Three is Company.......

[harris92]

 



@reillyranch   Four at the Pig N Peaches in August?

[WNC]

No @harris92, three's a crowd, let me help you thin the herd!
Incredible collection of Westerners there! I just can't stop looking at that photo! 

[LightningBoldtz]

Whoa, that is amazing

[Winz]

Hmmm - I have seen that kettle on the right before   


Glad to see it is still in the WKC.  Congrats!


Winz

[Josh G]

That's a great picture!

[Hogsy]

Great pic, do you still have your Westerner Winz?

[Winz]

Great pic, do you still have your Westerner Winz?

I have received several PM's asking this question, so I thought I would lay it out here:

Yes, it's true - I gave up a once in a lifetime Weber "grail".   The reason is simple really.  I have come to discover that I am not a collector of Weber kettles.  In fact, my only "collectable" grill was the Westerner, which basically sat in my garage.  My involvement with Weber and the WKC is much more about learning new cooking techniques, enjoying the camaraderie, and my ongoing modification of non-collectable grills.   Bisbee and Wapiti will likely always be with me – they are products of my own vision and both get heavy usage.  The rest of my kettles are probably "just passing through".  I enjoy the hunt for unique kettles, but have no plans for a collection.   That said, I realized early on that the Westerner is a very desirable kettle and would be better served as part of a collection. 

With that in mind, I passed my Wood Dale Westerner on to a fellow WKC member late last summer, who apparently has decided to pass it on to Harris.  Congrats to them both, it is a killer kettle.

Winz

[Jeep]

I know exactly how you feel. 

-Jeep

[MrHoss]

Wow. Oh my goodness!!!!

[truckertrash]

You win.

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[Scott Zee]

OMG, now that's a lotta bull, lol. AWESOME collection

[jkolantern]

If by some miracle I ever come across a cow grill, I'm sure cooking on the damn thing! (no banking coals though).

Is that all of the known Westerners (other than the one owned by the crackpot lady in the eclectic trailer?

[1911Ron]

I'm speechless!

[Peaspurple]

Great pic, do you still have your Westerner Winz?

I have received several PM's asking this question, so I thought I would lay it out here:

Yes, it's true - I gave up a once in a lifetime Weber "grail".   The reason is simple really.  I have come to discover that I am not a collector of Weber kettles.  In fact, my only "collectable" grill was the Westerner, which basically sat in my garage.  My involvement with Weber and the WKC is much more about learning new cooking techniques, enjoying the camaraderie, and my ongoing modification of non-collectable grills.   Bisbee and Wapiti will likely always be with me – they are products of my own vision and both get heavy usage.  The rest of my kettles are probably "just passing through".  I enjoy the hunt for unique kettles, but have no plans for a collection.   That said, I realized early on that the Westerner is a very desirable kettle and would be better served as part of a collection. 

With that in mind, I passed my Wood Dale Westerner on to a fellow WKC member late last summer, who apparently has decided to pass it on to Harris.  Congrats to them both, it is a killer kettle.

Winz

Well said.

[1buckie]

Great pic, do you still have your Westerner Winz?

I have received several PM's asking this question, so I thought I would lay it out here:

Yes, it's true - I gave up a once in a lifetime Weber "grail".   The reason is simple really.  I have come to discover that I am not a collector of Weber kettles.  In fact, my only "collectable" grill was the Westerner, which basically sat in my garage.  My involvement with Weber and the WKC is much more about learning new cooking techniques, enjoying the camaraderie, and my ongoing modification of non-collectable grills.   Bisbee and Wapiti will likely always be with me – they are products of my own vision and both get heavy usage.  The rest of my kettles are probably "just passing through".  I enjoy the hunt for unique kettles, but have no plans for a collection.   That said, I realized early on that the Westerner is a very desirable kettle and would be better served as part of a collection. 

With that in mind, I passed my Wood Dale Westerner on to a fellow WKC member late last summer, who apparently has decided to pass it on to Harris.  Congrats to them both, it is a killer kettle.

Winz

Thought it might go this direction....eventually.........glad you did capture it in finest WKC fashion in the first place & keep onto it for a time.....

If by some miracle I ever come across a cow grill, I'm sure cooking on the damn thing! (no banking coals though).

Is that all of the known Westerners (other than the one owned by the crackpot lady in the eclectic trailer?

Think Weber owns at least one & there's maybe another in that German museum & perhaps another somewhere...not many though.....

As for the coals, after seeing this thing up close, you could safely bank coals, maybe unlike some other old kettles.....the steel & the coating are unbelievably thick, just scary thick compared to a new kettle......