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Grill Talk => Weber Grill Forum (Grills, Accessories) => Topic started by: Mmmmm on September 12, 2013, 05:38:33 PM

Title: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: Mmmmm on September 12, 2013, 05:38:33 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/13/a9y4aju5.jpg)
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: Mmmmm on September 12, 2013, 05:39:29 PM
Asking $50 for both BTW.
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: G$ on September 12, 2013, 05:56:16 PM
Interesting wheels.  Interesting vent position.  I wish I had xray vision to see inside the kettle.
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: mrbill on September 12, 2013, 06:00:57 PM
Quote from: G$ on September 12, 2013, 05:56:16 PM
Interesting vent position. 

I saw that too, but think it's an optical dillusion(pun intended) created by the light colored reflection on the lid.
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: pbe gummi bear on September 12, 2013, 08:47:36 PM
Yeah, thats a HC or Kenmore branded kettle. The vent is in the wrong place, HC plastic handles, and the legs look like steel. If the ashpan is intact, it's worth the haul. Just sell the rest of it off if you don't need it.
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: jcnaz on September 12, 2013, 09:02:55 PM
That looks just like my old Charbroil kettle did. No internal ash pan, it had a coal basket instead of a grate.
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: G$ on September 13, 2013, 05:14:23 AM
JC, are the wheels the same as yours?  I agree in that I do not think this one is a HC.
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: pbe gummi bear on September 13, 2013, 06:48:00 AM
Hmm, good point guys. The vent doesn't look like a HC vent now that I think about it.
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: jcnaz on September 13, 2013, 11:39:10 AM
Here is a pic of the old girl...

(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/14/4a6ytybe.jpg)

Wheels/vents/ash pan all look the same to me!

Great. Now I miss her...:-



Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: Troy on September 13, 2013, 01:29:15 PM
Something is wrong. the lid is too tall

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Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: G$ on September 13, 2013, 01:39:58 PM
the 'something' being it is a char broil.   :P
Title: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: Craig on September 15, 2013, 07:56:15 AM
Char Broil was in the kettle mocking business!? I thought they poo-poo'd George's kettle  at the outset..
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: G$ on September 15, 2013, 08:49:48 AM
Quote from: Craig on September 15, 2013, 07:56:15 AM
Char Broil was in the kettle mocking business!? I thought they poo-poo'd George's kettle  at the outset..

Yup.  Here is a handle shot for example from JC's old one:

(http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r637/jcnaz44/IMG_20130820_180604_247_zpsc9e28eb5.jpg)
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: jcnaz on September 15, 2013, 10:19:16 AM
Quote from: Craig on September 15, 2013, 07:56:15 AM
Char Broil was in the kettle mocking business!? I thought they poo-poo'd George's kettle  at the outset..

While definitely a copycat, there were some differences.
The vent holes were all smaller and the internal volume was larger so it did not breathe as well when going for hot/fast. Low/slow wasn't bad though...
At least  2" more clearance between the charcoal grate and the cooking grate.
I have never seen a Happy Cooker in person, but from pics that I see on this forum I think the Charbroil was a better kettle.

Still, I gladly traded it for a Weber!  ;D
Title: Re: Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?
Post by: MacEggs on September 15, 2013, 11:39:32 AM
I don't have a HC kettle ... However, I do have a HC lid on my UDS.
Ken (1buckie) sent it to me two years ago. What a great guy!  :D

(http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n615/MacEggs/IMG_2423.jpg) (http://s1142.photobucket.com/user/MacEggs/media/IMG_2423.jpg.html)

(http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n615/MacEggs/IMG_2424.jpg) (http://s1142.photobucket.com/user/MacEggs/media/IMG_2424.jpg.html)