Guys- I'm a brand new member and very excited to have found this forum. I'll try to keep my request for help as brief as possible. I'm having a pool and outdoor kitchen built- construction starts next week. I'm having a gas grill installed and have asked them to leave a "cutout" for my Weber kettle. I thought about taking my current One-Touch, removing the legs and just dropping it in the counter top. The counter top and stone for the kitchen is Oklahoma stacked rock.
The problem is this- the guy supplying the rock insisted that the grill not rest upon the stone due to the heat. (Apparently it will damage the stone and there is potential for the rock/stone to break and pop if it gets too hot from the kettle.) So the construction foreman suggested that they leave a cutout and I just put the Weber with legs still attached on a ledge they would build. I've looked all over the internet and haven't found a good solution for my desire to just take the legs off and "drop in" the kettle. They are going to leave the backside of space for the kettle open for ventilation and ash clean out. But I can't fathom the thought of keeping the legs attached to my kettle and trying to make that work- much less make it look good.
Looking at the Weber Performer Platinum- I got an idea and wanted to see what you guys thought. The sides of the kettle have the brackets that mount the kettle to the frame/stand. I could take one of those, remove the frame & use those brackets to support the kettle on an offset built into either side of the kettle in the cooktop. I just want to keep my kettle but want it to look amazing with the rest of the kitchen.
If anyone has any thoughts on this or can direct me to another forum/link for some ideas- I'd really appreciate it! If there are dangers or other precautions I haven't thought about or need to take into consideration when trying to integrate a kettle into an outdoor kitchen, please feel free to educate me! I'll take all the advice I can get. Thanks!
Steve