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Unfamiliar handles... Happy Cooker?

Started by Mmmmm, September 12, 2013, 05:38:33 PM

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Mmmmm

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Mmmmm

"What this world needs is more humble geniuses. There are so few of us left."

G$

Interesting wheels.  Interesting vent position.  I wish I had xray vision to see inside the kettle.

mrbill

Quote from: G$ on September 12, 2013, 05:56:16 PM
Interesting vent position. 

I saw that too, but think it's an optical dillusion(pun intended) created by the light colored reflection on the lid.
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pbe gummi bear

Yeah, thats a HC or Kenmore branded kettle. The vent is in the wrong place, HC plastic handles, and the legs look like steel. If the ashpan is intact, it's worth the haul. Just sell the rest of it off if you don't need it.
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jcnaz

That looks just like my old Charbroil kettle did. No internal ash pan, it had a coal basket instead of a grate.
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G$

JC, are the wheels the same as yours?  I agree in that I do not think this one is a HC.

pbe gummi bear

Hmm, good point guys. The vent doesn't look like a HC vent now that I think about it.
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jcnaz

Here is a pic of the old girl...



Wheels/vents/ash pan all look the same to me!

Great. Now I miss her...:-



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-JC

Troy

Something is wrong. the lid is too tall

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G$

the 'something' being it is a char broil.   :P

Craig

Char Broil was in the kettle mocking business!? I thought they poo-poo'd George's kettle  at the outset..

G$

Quote from: Craig on September 15, 2013, 07:56:15 AM
Char Broil was in the kettle mocking business!? I thought they poo-poo'd George's kettle  at the outset..

Yup.  Here is a handle shot for example from JC's old one:


jcnaz

Quote from: Craig on September 15, 2013, 07:56:15 AM
Char Broil was in the kettle mocking business!? I thought they poo-poo'd George's kettle  at the outset..

While definitely a copycat, there were some differences.
The vent holes were all smaller and the internal volume was larger so it did not breathe as well when going for hot/fast. Low/slow wasn't bad though...
At least  2" more clearance between the charcoal grate and the cooking grate.
I have never seen a Happy Cooker in person, but from pics that I see on this forum I think the Charbroil was a better kettle.

Still, I gladly traded it for a Weber!  ;D
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MacEggs

I don't have a HC kettle ... However, I do have a HC lid on my UDS.
Ken (1buckie) sent it to me two years ago. What a great guy!  :D



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