18" Weber Beverage Caddy

[NeoTrout]

I scored this oddity at an estate sale over the weekend. The lady at the sale said the owners used it as a beverage cart on their deck. I could not pass it up.



It looks like the sidekick was drilled out to create the glass holders.



Bracket modified so it never falls off. The green bracket welded to the side of the bowl looks almost like it was factory or they did a really good job.


The paint looks like it was done by whoever built this, again they did a pretty good job.
The thing that I want to know is where did the grate come from? It holds wine bottles or fifths plus a square one for a bottle of Jack. Anyone ever see something like this? Pretty cool. 

[LightningBoldtz]

Fill the kettle up with ice to keep it nice and cold.

[Troy]

that's actually pretty damned cool!!

[Jeff]

very interesting.  Never seen anything like it.

Was there a lid with this grill?  What was the letter code?
Is that a bolt through the leg socket in the first photo?
Did you think this grill was NOT green originally, or it was repainted?
Do you have any other pics of that grate (bottle holder).  Any pics of it not inside the grill?

[Dale Benson]

Ingenious. Very cool idea.
The green bracket supporting the side table looks to me like it is actually the rear handle with the wood removed.
The grill seems to have been a home mod, too. A pretty good job. The circles at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock position are not symmetrically located (as one might expect if it were commercially made), but the rest appear to be pretty close. And I wonder why the maker chose to weld the rings to the top side instead of the underside.
Wonderful idea. A great attention getter at the BBQ party.

[NeoTrout]

Hey Jeff. No lid came with this. The lady conducting the sale said there wasn't one. It has the ash sweeper (numbered 1 through 3) and a wooden handle. It doesn't look as if this was ever used as a grill. I can't tell if the paint is original or not. They did a pretty good job if not.



There are bolts through all the legs. Nothing moves on this. I guess if it was full of bottles and glasses you wouldn't want it coming apart.



Shot of just the grate.

Thanks.

[NeoTrout]

Ingenious. Very cool idea.
The green bracket supporting the side table looks to me like it is actually the rear handle with the wood removed.
The grill seems to have been a home mod, too. A pretty good job. The circles at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock position are not symmetrically located (as one might expect if it were commercially made), but the rest appear to be pretty close. And I wonder why the maker chose to weld the rings to the top side instead of the underside.
Wonderful idea. A great attention getter at the BBQ party.

Hey Dale. The green support bracket is too wide to be for a wood handle. I don't know about the grate. It is done very well almost too good to be home made. But you never know.

[1buckie]

This deal smacks of a Weber employee gone monkey balls in the shop.......

The parts, done up individually (porcelain coating, Weber board carved out, standard grate altered) are just too, too right on looking for someone to do this up from scratch at home......

That Green color is pretty much identical to one I had awhile back, that is if you're able to tell if it's porcelain as opposed to some kind of actual paint covering a regular black kettle or something......


Maybe also some high dollar wine outfit CEO commissioning a one-off ?

most likely a one of a kind, ya think?

[Dale Benson]

Hey Dale. The green support bracket is too wide to be for a wood handle...

Okay, yeah I see what you mean I think. The new pics show what almost looks like peeling of the paint around the leg sockets. Porcelain certainly wouldn't peel so that might indicate a paint job. I suppose the modder might have gone that route if he never intended it to be subjected to high heat. Incidentally, the leg sockets look a bit strange to me. Not just that there is a bolt through it. They seem to have a 'flair' or a wing type thing of some sort. But then I know I haven't seen everything there is to see. :-)

[dwnthehatch]

It looks like something that would be displayed in a liquor store. Nice find!

[Tim in PA]

That is awesome. I love that it has a square opening for Jack.

[SixZeroFour]

Yeah that rack is something else! Someone put a lot of effort into that and it paid off!

[MrHoss]

Splendid find there.....that beverage rack is flippin' cool. Love to see that baby loaded up.

[charred]

That thing is soooo cool, and I need to know its history!

[JDD]

Too bad no lid.