Mysterious vent code

[weber_wastl]

Hi all!

Last summer, before I actually got to know more details about Weber grills, we bought my mother in law a black 22" compact kettle. If I would have known everything I know now I would have bought something different; but that's another story.....
However, today we had a very nice barbecue and suddenly the lid vent caught my attention with a totally strange to me vent code: "BL"
A quick check on the WKC website confirmed that this code should not exist.
I am from Austria, so maybe this is Europe specific; maybe also compact kettle specific?

Any thoughts?

[Golly]

i've got nothing

[Heyjude]

How come your vent has a screw in it where a rivet should be?   

[Craig]

Umm................  I too have got nothing.. 


This is right up there with the mysterious Yellow MBH with the stamped "D" vent..

[Hogsy]

How come your vent has a screw in it where a rivet should be?   

Because it's a....... Compact!!!

[Heyjude]

How come your vent has a screw in it where a rivet should be?   

Because it's a....... Compact!!!

Oh, that explains it.. 

[dazzo]

"BL" color code

it's Black

Available Colours:

    Black

sorry     

[nandemo1]

Does Weber sell replacement vent covers and are they stamped?

[Craig]

Does Weber sell replacement vent covers and are they stamped?

They do and they are stamped in the year/date code in which they are made. I picked up an AU code replacement vent back in 2012..


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[HankB]

I'm surprised no one has noticed it's upside down.

It says ... Uh... Never mind! 

[weber_wastl]

Ok – the mystery continues.
Last week I had a look on another compact kettle in my local hardware store – this time from 2014 I guess.
It says "BQ" on the lid vent....

So we now have BL for 2013 and BQ for 2014 for compact kettles ...... at least in Austria 

[MartyG]

Thanks for the info. At this rate the next poster will be 4'x8'!