"The other aspect of this is the placement of the vent by putting it where they have it, you literally need to cook the same way every time. Coals in front right, meat in back left. Also seems like a bad setup when you are reaching over the coals to get to the meat when you need to. If they put the vent directly on top like the 2012 OTP it would have given more flexibility.
Weber, you hit it out of the park with the 26 GB, all the color MT's and even the colored SJ's. This one, I am not buying in."
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Vent is over the wheel so the fire would be off to the right slightly in front with the vent in the back left.
I am still happy with my vent placement in the front but I can tell you it isn't always fun getting coal in the back. (part of that is because the tables and this one wouldn't have those) I am not a fan of the centered vent on the platinum. I most smoke and cook indirect and that middle vent just didn't work for me. On an 18 or just for burgers and chicken breast it was fine but dialed in drunk smoking just didn't work out for me.
Would have been sweet if the matched the lid holes for the front handle and where the hinge connects so you could choose atleast left or right where your vent goes.
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