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Title: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: pbe gummi bear on April 23, 2014, 02:12:07 PM
According to the official WKC Glossary (http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/wkc-glossary/) "Weberitis" is defined as-

An uncontrollable urge for acquiring and using Weber products, particularly vintage models & hard to find colorways. Possible symptoms include, going on the Sears or ereplacementparts.com site and pricing bowls and lid assemblies for 22.5 kettles and justifying to yourself "building your own" Weber since you have a couple spare leg kits laying around.  Then the wife walks in the room and you immediately minimize the screen on the computer as if you were looking at pr0n. Delete all internet history containing WEBER-STEPHEN, ebay, Craigslist, ACE, MINWAX, and ereplacementparts.com. 

The medical community has created a new set of guidelines for diagnosing Weberitis. Unfortunately there is no known treatment at this time. The WKC was founded in 2012 as a safe haven for Weberitis sufferers, colloquially referred to as "Grillfellas." There is nothing funny about Weberitis. If you laugh while reading these, you are a terrible person.

If you or someone you know may suffer from Weberitis and have symptoms you would like to add, please submit them for approval.

Gummi

p.s. Kudos to MartyG, Troy, Jeff, Craig, HankB, and mike.stavlund for their contributions to the list!

WEBERITIS SYMPTOMS aka GRILLFELLA PURITY TEST PART 1

1. OTS, OTG, MBH, SS etc. autocorrect on your iPhone.

2. You carry tools in your car in the event that a cheap performer pops up on CL and you need to fit it in your car.

3. You refer to your grills by their Weber name ie. Westerner or Yachtsman.

4. You name your grills.

5. You ask yourself "which grill am I gonna use today" more often than "am I gonna grill today?

6. You have WKC Members' contacts in your phone. And use their member name instead of real name.

7. You can tell the difference between an 18.5", 22.5" and 26.75" kettle from one view.

8. You've stopped your car in the middle of the road to ogle a kettle. Bonus points if you took a pic of it.

9. You have a kettle indoors. Bonus points if it's in pieces.

10. You're only on #10 and you've already laughed, blushed, or said "yup" multiple times.

11. You look down on plastic handles.

12. You justify owning a WSM because "it's actually a smoker, not a grill"

13. You paid more for the meat on the kettle than the actual kettle.

14. "Webering" is a verb you use to describe to your wife what you are doing on the computer or in the yard/garage.

15. You have trouble typing the difference between grill and girl, grate and great.

16. They don't make Webers like they used to.

17. You have a long email thread with other local WKC members for CL alert and dibs.

18. You reuse charcoal.

19. Your CL search is some permutation of Weber Webber bbq barbecue barbeque grill grille and "charcoal -car"

20. You live in SoCal and you find searching for Weber Performer on CL extremely frustrating.

21. Tri-tip is the magical cut that doesn't exist in the grocery store.

22. You bought your kid a SJ to teach them how to bbq but you turned it into a mini smoker instead.

23. You've waken up early to start smoking on your Weber and have had confused neighbors asking if there's a fire.

24. You leave your bike unlocked outside but the weber is chained to the deck.

25. You ask if grilling is allowed when searching for a new home or apartment.

26. Your friends ask for detailed bbq advice but end up using the gasser or an oven anyway.

27. You put the entire family into the car on memorial day weekend...... so that each of you can snag the 10 bag limit of charcoal from home depot.

28. You'll drive the extra 30 min to Walmart instead of Home Depot because the charcoal bags are on sale for $.23/lb instead of $.25/lb.

29. You have more grills that rooms in the house.

30. You ran out of space to store kettles in your house so you store some at your family's house down the road.

31. Your garage has a Grillmark 26" grates for that flat top 26"er you'll find down the road.

32. The presence of thumbscrews, "PAT. PENDING" on a kettle excites you.

33. You justify to your wife the differences in your 5 red kettles. Mist, OT, daisy wheels, thumbscrews, shade of red, decade etc.  She actually doesn't
care, all she wants you to find is a yellow or baby blue kettle. For $50 or less. Included shipping.

