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harris92

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Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« on: April 17, 2015, 01:42:34 PM »
Sent to me by an associate. So, Weber did make a brazier.  Very Interesting..

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austin87

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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2015, 01:58:37 PM »
The illustrations look like thumbscrews hold the legs in... Maybe late 1960s?
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austin87

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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2015, 02:01:10 PM »
Actually the handle on the Smokey Joe probably puts it early '60s
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harris92

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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2015, 02:16:00 PM »
It is a Weber Bros Metal Works pamphlet. Notice the 22's have flat top lids.  Prob from mid to late 1950s.  Working on getting the entire pdf .
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Hogsy

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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2015, 02:19:42 PM »
Very cool find, the garden torches look like a reading light for your lounge room
Interesting that the roti ring is twice the size of what it is now
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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2015, 04:07:40 PM »
The Ranch in the lower left corner is the one we've seen in that pic of the folks standing around with some smoke billowing....I have it somewhere, Craig & Winz can probably find the pic also....think those ones also had one of those rings, even at that larger size......
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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2015, 04:19:50 PM »
OLD.  No Triangles!  Flat Lids!  (other than the SJ-100)

I have never seen this pamphlet before.  What a find!
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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2015, 04:26:20 PM »
Nice find Stephen.  Look forward to the rest of it.
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harris92

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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2015, 04:35:34 PM »
@Jeff
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Question for you.  In the BK 500 description the legs are referred to as "chrome-plated".  Are these just the steel legs we male reference to?
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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2015, 04:43:09 PM »
Could be......they were steel way, way back.....don't remember ever seeing "chrome plated" though?


 @Craig  would know when they changed to alum., I'm pretty sure.....

....not to be confused with talk of Happy Cookers, which were all, always steel....
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Craig

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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2015, 05:19:00 PM »
Cool find, Stephen! Much thanks to you and your associate for sharing this. This has to be at least 1955 at the latest. The lids were redesigned in 1956. This also shows us that there was not yet an 18.5 kettle available, at least from this pamphlet. The brazier model, that's pretty cool! Maybe Weber wanted to be competitive in that market as well. They say chrome plated and that's interesting since most survivors have rust on the legs. Perhaps chrome plating wasn't as strong back in the 50s? I don't know. The coolest part her to me is that there was actually a model kettle that came with the roti ring or "smoke hood". Sweet find!
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Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2015, 05:21:20 PM »
I suppose if you wanted to do Thanksgiving or some whole yard bird on a kettle in '54-55 you needed the BK-550. I wonder how many of those still survive?

On the Brazier: it looks like an ancestor to the bottom of the compact kettle models today. It would be a fun project to replicate.
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1buckie

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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2015, 05:24:23 PM »
Craig, I remember that 'smoke hood' term from somewhere before, in one of the other articles or ads from way back?

Also, perhaps it was steel, then steel chrome plated for a very short time, then aluminium?

I know speculation isn't the best way to go on these things, but when t gets this old, what else is there?
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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2015, 05:26:58 PM »
That smoke hood is a lot taller than modern roti rings. That thing is 12 inches high....more like a Cajun Bandit stacker than a roti ring.
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Re: Page from an OLD Weber Pamphlet
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2015, 05:28:41 PM »

Quote from: MrHoss on April 17, 2015, 05:26:58 PM
That smoke hood is a lot taller than modern roti rings. That thing is 12 inches high....more like a Cajun Bandit stacker than a roti ring.

That's what I was thinking. I have one of those at home. I'll have to measure it when I get home Monday.
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