Hey everyone. First post here on the WKC, but I've been grilling on Weber grills for about twenty-five years.
I stop by the Weber website every once in a while and caught the
Glen Blue bug on their second go round this year. My '05 Silver 22" is starting to go South with the lid handle rusting through. So it was time to get a replacement on deck, while keeping the 22" around until it finally gives up the ghost.
My buddy had a big maroon Weber from I'm guessing the late 60's that was perfect size for what I need now, I loved cooking on it, it would change color when you got it to temp too which was pretty awesome. I rolled the dice on whether my wife would get the 26" for me and showed it to her, leaving everything else off my wishlist. Anyway it arrived Christmas morning but the lid was damaged,..... bummer. This week I finally got a replacement from Weber. Second one was damaged too but not bad enough to worry a lot about.
My son and I put it together yesterday, man does it look great, I feel bad about cooking on it a little. It's bigger, stronger, taller, with better grates, love the bail lid holder, briquette baskets were a pleasant bonus I wasn't aware off. Only bad thing is that I need to trim bail threads inside about a quarter inch to clear the grill and it'll be perfect.
online gif hostingThe first order of business is a rack of ribs that I'll update later. Good to meet you all and may you all have a great year of grilling. I'm off to fire it up right now!