Howdy fellow grillers,
I'm up in Portland (OR) for a few days watching the grandkids baby (a yippy doggie) and I just happened to swing by the local Portland Barbeque shop (yeah, just happened). I wanted to show my wife the actual size of the Weber Ranch
. They didn't have a floor model, but I noticed that every floor model they did have for the 2015 model year was unstamped with a model year code? I've been reading this forum for a month or two now and hadn't heard that the latest model(s) were sans a datecode.
I also asked about the ability of a major 'Weber BBQ dealer' to 'talk' Weber HQ into drop shipping some of the non-US color kettles this way. There response was an emphatic "They tell us that this is what we offer in the US, and this is what you get".
Yesterday, I also picked up a nearly new Roti mounting bracket in town here. A 22 black OTG for $50. The original owner said he'd only used it two or three times (like I've heard that before), but when I saw it I had to agree. It has the 'AH' date Code as expected. Once I get it home I'll re-clean it, mount my black Roti, and burn it in.
Larry T (aka Smoke'n Joe)