Feeling left out... Black is BACK!

[MartyG]

Now I'm the one feeling left out! I had planned to shoot my family of black kettles over Labor day, thinking we would not get around to black for a while. What started out as "color of the month" turned into a free for all. Oh, what the hell, here's one to get started - the newest and smallest member of the family:



Can't quite make out the vent code, but it looks like a "D" to me. We've been looking in all the wrong places!

[glrasmussen]

Just a few that I enjoy...

Just the old boys.

[G$]

Love that pin Marty.  Awesome photos gang!

[Heyjude]

I'm just gonna fade to

black..

[Heyjude]

Of course there is room for bright and shiny fruit in a dark dark world...
I mean wtihout black, we can't have color..

[Golly]

Here's my 93 black 3 wheeler




 "my kettle is more powerful it will do almost anything."

and yellow fatmax on the ground

[Bbqmiller]

Always liked this one - comparison of a SJ and RK.


This was before I cleaned up the RK, but the pic is pretty cool.

[pbe gummi bear]

This one is since sold:


Cooking with my buddy's 18.5"


Free 18.5" found in my neighborhood, since passed along


Jr. Cook and the ranch


Lonely cheeseburger


You can have any color you want as long as it's black


My family's Genesis bought new 18 years ago, all original.

[justin]

Just finished 'building' this 18.5" OTS kettle, it's my first grill, and i'm giving it as a gift.  I wanted a small grill, but wasn't satisfied with what was available so i had to do some improvements.



wood handles from Brian O'Neal, added a thermometer



bought the parts for the ash catcher from ereplacementparts.com to upgrade to a OTG



filled the pathetic legs with copper pipe to make them stronger and heavier. they probably weigh 4x as much now.



drilled & tapped holes for thumb screws for all 3 legs



higher quality rubber footer





reinforced both sides of the bottom of the wheel legs with fender washers





cast iron grates from Craycort



the end

[kendoll]

Wow. Just a few minor tweaks there. And you are now giving it away?

Nice first post, hope you stick around and introduce yourself.

Ken

[Chasing_smoke]

PBE that's a great collection!

Justin that is one high performance 18 very nice!


 "my kettle is more powerful it will do almost anything."

[kendoll]

You can have any color you want as long as it's black

That is a sweet pic. It's like Weber's version of the matryoshka doll.

Ken

[AZ_MIKEY]

Yesss black!!!! All about all the seldom recognized or celebrated workhorse of the weber family. Here are most of mine.

[pbe gummi bear]

Just finished 'building' this 18.5" OTS kettle, it's my first grill, and i'm giving it as a gift.  I wanted a small grill, but wasn't satisfied with what was available so i had to do some improvements.



wood handles from Brian O'Neal, added a thermometer



bought the parts for the ash catcher from ereplacementparts.com to upgrade to a OTG



filled the pathetic legs with copper pipe to make them stronger and heavier. they probably weigh 4x as much now.



drilled & tapped holes for thumb screws for all 3 legs



higher quality rubber footer





reinforced both sides of the bottom of the wheel legs with fender washers





cast iron grates from Craycort



the end

That's one hell of a first post Justin, welcome!

[justin]

Wow. Just a few minor tweaks there. And you are now giving it away?

Nice first post, hope you stick around and introduce yourself.

Ken

i will still get to use it

living in an apartment i have no where to grill, at least not privately. i build electronics for a living and am kind of a perfectionist. i think the mods i did to the 18.5" are how they should sell it -- mostly a collection of tweaks i found here over the past week or two..well and some better wheels and thicker bars on that bottom shelf. Weber bean counters heads would explode