Modern yellow movie spot

Tommie · August 03, 2025, 01:55:25 AM

Just watching a paramount+ movie "the killer inside - the Ruth Finley story" and spotted this modern yellow kettle. the movie's modern but set in the 70s.

Gotta be a respray prop right? it's a glossy one touch with modern plastic handles, not a matte creamy 70th master touch with brown plastic handles. Looks like it could be an 18" too but can't tell. Any reason they haven't done a yellow other than the 70th for so long? I read somewhere cause it attracted bees?!

Anyhow i thought it was cool!

Wish they'd bring back the yellow!

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Hell Fire Grill · August 04, 2025, 10:29:27 AM

It could be a counterfeit colored kettle as the movie producers have deep pockets and long arms, but it's probably just sprayed with rattle cans. The handles look to me like the fake wood ones that lack the hanger hooks, the lighting in the movie is distorting the color IMO. Personally I'm wondering WTF they were thinking using fake shizzle on a high profile and expensive grill their customers have been requesting for so many years, color included. Nothing against the matt finishes but I think we all expected better for the LTD Anniversary edition, and extra expense.

The reason for the color being discontinued is due to environmental concerns, which could be a whole other topic.

ASpitzer · August 04, 2025, 10:38:17 AM

My yellow 70th anniversary kettle has a nice glossy finish. For sure it is not a matte finish. It shines up great.

Tommie · August 04, 2025, 10:47:59 AM

Interesting! I knew of the environmental issues with reds, didn't realise it was the same with yellow

Maybe too many canary's had their colour squeezed out of them? Too many bees got burnt?

Yeah, not really a fan of the Matt colours, but that's just my preference. Would love to obtain one like yours some day but I fear not many, if any made it over this side of the pond!

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Tommie · August 04, 2025, 10:49:53 AM

Quote from: ASpitzer on August 04, 2025, 10:38:17 AMMy yellow 70th anniversary kettle has a nice glossy finish. For sure it is not a matte finish. It shines up great.

I stand corrected then. I'd love to see one some day, but again I don't think many made it over here to the UK. We only got Grey I think. I see from reviews that there was a couple of yellow Amazon purchases that made it over. Maybe one will come up on eBay some day that needs rescuing!

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Tommie · August 04, 2025, 10:52:56 AM

My friend had a lovely job done on his, sent a grey off for a re-enamel job. Unfortunately I met him just after he'd sold it on, but a fair amount of my collection has come from him

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Hell Fire Grill · August 04, 2025, 01:47:57 PM

Quote from: ASpitzer on August 04, 2025, 10:38:17 AMMy yellow 70th anniversary kettle has a nice glossy finish. For sure it is not a matte finish. It shines up great.

I stand corrected although the pics on Weber's website show a matt finish.

Hell Fire Grill · August 04, 2025, 04:18:20 PM

Don't get me wrong. I still think the color is a ugly pastel baby shit looking mess and weber could have done better.

bamakettles · August 05, 2025, 05:17:09 AM

Here's a picture illustrating the color difference.... glossy, but not vibrant yellow. I also prefer the vintage color.

Jburns · August 05, 2025, 06:41:28 AM

Hi everyone!

The 70th Anniversary Kettles was one of my projects as a Weber Charcoal Product Manager, so I can give you some insight into their design.

The vibrant old yellow enamel formula contains cadmium, just like the old classic red. There are environmental regulations pertaining to the proper disposal of hazardous waste byproducts related to the use of enamel formulas containing cadmium. That's why we can't make the classic red, classic yellow, or classic orange colors in the US these days. The color palette for the 70th kettles was inspired by 1950s automotive color trends, but I can appreciate they are not for everyone.

As for the wood-like handles, we really would like to have done natural wooden handles, however, there are several restrictions pertaining to sustainable forestry practices when it comes to using natural wood in our products when they are sold in Europe, which is where half of the 70th Kettle volume was sold. Additionally, natural wooden handles can deteriorate rather quickly, depending on the local environmental conditions, as well as how the kettle is stored/maintained. Before we switched to nylon handles in the year 2000, the wooden handles on our kettles were one of the most commonly replaced components.

