Official list of Weberitis symptoms

[pbe gummi bear]

According to the official WKC Glossary "Weberitis" is defined as-

An uncontrollable urge for acquiring and using Weber products, particularly vintage models & hard to find colorways. Possible symptoms include, going on the Sears or ereplacementparts.com site and pricing bowls and lid assemblies for 22.5 kettles and justifying to yourself "building your own" Weber since you have a couple spare leg kits laying around.  Then the wife walks in the room and you immediately minimize the screen on the computer as if you were looking at pr0n. Delete all internet history containing WEBER-STEPHEN, ebay, Craigslist, ACE, MINWAX, and ereplacementparts.com. 

The medical community has created a new set of guidelines for diagnosing Weberitis. Unfortunately there is no known treatment at this time. The WKC was founded in 2012 as a safe haven for Weberitis sufferers, colloquially referred to as "Grillfellas." There is nothing funny about Weberitis. If you laugh while reading these, you are a terrible person.

If you or someone you know may suffer from Weberitis and have symptoms you would like to add, please submit them for approval.

Gummi

p.s. Kudos to MartyG, Troy, Jeff, Craig, HankB, and mike.stavlund for their contributions to the list!

WEBERITIS SYMPTOMS aka GRILLFELLA PURITY TEST PART 1

1. OTS, OTG, MBH, SS etc. autocorrect on your iPhone.

2. You carry tools in your car in the event that a cheap performer pops up on CL and you need to fit it in your car.

3. You refer to your grills by their Weber name ie. Westerner or Yachtsman.

4. You name your grills.

5. You ask yourself "which grill am I gonna use today" more often than "am I gonna grill today?

6. You have WKC Members' contacts in your phone. And use their member name instead of real name.

7. You can tell the difference between an 18.5", 22.5" and 26.75" kettle from one view.

8. You've stopped your car in the middle of the road to ogle a kettle. Bonus points if you took a pic of it.

9. You have a kettle indoors. Bonus points if it's in pieces.

10. You're only on #10 and you've already laughed, blushed, or said "yup" multiple times.

11. You look down on plastic handles.

12. You justify owning a WSM because "it's actually a smoker, not a grill"

13. You paid more for the meat on the kettle than the actual kettle.

14. "Webering" is a verb you use to describe to your wife what you are doing on the computer or in the yard/garage.

15. You have trouble typing the difference between grill and girl, grate and great.

16. They don't make Webers like they used to.

17. You have a long email thread with other local WKC members for CL alert and dibs.

18. You reuse charcoal.

19. Your CL search is some permutation of Weber Webber bbq barbecue barbeque grill grille and "charcoal -car"

20. You live in SoCal and you find searching for Weber Performer on CL extremely frustrating.

21. Tri-tip is the magical cut that doesn't exist in the grocery store.

22. You bought your kid a SJ to teach them how to bbq but you turned it into a mini smoker instead.

23. You've waken up early to start smoking on your Weber and have had confused neighbors asking if there's a fire.

24. You leave your bike unlocked outside but the weber is chained to the deck.

25. You ask if grilling is allowed when searching for a new home or apartment.

26. Your friends ask for detailed bbq advice but end up using the gasser or an oven anyway.

27. You put the entire family into the car on memorial day weekend...... so that each of you can snag the 10 bag limit of charcoal from home depot.

28. You'll drive the extra 30 min to Walmart instead of Home Depot because the charcoal bags are on sale for $.23/lb instead of $.25/lb.

29. You have more grills that rooms in the house.

30. You ran out of space to store kettles in your house so you store some at your family's house down the road.

31. Your garage has a Grillmark 26" grates for that flat top 26"er you'll find down the road.

32. The presence of thumbscrews, "PAT. PENDING" on a kettle excites you.

33. You justify to your wife the differences in your 5 red kettles. Mist, OT, daisy wheels, thumbscrews, shade of red, decade etc.  She actually doesn't
care, all she wants you to find is a yellow or baby blue kettle. For $50 or less. Included shipping.

34. You have all three size WSMs because one size does not fit all.

35. You have modified a kettle.

36. You take pictures of your kettle family and food. You have more pictures of yours and other people's Weber kettles saved to your computer than
you do photos of your children and family.

37. A kettle is your desktop or phone background

38. You grill in the snow, rain, or when the power goes out.

39. You rip on your friends for drinking fruity cocktails but your bbq sauce has strawberry, cherry, blueberry, or raspberry in it.