34. You have all three size WSMs because one size does not fit all.

35. You have modified a kettle.

36. You take pictures of your kettle family and food. You have more pictures of yours and other people's Weber kettles saved to your computer than
you do photos of your children and family.

37. A kettle is your desktop or phone background

38. You grill in the snow, rain, or when the power goes out.

39. You rip on your friends for drinking fruity cocktails but your bbq sauce has strawberry, cherry, blueberry, or raspberry in it.

40. You claim to enjoy grilling in the sunset but in reality you fired up the kettle too late and it took too long to heat up while your family goes hungry. At least you got to take a pretty sunset picture and post it on the "Just a picture I liked thread"

41. You've considered vacationing in the U.K so you can bring a colored kettle back.

42. You demanded weber bring back a red kettle to the us but complained about "crimson"

43. You actually know that the founder of Weber did not have the last name Weber.

44. You claim to cook better food for cheaper than what you'll get at The Weber Grill Restaurant but you secretly want your wife to take you there.

45. You can do everything better on your kettle than on a Kamado/Big Green Egg but you've never owned the latter.

46. You wish that your local CL deals don't pop up on the TP but you also lurk other bbq forums' buy and sell forums.

47. You claim to like fall of the bone ribs but you actually don't know how to test for doneness so you say screw it I'll just overcook them a little.

48. Your bbq is still better than the bbq you get from that joint down the road.

49. You love your SS performer but you're too lazy to sort out the tank so you just use a chimney or lighter fluid.

50. You own a "looker"

51. We're at #51 and you STILL keep thinking of things to add to this list.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Ted B on April 23, 2014, 02:34:45 PM
How about...you accidentally overcook dinner because you can't stop reading posts at wkc.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: pbe gummi bear on April 23, 2014, 02:35:59 PM
Quote from: Ted B on April 23, 2014, 02:34:45 PM
How about...you accidentally overcook dinner because you can't stop reading posts at wkc.

haha, or overcook dinner because you were admiring the kettle sitting next to the kettle you were actually using.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Ted B on April 23, 2014, 02:41:00 PM
Quote from: pbe gummi bear on April 23, 2014, 02:35:59 PM
Quote from: Ted B on April 23, 2014, 02:34:45 PM
How about...you accidentally overcook dinner because you can't stop reading posts at wkc.

haha, or overcook dinner because you were admiring the kettle sitting next to the kettle you were actually using.

Strangers think you're really into dogs because your car and everything that you own has a white and black WKC sticker on it.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: 1buckie on April 23, 2014, 02:59:30 PM
Quote from: pbe gummi bear on April 23, 2014, 02:35:59 PM
Quote from: Ted B on April 23, 2014, 02:34:45 PM
How about...you accidentally overcook dinner because you can't stop reading posts at wkc.

haha, or overcook dinner because you were admiring the kettle sitting next to the kettle you were actually using.

Yes.....Both...... :o

#21 is unfamiliar, #13, #28, #30 & #40 are absolutes.......................
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: BBQmedic on April 23, 2014, 03:02:54 PM
That's awesome!.... And a little scary.... It's been less than a year since I've been exposed and most of those apply! :P
Rapid progression in this case ;D

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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: 1buckie on April 23, 2014, 03:10:01 PM

You go to pick up a reasonably priced kettle, sight unseen......
.........and end up with a free one just as good.................also !!!!

(Just happened to Hogsy)
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Duke on April 23, 2014, 03:19:09 PM
You try and convince yourself and others that you don't have it because you only have 40 of the fifty symptoms.

You doze off thinking about your next project.

You wake up at all hours and check CL and your PM's.

You have a fellow grillfella drop by with a free grill during your son's 5th birthday party and have to sneak it around the side of the house while still trying to play host. ;D

You have a grillfella pick up a red Sequoia for you and hurt your back sneaking it through the side gate.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: pbe gummi bear on April 23, 2014, 03:20:45 PM
Quote from: Duke on April 23, 2014, 03:19:09 PM
You try and convince yourself and others that you don't have it because you only have 40 of the fifty symptoms.