Also, I can confirm that only the Hollywood Gray color was offered in Europe. This was a decision made by the team in Europe based on consumer feedback when it comes to kettle colors.

Thanks! John Burns

MacEggs · August 05, 2025, 06:47:58 AM

@Tommie , your original post belongs in this thread!

http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/index.php?topic=9717.0

@Jburns , thank you for the information!

Tommie · August 05, 2025, 08:13:01 AM

[mention]Jburns [/mention] thanks for the info!

[mention]MacEggs [/mention] nice one! Will look forward to reading that this evening!

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Hell Fire Grill · August 05, 2025, 04:28:24 PM

Quote from: Jburns on August 05, 2025, 06:41:28 AMHi everyone!

The 70th Anniversary Kettles was one of my projects as a Weber Charcoal Product Manager, so I can give you some insight into their design.

The vibrant old yellow enamel formula contains cadmium, just like the old classic red. There are environmental regulations pertaining to the proper disposal of hazardous waste byproducts related to the use of enamel formulas containing cadmium. That's why we can't make the classic red, classic yellow, or classic orange colors in the US these days. The color palette for the 70th kettles was inspired by 1950s automotive color trends, but I can appreciate they are not for everyone.

As for the wood-like handles, we really would like to have done natural wooden handles, however, there are several restrictions pertaining to sustainable forestry practices when it comes to using natural wood in our products when they are sold in Europe, which is where half of the 70th Kettle volume was sold. Additionally, natural wooden handles can deteriorate rather quickly, depending on the local environmental conditions, as well as how the kettle is stored/maintained. Before we switched to nylon handles in the year 2000, the wooden handles on our kettles were one of the most commonly replaced components.

Also, I can confirm that only the Hollywood Gray color was offered in Europe. This was a decision made by the team in Europe based on consumer feedback when it comes to kettle colors.

Thanks! John Burns

Hi, John. Nice meeting you here. Thanks for your insight into the designs. While I'm not a big fan of the color of the grill or the fake wood handles I do really appreciate those SS hanger hooks, that are damn near invisible...

I have a couple questions.

Do you use a charcoal grill, and if so, what's your favorite color to cook on?

And also, i'm wondering if there's a possibility you and your team could make a twenty two inch cast iron grill grate or fire grate?

MacEggs · August 07, 2025, 07:15:01 AM

@Jburns ^^^

Jburns · August 07, 2025, 07:30:32 AM

Hi, John. Nice meeting you here. Thanks for your insight into the designs. While I'm not a big fan of the color of the grill or the fake wood handles I do really appreciate those SS hanger hooks, that are damn near invisible...

I have a couple questions.

Do you use a charcoal grill, and if so, what's your favorite color to cook on?

And also, i'm wondering if there's a possibility you and your team could make a twenty two inch cast iron grill grate or fire grate?
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Nice to meet you too! Yea, the metal tool hooks were a nice touch. We had to develop them because using the traditional took hooks molded into the nylon handles wouldn't work with the wood grain pattern. Honestly, I wish we could put them on every kettle, but they are a bit costly compared to the molded tool hooks.

I do use charcoal grills! I've got several of them. It's a bit of an occupational hazard working here. Especially since I'm on the Charcoal Product team. I have a 22" Limited Edition Red Kettle, 26" Glen Blue Original Kettle Premium, 22" Hot Rod Yellow 70th Kettle (I had to get one because we hadn't done a yellow since the 70s), Summit Kamado E6, Ivory Smokey Joe Premium, and an 18" SMC. My favorite to grill on is the Summit, and that's because it's the most versatile and efficient out of the grills I own. But, my favorite color out of the ones I have is my 26" Glen Blue. I also own a SmokeFire EX4, Compact Traveler, Spirit II E-310, Spirit E-310, and Q 1200. Aside from the Summit, I probably use the Spirit E-310 the 2nd most and that's for days when I don't have as much time to get the charcoal going.

While I can't make any promises on the development of a 22" cast iron grate/fire grate, we're always working on future product offerings, and we recently launched a 22" griddle, so there's always the possibility of something like that coming out. As long as there's a solid business case to support it.

Let me know if you've got any other questions!

-JB

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