Weber is listening. They’ve observed our desires for colorful kettles and responded with two new colors for 2014. The Crimson and the Copper. The copper appeared a couple years ago as a Target exclusive, and only as a One-Touch Silver. This year it’s available as Silver, Gold, Performer, and even as a Genesis for you [...]

One month and one Super Bowl down in 2014. Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks for being victorious over the Broncos! Did you see any Weber’s in the gameday ads? There was a redhead that almost looked like one, but it had four legs. In case you missed it, the WKC football bbq cooking guide is still up [...]

The Superbowl is the biggest sporting event of the year but it’s also the best event of the year to show your guests that you are MVP of the bbq grill. Studies also show that armchair quarterbacks are more more effective when you have a stomach full of bbq so never watch a game hungry [...]

First of all I will point out that the title of this post uses an ISO 8601 standard format, making it understandable ’round the world. :D Next I will draw attention to the article on WKC member 1Buckie and referenced in this post. Buckie is the kind of guy who makes this site what it [...]

Pictured here is a patent number yellow 22″ kettle. With the “BAR-B-Q-KETTLE” style lid vent and the large bowl tabs on the daisy vents below, dates this particular grill around 1975. The grill is owned by WKC member Jeff. It’s all original and untouched with the except of a new wood handle from Brian along with [...]

This nice old SJ belong to WKC member MartyG. Here’s the story to go with the pics: Thanks to a fellow member here in Chicago, (Thin Blue Smoke aka: Todd) I was able to secure this fine example of a Smokey Joe from the year my son was born – 1981. Finding an old kettle [...]

1Buckie (Ken) is our first WKC featured member in 2014. I first ran into Buckie in 2012 and he always had these massive smoked cooks and rows of kettles a smokin’. I would  also probably describe him as a ‘turd fiend as he cooks tons of them (literally). 1Buckie is a true Grillfella as he’s got the [...]

Pictured here is a true classic almost out of the time machine. This is a patent number kettle that would be period correct for the years between 1973-1975. The grill owner is WKC member Harris92. The story behind this classic is that the grill was purchased (by an uncle) for the seller’s grandfather as a [...]

Here’s a great vintage red Smokey Joe from 1973. The vents haven’t been opened or moved in the grills more than 40 year life. The copyright 1973 recipe book/brochure came with it. It is believed this is a 1973 model based on that brochure. This has the neatest overspray on the lid from the factory. [...]