You doze off thinking about your next project.

You wake up at all hours and check CL and your PM's.

You have a fellow grillfella drop by with a free grill during your son's 5th birthday party and have to sneak it around the side of the house while still trying to play host. ;D

You have a grillfella pick up a red Sequoia for you and hurt your back sneaking it through the side of the house.

Lol good times.

Your dog bites anyone that gets within 5 feet of your kettles.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Duke on April 23, 2014, 03:21:56 PM
Quote from: pbe gummi bear on April 23, 2014, 03:20:45 PM
Quote from: Duke on April 23, 2014, 03:19:09 PM
You try and convince yourself and others that you don't have it because you only have 40 of the fifty symptoms.

You doze off thinking about your next project.

You wake up at all hours and check CL and your PM's.

You have a fellow grillfella drop by with a free grill during your son's 5th birthday party and have to sneak it around the side of the house while still trying to play host. ;D

You have a grillfella pick up a red Sequoia for you and hurt your back sneaking it through the side of the house.

Lol good times.

Your dog bites anyone that gets within 5 feet of your kettles.
;D
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Dan NY on April 23, 2014, 04:01:51 PM
Your wife says she wants to get a "family portrait" and you say "ok, but I have to run to the hardware store to get steel wool and Mothers Polish first."
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: jamesnomore on April 23, 2014, 04:18:10 PM
My wife and daughter hate it when I #8

You've looked over a complete strangers fence because you see color.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: pbe gummi bear on April 23, 2014, 04:25:04 PM
Quote from: jamesnomore on April 23, 2014, 04:18:10 PM
My wife and daughter hate it when I #8

You've looked over a complete strangers fence because you see color.

Pics and everything? :D
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Duke on April 23, 2014, 04:38:59 PM
Do you drive slowly down streets when in an unfamiliar neighborhood. aka Grillstalking.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Troy on April 23, 2014, 04:44:23 PM
when your wife wants you to clear all the grills from the back patio for a party, you declare an ultimatum - you won't go to the party if your grills can't attend
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: salad on April 23, 2014, 05:09:41 PM
The employees at Home Depot recognize you and call you the Easy Off guy.
You know every Ace Hardware or Weber retailer within a 50 mile radius and no matter where you are, you stop and scour the BBQ isle in search of discontinued accessories. 
You've cold called a kettle
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: crumbsnatcher on April 23, 2014, 05:17:20 PM
You've trained your kids to bring home any weber kettles they see on curbs while out playing in the neighborhood.


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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: 1buckie on April 23, 2014, 06:23:40 PM

Ummm....oh,oh.....I got one.......

You get REALLY tweeked 'cause ACE Hardwares & the like DON'T have Black push nut hubcaps in your size !!!!!



And.....PS: You stand in the aisle for at LEAST 25 minutes looking.....just to make sure........ 8)
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: 1911Ron on April 23, 2014, 06:38:56 PM
I will admit to #37
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s368/1911Ron/004_zpse84caecb.jpg)
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: AnakiMana on April 23, 2014, 08:19:21 PM
At night you dream of cooking on your Weber, or finding a grail.  You're sad it wasn't real when you wake up.

Sent via smoke signals from my Weber kettle

Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on April 23, 2014, 08:30:27 PM
You just spent an entire day on your vacation cleaning your garage to make room for at least 9 of your 12 kettles stored out back so you

A. Don't Look like a Freak to your neighbors.

B. Hide or confuse your spouse on what your exact "inventory" is.

C. Make room for your picnic tables and do a little spring cleaning for entertaining.

D. So your spares are nearby in the garage for quick access for tinkering or "repair" for no good reason

E. Only three Kettles out back ( 1-18, 1-22, 1-26 at any given time) appears more normal.

F. All of the above.

Oh and bonus points if you did all this and can still park both cars in your 2 car garage...
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on April 23, 2014, 08:33:05 PM
#31, guilty as charged. I have 7 26" Grillmark Grates. You never know.....  :-\ 

#32, Have you met me?  ;D
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: vader06 on April 24, 2014, 07:43:49 AM
Way too funny and so true.


