Limited Edition Red 22 Kettle: News, Views & Reviews

[Al b que]

Just pick mine up at Ace Hardware. Grill looks flawless leg sockets coated in black. Great straps covering porcelain no bare metal no rust I'm happy assembled pictures later

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[kettlebb]

It must be limited because I went to my Lowe's last night and they were no where to be found. I did find the little plastic toy Weber grills though. Might do that for my 2 year old.


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[Jeff]

I was at a local Blains Farm and Fleet in the Chicagoland area.  Saw a stack of about 10 of them.  No price listed, none assembled for a display. 

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[Bob BQ]

It must be limited because I went to my Lowe's last night and they were no where to be found. I did find the little plastic toy Weber grills though. Might do that for my 2 year old.


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Every Lowes that I've been in has them stacked high on a shelf. Not sure what they're waiting for...

[addicted-to-smoke]

I was at a local Blains Farm and Fleet in the Chicagoland area.  Saw a stack of about 10 of them.  No price listed, none assembled for a display. 

Every Lowes that I've been in has them stacked high on a shelf. Not sure what they're waiting for...

This place will lose its collective shit all over again if they go on sale in 3 days. 

[kettlebb]

LOL @addicted-to-smoke

[JEBIV]

Sonic booms throughout the WKC if there is a sale for sure

[kettlebb]

Wonder if any of the retailers would price match for the grillfellas that already bought one.  If it drops to $149 or even lower then I might eat crow and snag one as my present this year.

[addicted-to-smoke]

No Webers appear in any Lowe's or Ace Hardware Black Friday flyers (slickdeals.com has them ...) Ace has online coupons that do not work for Webers.

Nothing really new here.

[indy82z]

I purchased one last week and opened it to a big chip in the lid and the bare leg socket problem several others are seeing. I sent pictures and got an email stating that a replacement bowl and lid were being shipped. Couple days later I got an email canceling my bowl. I contacted them and they said they needed better pictures. I sent them and today got a response that being bare rusted metal was within their standards. I had planned on keeping this as a looker and putting it on the shelf but now I think I am going to cook the crap out of it and let them replace the bowl (if they even honor their warranty then) when it rusts through in a couple of years. Definitely not what I would expect from Weber. Guess the bottom line is more important than their quality and customers.

[mick]

I did find the little plastic toy Weber grills though. Might do that for my 2 year old.

@kettlebb lowes black friday sale from 11/23-11/29 while supplies last. (although it does say new lower price not sure what that means.)

[Al b que]

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[Al b que]

Very happy with my beautiful red Limited. Orange pill is beautiful can't wait to fire it up.

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[wreck | fish]

Just checking in on this thread and am a bit shocked.  Sorry to hear about the trouble folks are having both with grill quality and customer service.  I hope Weber gets this sorted out for everyone.  Good luck!

[Cellar2ful]

Is it possible that the porcelain coverage issues of the Limited Edition red has been present in previous years of colored kettles? Is it possible that due to social media and this Forum these issues have been thrust to the forefront and buyers have become more critical in inspecting them?  Case in point, @Craig had put his kettle together and only after reading about issues inside the leg sockets did he take it apart and inspect it, finding the black porcelain inside instead of red.  Is it also possible that all these years kettles have been produced with occasional bare metal in the leg sockets and grate straps? This could explain why some kettles have leg sockets that fall off due to rust and grate straps that totally rust out on some.

Looking at my kettles today, I found many that had partial colored porcelain coverage on the handles and inside the leg sockets. When not the body color of the kettle, there was still mostly black porcelain, but some had a lot of rust inside the sockets. 

Every one of my 18" MBH's  have missing color coverage on the bowl handles.  As you can see, they are not chipped but have black porcelain covering the inside and edges of the handles.

18" red MBH    bowl handle


18" lime MBH   bowl handle


18"yellow MBH  bowl handle


As you can see below, it appears in both of these 90 era kettles that only the sides of the handle straps are covered with the body color.  The top of the straps are black porcelain.

1991 N Code     lid handle                                                                                                                bowl handle



1995 EO Code   lid handle


Also, the majority of my kettles have some interesting beauty marks as I call them, in the porcelain.





I am not downplaying the concerns anyone has in regards to their purchases of these new kettles. You have the right to be discriminate as a consumer. I just feel that Weber is getting beat up over this Limited Edition kettle and these issues may have been around for a very long time.  We just may not have noticed them.