1977 Page is live!

[Craig]

We have been working on breaking down the 18.5/22.5/26.75 kettle features and changes year by year and we finally have a year launched on the main page. Many, MANY more to come. I have already broken down every year from 1952-2015. We are in the process of formatting the other years before launching the pages. As promised, there WILL be a new written version of the history page soon. I'm behind, but we're getting closer!

http://weberkettleclub.com/history/1977-weber-grill-history/

[Troy]

WOOHOO

Thank you for all the hard work you do @Craig !!

[mhiszem]

Thanks @Craig Looks great!

[jkolantern]

That's awesome! Now I'm that much closer to finding a "me" vintage grill. Can't wait for the rest of the years so that I can narrow down a 70's red and 60's black I have that are my only non-date coded grills.

[MartyG]

Great job Craig. The Chocolate kettle I used for the e-cook last year was also a 76/77. Definitely a classic, and my favorite vent style. These pages will be a veritable Weber  Wikettlepedia

[JDD]

Thank you!

[G$]

So awesome.  Did I miss the ash pan specification for 1976-1977 in your write up?

[addicted-to-smoke]

"The modern Weber wheel. 6″ in diameter. Found on Weber charcoal kettles 1977 and newer."

The 18.5" my dad bought new has those too, with a Bar-B-Kettle, not Weber, lid vent. Maybe just the 18s were called Bar-B-Kettle?

[Craig]

So awesome.  Did I miss the ash pan specification for 1976-1977 in your write up?

No, my collaborator did...

But I'll get it in there today.

[Craig]

"The modern Weber wheel. 6″ in diameter. Found on Weber charcoal kettles 1977 and newer."

The 18.5" my dad bought new has those too, with a Bar-B-Kettle, not Weber, lid vent. Maybe just the 18s were called Bar-B-Kettle?

The wheels though in place BY 1977, date back a year or so. Some of the very last BBQK kettles 18 and 22 had the current wheel style. However there are a couple '76-77 vent kettles with overlap of the old style wheels. Weird huh?

[Craig]

Ash catcher info has been added. Thank you for the correction. We hope with this year-by-year breakdown, it will help us pinpoint the characteristics and changes with each year of kettle. Especially pre 1979.

[Johnpv]

Awesomeness!

[indy82z]

This is great information as I was going to try and find a kettle from 77 as that is the year my wife was born.

[G$]

Retracted!

[GregS]

wait.

what?