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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Duke on April 24, 2014, 09:12:21 AM
#36 struck a cord with me.  :-[
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Plant_City_Mike on April 27, 2014, 05:22:55 PM
You might have Weberitis if:
- You have "bribed" the local junk guy to call you anytime he picks up an old Weber!  He knows he can't get five dollars for the scrap value, and he knows you as the "Crazy-Grill-Guy" who always seems to have five dollars!!!!!  (LOL!!  And he is looking for a YELLOW WEBER because he knows you will pay TEN DOLLARS for one!!)   8)

- You have bought Webers from other WKC members and still have them in the shipping boxes, because the wife does NOT understand!!!  8)
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on April 27, 2014, 06:23:59 PM
Quote from: Plant_City_Mike on April 27, 2014, 05:22:55 PM
You might have Weberitis if:

- You have bought Webers from other WKC members and still have them in the shipping boxes, because the wife does NOT understand!!!  8)

-I call those my "parts" boxes. I have rotated 2 of my pre existing kettles into them to make room for some others and both are covered with spare grates tee hee.  ;D


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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on May 02, 2014, 04:06:54 PM
Ok I can't resist,

# such n such.... You've taken tin snips and a file to the turn tabs on your daisy vents to make them appear older or "period correct"


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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Winz on July 29, 2014, 01:22:40 PM
You spend more on razor blades to clean your kettles than you spend on personal grooming.

Winz
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: mike.stavlund on July 29, 2014, 05:23:31 PM
Your phone auto-fills acronyms like 'WKC', 'OTG', 'CL', and 'JJ'. 
Title: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on July 29, 2014, 06:18:59 PM
Um.... You spend your first afternoon at the lakeside resort your vacationing at and you stay behind and clean the kettle they provide inside and out and reshape the lid and beat out the dents while your family goes to the pool.... And you enjoy this..... Oh and you bring along a spare handle to put on it since it was missing a handle and you bring a spare avocado Traveler to alternate between meals with the provided kettle.... Oh and your the only person cooking breakfast on the kettle and other guests are in awe that you can cook more than just burgers and steaks on them.... Pancakes? Who ever heard of pancakes or pasta on the grill?
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: coldkettle on July 29, 2014, 07:06:30 PM
Oh this is too funny!  Great list guys!

I love the smell of a evening cook...

Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: pbe gummi bear on July 29, 2014, 07:10:58 PM
Whose ready for round 2?!?!?!

51. Lightningboldtz is a Kamado lover and you take every opportunity to call him out on it. You're secretly a Kamado lover too but one hasn't popped up on CL for "the right price."

52. It's only you and your wife at home but you still want or actually own a ranch kettle.

53. You don't know if beercan chicken actually makes a difference but you still cook it anyway because it looks awesome and impresses your friends.

54. You're afraid to cook brisket so you just stick to smoking pork butts.

55. You live in a dry climate but insist on paying 3x more for SS fasteners on your restoration.

56. You bought a weed burner despite the fact that the last weed you burned was in college.

57. You've used a seatbelt to secure kettle parts during transport.

58. You've bought a dirty kettle on CL and dumped the ash near the sellers front yard hoping they won't notice.

59. You're that creepy guy down the street with all the bbq's in the yard.

60.  Your definition of charcoal shortage is more bags of charcoal than all your non-bbq friends go through in a year. Combined. You always regret not
buying more charcoal during the Memorial Day sale, even though your stack is taller and heavier (hopefully) than your wife.

61. You distinctly remember lighting your first ever charcoal chimney, and being dumbfounded at how well it worked. You love how the flames shoot out the top of a charcoal chimney at dusk. Once in a while you get mesmerized and forget to dump it.

62. You've tried to pass off new kettles as ones "you've had for a while" but get caught in the lie every time. Your wife keeps a secret tally of how many kettles you have and calls you out when your not expecting it. You look like an idiot when you haven't rehearsed your explanation.

63. You have parts and accessories that are only used for family picture day.

64. You have cleaning supplies that are dedicated to you kettles. Oven cleaner, 0000, mother's mag polish, etc. You've even waxed a kettle or at least thought about it.