40. You claim to enjoy grilling in the sunset but in reality you fired up the kettle too late and it took too long to heat up while your family goes hungry. At least you got to take a pretty sunset picture and post it on the "Just a picture I liked thread"

41. You've considered vacationing in the U.K so you can bring a colored kettle back.

42. You demanded weber bring back a red kettle to the us but complained about "crimson"

43. You actually know that the founder of Weber did not have the last name Weber.

44. You claim to cook better food for cheaper than what you'll get at The Weber Grill Restaurant but you secretly want your wife to take you there.

45. You can do everything better on your kettle than on a Kamado/Big Green Egg but you've never owned the latter.

46. You wish that your local CL deals don't pop up on the TP but you also lurk other bbq forums' buy and sell forums.

47. You claim to like fall of the bone ribs but you actually don't know how to test for doneness so you say screw it I'll just overcook them a little.

48. Your bbq is still better than the bbq you get from that joint down the road.

49. You love your SS performer but you're too lazy to sort out the tank so you just use a chimney or lighter fluid.

50. You own a "looker"

51. We're at #51 and you STILL keep thinking of things to add to this list.

[Ted B]

How about...you accidentally overcook dinner because you can't stop reading posts at wkc.

[pbe gummi bear]

How about...you accidentally overcook dinner because you can't stop reading posts at wkc.

haha, or overcook dinner because you were admiring the kettle sitting next to the kettle you were actually using.

[Ted B]

How about...you accidentally overcook dinner because you can't stop reading posts at wkc.

haha, or overcook dinner because you were admiring the kettle sitting next to the kettle you were actually using.

Strangers think you're really into dogs because your car and everything that you own has a white and black WKC sticker on it.

[1buckie]

How about...you accidentally overcook dinner because you can't stop reading posts at wkc.

haha, or overcook dinner because you were admiring the kettle sitting next to the kettle you were actually using.

Yes.....Both......

#21 is unfamiliar, #13, #28, #30 & #40 are absolutes.......................

[BBQmedic]

That's awesome!.... And a little scary.... It's been less than a year since I've been exposed and most of those apply!
Rapid progression in this case

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[1buckie]

You go to pick up a reasonably priced kettle, sight unseen......
.........and end up with a free one just as good.................also !!!!

(Just happened to Hogsy)

[Duke]

You try and convince yourself and others that you don't have it because you only have 40 of the fifty symptoms.

You doze off thinking about your next project.

You wake up at all hours and check CL and your PM's.

You have a fellow grillfella drop by with a free grill during your son's 5th birthday party and have to sneak it around the side of the house while still trying to play host.

You have a grillfella pick up a red Sequoia for you and hurt your back sneaking it through the side gate.

[pbe gummi bear]

You try and convince yourself and others that you don't have it because you only have 40 of the fifty symptoms.

You doze off thinking about your next project.

You wake up at all hours and check CL and your PM's.

You have a fellow grillfella drop by with a free grill during your son's 5th birthday party and have to sneak it around the side of the house while still trying to play host.

You have a grillfella pick up a red Sequoia for you and hurt your back sneaking it through the side of the house.

Lol good times.

Your dog bites anyone that gets within 5 feet of your kettles.

[Duke]

You try and convince yourself and others that you don't have it because you only have 40 of the fifty symptoms.

You doze off thinking about your next project.

You wake up at all hours and check CL and your PM's.

You have a fellow grillfella drop by with a free grill during your son's 5th birthday party and have to sneak it around the side of the house while still trying to play host.

You have a grillfella pick up a red Sequoia for you and hurt your back sneaking it through the side of the house.

Lol good times.

Your dog bites anyone that gets within 5 feet of your kettles.

[Dan NY]

Your wife says she wants to get a "family portrait" and you say "ok, but I have to run to the hardware store to get steel wool and Mothers Polish first."

[jamesnomore]

My wife and daughter hate it when I #8

You've looked over a complete strangers fence because you see color.

[pbe gummi bear]

My wife and daughter hate it when I #8

You've looked over a complete strangers fence because you see color.

Pics and everything?

[Duke]

Do you drive slowly down streets when in an unfamiliar neighborhood. aka Grillstalking.

[Troy]

when your wife wants you to clear all the grills from the back patio for a party, you declare an ultimatum - you won't go to the party if your grills can't attend