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This appears to be the same that is offered in Europe.  Hinged lid, charcoal ring, stainless steel diffuser plate, etc.  Just saw it on Weber.com and placed an order.

What do you mean?

Quote from: MDiBar on August 04, 2020, 10:00:47 AM
This appears to be the same that is offered in Europe.  Hinged lid, charcoal ring, stainless steel diffuser plate, etc.  Just saw it on Weber.com and placed an order.

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Quote from: MDiBar on August 04, 2020, 10:00:47 AM
This appears to be the same that is offered in Europe.  Hinged lid, charcoal ring, stainless steel diffuser plate, etc.  Just saw it on Weber.com and placed an order.

Very cool!  I've been wondering when they were going to offer this one in the US.  The hinge looks nice.

where did you see it?

Just saw it myself on Weber.com.
On the same page as the rest of the matertouch kettles.

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https://www.weber.com/US/en/grills/charcoal-grills/master-touch-series/17301001.html?cgid=4#start=1

All I want is the defuser.

I'll bet this is the reason for the release.....just speculation:

https://snsgrills.com/collections/grills/products/kettle-grill

I could see myself trying to buy the hinge and diffuser plate if they work well.  Not really interested as long as it is only in black. 

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They brought a batch of them to Australia recently to test the market and I was too late to act on it as they had already sold out. When I called up weber the woman behind the phone said that they were a major success and can now be preordered so obviously I did - this was only around 3 weeks ago.


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Quote from: ReanimatedRobot on August 04, 2020, 11:24:30 AM
I could see myself trying to buy the hinge and diffuser plate if they work well.  Not really interested as long as it is only in black. 

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Agree, I won't be buying one but thought it was interesting. 

I'm struggling to get on board for this one. The hinged lid makes me cringe hard, but the other features seem useful.

I'd like to go see one setup in person before I'd make a final decision.


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I think I'd rather have one of the new colored master touches with the P shaped vents. You could get the blue with a slow n sear for the same price as this.


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This is friggin ridiculous. How the hell can Weber offer stuff in the US, when I can't get it here in Canada.!!!!!!!! Damn, we might just have to stop sending steel there.

I really feel like if they wanted to do this they should have looked at the past One Touch Platinum for inspiration.  If they repositioned the hinge to be directly in the back and dropped it into a similar cart with the side tables being able to flip down then man I might have been tempted. 

Also the WHEELS are a great part number to find.  They actually slide onto the triangle, you use a securing pin to keep them from popping off, and then there is a small Hub cap to hide the securing pin.  Regular triangles should be easy to make work by drilling a hole for the securing pin. 

These are the schematics and parts list for the Euro version 17301004.  The US version is 17301001 and the schematics and parts list is not on Webers website just yet.  A quick google search of the part number for the wheels makes me believe that the only way you can get them and probably any other specific parts is from Weber directly.  I wonder if they might take a stance that they won't ship out the parts unless you actually have one registered.

If you are from the anti-drilling wing of the wkc and twitch when things aren't stock then this is a good deal! I expected it to be more expensive if they released it here.

As a younger kettlehead I would have jumped on this but with my current situation of weber's>space.  Plus the fact that my version of thinning the heard was selling 3  of my keepers. I think I would just add the unknown bbq hinge and an aura cooking system to one of the colored 90s kettles I can't let go of. Grates are $100 but you get the split grates and split stone. They are very heavy gauge and that was a nice surprise. Then $50 hinge and you are pretty much there.

This is a sweet all in one cooker and I am all on board with Weber releasing to our market again but this one isn't for me. 1st used one I see in a year or 2 will probably be broken down for parts and projects.

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Quote from: ReanimatedRobot on August 04, 2020, 07:09:13 PM
I really feel like if they wanted to do this they should have looked at the past One Touch Platinum for inspiration.  If they repositioned the hinge to be directly in the back and dropped it into a similar cart with the side tables being able to flip down then man I might have been tempted.

The other aspect of this is the placement of the vent by putting it where they have it, you literally need to cook the same way every time.  Coals in front right, meat in back left.  Also seems like a bad setup when you are reaching over the coals to get to the meat when you need to.  If they put the vent directly on top like the 2012 OTP it would have given more flexibility.

Weber, you hit it out of the park with the 26 GB, all the color MT's and even the colored SJ's.  This one, I am not buying in.

Quote from: ReanimatedRobot on August 04, 2020, 07:29:38 PM
Also the WHEELS are a great part number to find.  They actually slide onto the triangle, you use a securing pin to keep them from popping off, and then there is a small Hub cap to hide the securing pin.  Regular triangles should be easy to make work by drilling a hole for the securing pin.

Same wheels that were on the red LE a while back.  It's the only one I've seen with cotter pins used to keep the wheels on and a hole drilled in the axle.  I took mine off my LE and may use them for something else, we'll see.

Now that you mention it I don't think I actually removed my wheels on the red LE I picked up used. I just transfered them to another kettle. Might have to look for the other part number.

Quote from: bamakettles on August 05, 2020, 05:26:57 AM

Quote from: ReanimatedRobot on August 04, 2020, 07:29:38 PM
Also the WHEELS are a great part number to find.  They actually slide onto the triangle, you use a securing pin to keep them from popping off, and then there is a small Hub cap to hide the securing pin.  Regular triangles should be easy to make work by drilling a hole for the securing pin.

Same wheels that were on the red LE a while back.  It's the only one I've seen with cotter pins used to keep the wheels on and a hole drilled in the axle.  I took mine off my LE and may use them for something else, we'll see.

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Quote from: LightningBoldtz on August 05, 2020, 04:47:18 AM

"The other aspect of this is the placement of the vent by putting it where they have it, you literally need to cook the same way every time.  Coals in front right, meat in back left.  Also seems like a bad setup when you are reaching over the coals to get to the meat when you need to.  If they put the vent directly on top like the 2012 OTP it would have given more flexibility.

Weber, you hit it out of the park with the 26 GB, all the color MT's and even the colored SJ's.  This one, I am not buying in."
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Vent is over the wheel so the fire would be off to the right slightly in front with the vent in the back left.

I am still happy with my vent placement in the front but I can tell you it isn't always fun getting coal in the back. (part of that is because the tables and this one wouldn't have those) I am not a fan of the centered vent on the platinum. I most smoke and cook indirect and that middle vent just didn't work for me. On an 18 or just for burgers and chicken breast it was fine but dialed in drunk smoking just didn't work out for me.

Would have been sweet if the matched the lid holes for the front handle and where the hinge connects so you could choose atleast left or right where your vent goes.

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Not a single must-have feature so it's a hard pass for me.

I am glad they are releasing this, as many will likely enjoy this option.  But, the hinge is not for me...limits flexibility/options of the grill.  I am disappointed they will not sell components separately and we cannot have charcoal ring and diffuser plate unless we buy the entire grill.  As it is, I'll stick with the Weber grills and after market products I already have and pass on the new MT. 


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Glad to see it sold here. I have no desire for one.

In order to avoid selling my 2010 Platinum, I brought it to a friend's house where I cook on it at least once/week. Didn't take long before I replaced that lid with one from a WW parts kettle. I came to hate that centered vent, and the huge handle. :)

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Cool features, and look, but not one I'm going to purchase. At least not new.  I don't know about you all, but with switching grate configurations around and adding and subtracting accessories, I'm constantly spinning the lid to direct exhaust across the food properly with where coal is positioned for different setups. Having the fixed hinged lid would not allow this. Funny OCD thing for the newer kettles, but wheels go on the left, lid rolls into lid bail on left and right hand runs the tongs. This one is all wrong and cannot be changed...


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