65. You can define "Caddywhampus," "Puckerbutt," "Fatty," and "Boobie" and they don't embarrass you.

66. You email seller's on CL to correct them. ie. that's actually a 18.5" not a 22.5" or to let them know it's not a Weber

67. You complain about your kettle's wobbly legs but you've never moved your kettle in years.

68. You've contacted CL sellers selling happy cookers to ask if the the ash pan is inside.

69. There are greasy lid-ring marks on the carpet in your living room.

70. You've had a kettle in your bathtub.

71. Your kettle top vent and legs are shinier than your wedding ring.

72. You have kettles in your garage that you need a ladder to reach.

73. You secretly like black kettles.

74. You cover your kettles but leave your car exposed to the elements. You dread the thoughts of natural disasters like hail, tornado, and hurricanes while
your kettles are outside.

75. You've used the hood or trunk of a car as a bbq side table.

76. You tell people how easy it is to start a charcoal fire with a chimney and they have no idea what you are talking about.

77. You read old Weber catalogs from the 60s and 70's "just for fun"

78. You bite your tongue when a CL kettle seller explains to you how the one touch and vents work so that you don't tank the deal.

79. Contacting a seller about a grail or NIB kettle makes you feel like you did when you asked a girl out for the first time.

80. You have a poster of kettle vents. Yes, kettle vents.

81. You've cooked food directly on charcoal without a grate.

82. What a maroon. 'Nuff said.

83. You have more WKC pm's than emails in your inbox

84. You get into friendly debates as to whether or not a kettle is chestnut coppertone or copper mist, grass green/uline green/avocado/ or sage, and grey or faded black. You've even used color enhancing software on your computer to prove your point.

85. First thing you look at on any MBH kettle that pops up on CL is how big the lid vent and bowl vent turn tabs are.

86. You don't like the dish ash catchers and wish they just stayed with the "J" cutout with the unrolled edge.

87. You have leftover lighter fluid in your garage even though you swear never to use it.

88. "How many grills do you have?" becomes a complicated question involving several minutes of thought.

89. You get funny looks from people when you tell them you've baked, fried, steamed or made desserts on a kettle.

90. "But it was free" - "I don't care, we don't need it" is a familiar conversation

91. Your friends joke around that all you post on Facebook is stuff that's grilling related.  They find it annoying but they love your bbq anyway

92. You plan a "period '50s,'60s,'70s, or '80s cookout" complete with full dress and period correct tools and grates.

93. You've driven to every Ace hardware in a 20 mile radius just to see what Weber products they have that the others do not. Bonus points if you check each stores fastener aisle for hubcaps.

94. You cringe anytime you see someone cooking hamburgers press down on them with a spatula.

95. You check out the BBQ sauce aisle at the grocery store every time but we all know the good stuff is ordered online or made at home.

96. You refer to MTH kettles as "Wood Dale's"

97. You hoard old parts like, flat ashpans, metal wheels, non flip grates, and 7409's. Don't lie, you know what a 7409 is.

98.  You have a 400 mile search radius for grills in your Craigslist, and have agents ready to go at a moment's notice.

99. Every mark on your kettle has a story. For example "This crazing was here when I got it but I made the seller knock off a few bucks for it." You check your lid for dents and scratches before you check your arm that you your burnt, which caused you to drop said lid in the first place. 

100. You can tell at least what decade a kettle is from just from a glance.

Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: swamprb on July 29, 2014, 07:20:11 PM
51. Lightningboldtz is a Kamado lover and you take every opportunity to call him out on it. You're secretly a Kamado lover too but one hasn't popped up on CL for "the right price."



Ummmm......Guilty..... I was into Kamado restorations before I found out that Weber had stopped making Redheads!
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: 1911Ron on July 31, 2014, 11:18:32 AM
101. You stalk kettles with Google earth!
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: pbe gummi bear on July 31, 2014, 11:21:10 AM
Quote from: 1911Ron on July 31, 2014, 11:18:32 AM
101. You stalk kettles with Google earth!

