Brian reviews the Deluxe Performer, new for 2015

[CakeByte]

Awesome review! I can't wait to get my Performer! Although, it'll be a little easier to wait now since I just talked my wife into letting me get an 18.5" Silver One-Touch to hold me over in the meantime

[crumbsnatcher]

Any chance Brian can test fit the new lid bale setup on an older SS performer like he did for the tabletop?


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[coldkettle]

Thanks for the write up!

[Craig]

Great write up!

[dengland]

Thanks for the info Brian. Wish you many happy memories around that grill!

[zavod44]

Can we order the new bale, rollers and other parts to attach it to our SS Performers?

I believe they can be retrofitted to the older performers.....

[zavod44]

I actually think this table is nicer than the stainless....the stainless is a lot of work to take care of and it can get scratched up.  I think this table will wear very nicely.  I suppose you can always polish out stainless, but this is very nice.  It will serve me very well.  The only question I have now is do I put my sage back in this cart and have a new for 2015 Sage performer.....

[GregS]

copper was so 2014, sage is where it's at. 

[Craig]

@zavod44  As cool as the copper is, the sage would look killer in that new table..

[zavod44]

Actually, I could replace it with, a red, a blue a sage or a dark green....

[charred]

Thanks for the review.

BETTER than the SSP? Heresy! 

Only improvement, imo, is the bale. 

[GregS]

Actually, I could replace it with, a red, a blue a sage or a dark green....

you need to change them with your mood.

call it the mood kettle. 

[zavod44]

The awkward handle in the middle of the stainless steel performer table knocks it down a few notches.  Plus those old stainless carts rot real bad.  These new carts will last much longer. 

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[charred]

The handles on my SSPs are conveniently offset, leaving me plenty of workspace.    If in my way, I'd remove them.

Weak frames are easily shored-up w/ some out-of-sight L brackets. I don't move mine around too much, but I do like the handles that are included for that purpose. (That reminds me....after seeing footage of one of those annual "Carry-the-Wife" races, I think Weber should sponsor something similar, w/ the wife sitting in the bowl of an SSP instead of hanging over hubby's shoulder).

The SSP gas tank is cool and environmentally sound. 

SSPs are the best-looking grill+table product Weber's ever made....imHo.

Naturally, ymmv. 

 

[Craig]

So your saying Brian that the new Performer is the best and the SS is now a close second? The new one looks like the best of both worlds.