If ash production is that low. It could be a game changer to me.
Hells bells. At $1/# there better be almost no ash, and it better empty itself.
If I had the sale options that you folks have in the US, I would agree with you. Alas, here in Canada, that doesn't happen. For the last 5 months I've been using Royal Oak briquettes because a local store has 15+ lb bags for $8.99 CDN. Before that, I used Maple leaf briq's at 14 bucks for 17.5 lbs. That was the cheapest price I had available to me. Royal Oak & Kingsford were more expensive for similar sized bags. So, for certain cooks, I wouldn't mind spending a bit more for the Weber just because of the ash volume. Now, having said that, I haven't seen Weber here yet, so I haven't had the chance to try it.