I been there too, Ron!
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: 1buckie on July 31, 2014, 01:13:08 PM
 102.  You continually pull up this thread:

http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/trading-post/18-5-lime-or-avacado-valpo-ind/

At Weber Kettle Club, every time you see the term Google Earth.............RON..... 8)

Quote from: 1911Ron on July 31, 2014, 11:18:32 AM
101. You stalk kettles with Google earth!
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Idahawk on July 31, 2014, 01:34:46 PM
When a home owner asks you " how do you know I have a red weber in my back yard ? " and your able to explain that without feeling creepy , you have weberitis
Title: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on July 31, 2014, 09:41:03 PM
You have a huge poster of George Stephen in your garage and it's bigger than your SI swimsuit issue girls calendar next to it.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Troy on July 31, 2014, 10:00:02 PM
Quote from: Craig on July 31, 2014, 09:41:03 PM
You have a huge poster of George Stephen in your garage and it's bigger than your SI swimsuit issue girls calendar next to it.
Does a cardboard cutout count?
Title: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on July 31, 2014, 10:01:09 PM
Yes
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Troy on July 31, 2014, 10:04:20 PM
Figures
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Idahawk on August 01, 2014, 01:22:25 PM
When you justify having 20 or more cookers by calling it doomsday prepping
 
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: mike.stavlund on August 01, 2014, 06:07:49 PM
Your kids automatically take a left when they walk into the Home Depot, because you always walk down the grill/charcoal aisle first, although you never buy anything from it. 

You get a little anxious every day that you don't use a grill to cook. 

The question is not 'what will I make for dinner?', but 'which grill should I start first?'.

You always respond to the kind offer of CL sellers with, "No thanks, I can get it in the car myself."

You always respond to the follow-up question with, "Yes, I'm sure that it will fit."
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: 1buckie on August 01, 2014, 06:16:57 PM


"You always respond to the kind offer of CL sellers with, "No thanks, I can get it in the car myself." "

this one wins the prize, yep!!!!!

""Yes, I'm sure that it will fit.""


....or "I got it !!!"
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: mike.stavlund on August 14, 2014, 05:47:05 AM
Your friends aren't surprised when you say things like, "I would love to give you a ride, but first I need to find a place to stash 6 bags of charcoal."

You don't buy the smoked turkey leg from the guy at the county fair, but you are seriously tempted to ask him if you can buy a bag of his lump charcoal because you have never seen that before.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on August 14, 2014, 08:29:48 PM
You have a Vasconia tomale pot that doubles as a boneyard/urn for vents & handles all kinds, wooden, Zavod AND pre '81 metal bowl handles.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: fedex on August 15, 2014, 12:04:21 AM
Justifing your second 22" as your Rotisserie Grill.  Guilty!!!
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Winz on August 16, 2014, 10:02:48 AM
Quote52. It's only you and your wife at home but you still want or actually own a ranch kettle.

Guess I can now add that one to the list.

And a new submission: "You are eyeing your wife's wooden jewelry box with the intent of cutting it up and sending it to Zav because it would make for some epic handles".

Winz
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on August 16, 2014, 12:57:25 PM

Quote from: Winz on August 16, 2014, 10:02:48 AM
Quote52. It's only you and your wife at home but you still want or actually own a ranch kettle.

Guess I can now add that one to the list.

And a new submission: "You are eyeing your wife's wooden jewelry box with the intent of cutting it up and sending it to Zav because it would make for some epic handles".

Winz

Pretty sure I'd be a dead man if I did that..
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: pbe gummi bear on August 20, 2014, 09:23:53 PM
Quote from: mike.stavlund on August 14, 2014, 05:47:05 AM
Your friends aren't surprised when you say things like, "I would love to give you a ride, but first I need to find a place to stash 6 bags of charcoal."

You don't buy the smoked turkey leg from the guy at the county fair, but you are seriously tempted to ask him if you can buy a bag of his lump charcoal because you have never seen that before.

