‘56 Weber Bros Demo find

[bladz]

I found this gem online a few weeks back and had family in the area pick it up for me. They came to visit this past weekend and brought the grill to its new home! 

Seller said tenants left it in the building and it sat in the basement for years.  He also said he cooked on it several times. 

This beast is in fantastic shape. All sockets and welds are solid. Original vents are intact and spin freely.  Some weathered fade, but overall finish is really nice. The front of the ash pan has wire wrapped around the leg, so if anyone has pics of how it was originally attached to the leg it would be appreciated. 

The grill was missing the original cooking grate so I threw on another old grate I had and  cooked some sausages on Saturday and smoked some beans today for Father's Day




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[Kneab]

Very cool.
That could not have gone to a better home.
Congrats Dennis.

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[AZ2FL]

That's an awesome find! Congrats

I wonder how longs it's been caddywampus? Lol

Cheers

[bamakettles]

Very nice find, congratulations!  Cool that you could cook on it for Father's Day.


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[Lilyankee]

Congrats on the awesome piece of history! Super cool you fired it up right away too!


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[michaelmilitello]

Wow!!!   Congratulations.  A real piece of Weber history!


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[Erictag]

Congrats- Thank you for sharing!


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[bear]

And cooking already, hats off to you

[Scott Zee]

Just am awesome find Dennis. Hopefully it'll make it down to the Chitown meetup

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[Bob BQ]

Amazing find, Dennis! Like Scott said, hope to see it in person in August!


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[Cellar2ful]

What a cool piece of Weber history.  Congratulations Dennis!

Here's a Forum thread I found from 2013 with some photos of how a ash tray attaches to a 56 kettle. Photos aren't the best because of Photobucket logos but you should be able to see enough.

http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/index.php?topic=4247.msg40271#msg40271

[Joep]

Good to know they are still out there, great find!


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[RottiGuy]

That's awesome Dennis!!! Congrats!!

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[JEBIV]

Awesome find for one helluva grillfella !!

[Pezdogs]

What a score Dennis, you're on fire lately with these scores

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