
really never seen black triangles
maybe because i dont look at anything new

[Hogsy]

black triangles only on the "mini ranch" with no internal bars just external  here in OZ
really never seen black triangles
maybe because i dont look at anything new

What about that Magners Cider OTS you picked up ?

[Golly]

this fella







oops forgot about that one

has there really been that many

did you keep tagging the flippers?

[Hogsy]

No but I will this Summer