Haha, "Sure I can pick you guys up but I need to move the kettles in the back of the car first." is a common one for me
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on August 20, 2014, 09:32:31 PM

Quote from: 1911Ron on April 23, 2014, 06:38:56 PM
I will admit to #37
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Me too..

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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: MrHoss on September 02, 2014, 05:31:23 PM
You buy old Kettles from foreign countries because the pickings in yours are dismal.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: SixZeroFour on September 02, 2014, 05:44:14 PM
^ Amen to that! ;) ;D

...

# You are able to drive for hours at a time with grates rattling around in the back so bad it would drive any other person mad. Instead you insist on leaving the radio off to listen to the Weber Symphony #7436 in all it's glory ;D


Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Mark Schnell on September 03, 2014, 06:47:44 AM
Quote from: Craig on August 14, 2014, 08:29:48 PM
You have a Vasconia tomale pot that doubles as a boneyard/urn for vents & handles all kinds, wooden, Zavod AND pre '81 metal bowl handles.

You own extra Zavod handles, you know, for when you might need them.  8)
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: 1buckie on September 04, 2014, 04:06:28 PM
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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: 1buckie on September 04, 2014, 04:08:17 PM
If you still think there's some kind of problem....make an appointment :

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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on September 18, 2014, 06:50:49 PM
You just ordered 10 sets of hubcaps (30 total) from Weber. Can't have enough of them, right?
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: pbe gummi bear on September 18, 2014, 10:16:57 PM
Your kettles have three wheels each @Craig ? Lol.

Here's one: your cooler smells like bbq.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: 1911Ron on September 19, 2014, 04:20:20 AM
Quote from: pbe gummi bear on September 18, 2014, 10:16:57 PM
Your kettles have three wheels each @Craig ? Lol.

Here's one: your cooler smells like bbq.
I'll top that "your Ez up canopy smells like bbq" (see what i did there "top" that ;D ;D ;D)
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: GregS on September 23, 2014, 03:05:42 AM
when the shipping on your kettle will cost more than you paid for it.

on another continent. 
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: GregS on October 15, 2014, 05:02:04 AM
Quote from: GregS on September 23, 2014, 03:05:42 AM
when the shipping on your kettle will cost more than you paid for it.

on another continent.
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shipping won't be more than the kettle, thankfully. 
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: glrasmussen on October 15, 2014, 05:16:10 AM
^^^Your getting one...^^^
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: GregS on October 15, 2014, 10:44:46 AM
yeah i won that one with my UK agent.  now i have to see how much the shipping is going to be.  yes.  i know.   :)

weberitis...

i just wanted a lime and grabbing a vintage one could prove to be just as much anyway so i'd rather have the model with the higher profile.  i could put the 2015 bale on it and essentially have a lime MT. 

spring green looks pretty close to lime.  i am glad the thermo is offset from the vent. 

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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: glrasmussen on October 15, 2014, 10:50:06 AM
@GregS , Congrats! To bad it can't come over as carry on...
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: namtrag on October 15, 2014, 11:19:32 AM
Is there an explanation from Weber why we don't get the cool colors here in America?
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: GregS on October 15, 2014, 11:21:56 AM
Quote from: glrasmussen on October 15, 2014, 10:50:06 AM
@GregS , Congrats! To bad it can't come over as carry on...
@glrasmussen  oh it's a lot cheaper to fly a box over here than fly my agent.  but i do get where you are coming from. ;D

Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: weirleigh on October 15, 2014, 11:32:46 AM
GregS congratulations that is beautiful!

Your post has reminded me of another possible weberitis symptom:

What if you dream of one day being able to take a trip to the UK, not to see Big Ben, Westminster Abbey or one of the other hundreds of historical landmarks no you dream of one day going to the Riverside Barbecue Centre because from the you tube videos it looks like a Weber paradise with kettles in every color and accessories you can only dream about in the US
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on October 15, 2014, 04:43:25 PM
Quote from: GregS on October 15, 2014, 10:44:46 AM
yeah i won that one with my UK agent.  now i have to see how much the shipping is going to be.  yes.  i know.   :)

weberitis...

i just wanted a lime and grabbing a vintage one could prove to be just as much anyway so i'd rather have the model with the higher profile.  i could put the 2015 bale on it and essentially have a lime MT. 

spring green looks pretty close to lime.  i am glad the thermo is offset from the vent. 

