4th Annual Chicago WKC Meetup announced
Date is Aug 6th and the home of Brian O’Neil aka ZAVOD44.
This is always a great time, you can follow this link for more details.
Date is Aug 6th and the home of Brian O’Neil aka ZAVOD44.
This is always a great time, you can follow this link for more details.
Greetings! It was a slower week here at WKC as it gets colder in the northern part of the U.S. Don’t put your kettles away quite yet! We will be putting together some information on cooking when it’s cold so you can enjoy that ‘cue through the winter!
This dark green color was first introduced in 1979. In 1981, the change to using wooden bowl handles meant this color was only produced for two years as a metal bowl handle model. I recently acquired this one from long time WKC member landgraftj. He came into possession of it soon after joining the WKC…
It is a question that is not often asked explicitly, but usually implicitly with a quizzically poised eyebrow while I drone on about minutiae regarding outdoor cooking: “Why the obsession with grilling, Mike?” There are a million answers to that question, each one stacking up on top of the ones that came before it, just…
Stop posting! I’m trying to collect POTW and it seems like I cannot keep up! And there are some interesting things to see, like Jeff’s fire blower. Just kidding, of course. Post away! I’m just surprised by the activity in Trading Post on a Monday morning. On the other hand, Recipes has not had a…
In the early days of Weber, kettles were marketed and sold by traveling salesman. They would put on cooking demonstrations at hardware and department stores, passing out Weber brochures on how to order them. Weber provided these salesman with kettles to use during their demonstrations. The kettles had the letters DEMO imprinted on them. Here…
This weekend we has our first feature on a member and his kettle: HankB! This feature was initially thought of as a way to feature a cool kettle, but I quickly realized that the owner behind the kettle is the best part of the story. Hank is a prime example of a Grillfella that is a…