(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x164/gregs1020/Weber%20Kettles/ScreenShot2014-10-15at14131PM_zps17edcf97.png)

I want to work there!
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: jmeier64 on October 15, 2014, 05:00:39 PM
When you know what part# 7409 is. OMG, I guess I have it very bad
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Craig on October 15, 2014, 05:04:21 PM
You spend all day (today) cleaning the garage. Wife insists she is going to help, Grillfella's be like..... no thanks, I got it covered. She takes one look and says, I'm doing the basement.. This ties in to when you have enough sets of spare wheels stacked neatly by vintage awaiting that special kettle to arrive someday..
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Cookingmama on October 15, 2014, 05:21:59 PM
I've been enjoying this thread !  I'm embarrassed that I keep nodding my head along! ........when I read #7409 I said to myself, oh gosh I think I know what that is! 
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: GregS on October 15, 2014, 06:19:17 PM
when you call random ace and true value hardware stores asking them to go check the shelves for a 7409 and to ignore any 7444's. 

then telling them that no matter what they think, they can't order you a 7409 from weber. 
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: jcnaz on February 19, 2015, 05:23:13 AM
I spent the afternoon cleaning two Craigslist kettles.  :D

Then I disassembled them and stowed them in my attic before my wife got home!  :o
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: brettbrown on February 19, 2015, 11:35:48 AM
You search CL for Weber but also Webber.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: jcnaz on February 19, 2015, 07:45:28 PM
Quote from: brettbrown on February 19, 2015, 11:35:48 AM
You search CL for Weber but also Webber.
And grill, charcoal, bbq, barbecue, barbeque, and kettle!
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: austin87 on February 21, 2015, 09:46:28 AM
Your wife or girlfriend knows when you walk up behind her because of you always smell like a campfire / your scent is not cologne but "grill"
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: jcnaz on February 27, 2015, 07:26:34 PM
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When you open up the Trading Post section and the advertisement link is for an addiction recovery service.
:-[
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: MINIgrillin on February 28, 2015, 08:57:54 PM
...you have sprinkled rib rub on your popcorn

And liked it.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: mrbill on February 28, 2015, 10:54:32 PM
just happened tonight....

....wife comes home w/a boneless pork butt and says.."you can cook this roast tomorrow(my mom comes over every sunday and I usually do a nice dinner for us), right?"
...answer-"yes. yes I can"
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: MrHoss on August 04, 2015, 07:37:46 AM
Willing Kettles to preselected individuals because you can't abide them winding up with any old fool off of craigslist...or worse...the dump.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Cochise on August 04, 2015, 07:33:34 PM
When you try to haggle down a CL seller by saying "Hmmmm...its kind of an old grill for the price isn't it?....and the new ones have tough plastic handles which last for years instead of these old wooden ones."
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Andrew on August 04, 2015, 08:34:11 PM
You look at CL so often you have the first 20 or so listings memorized that have the word "weber" in them.

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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: Mr.CPHo on March 23, 2017, 05:28:58 AM
Bump.  Fun read.


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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: kettlebb on March 23, 2017, 07:06:04 AM
This is a very fun read.

You think of Haikus pertaining to the kettle or BBQ.

You have passionate debates with coworkers about smoking and technique which usually leads to a smoke off challenge.


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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: LiquidOcelot on March 23, 2017, 10:16:07 AM
ha! accurate as fu€k lol
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: MINIgrillin on March 23, 2017, 01:13:33 PM
Quote from: kettlebb on March 23, 2017, 07:06:04 AM
This is a very fun read.

You think of Haikus pertaining to the kettle or BBQ.

You have passionate debates with coworkers about smoking and technique which usually leads to a smoke off challenge.


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There's a haiku thread. Feel free to add one.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: kettlebb on March 23, 2017, 02:15:33 PM
I know. I've got a couple in there.


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Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: johnny 2 shack on March 23, 2017, 02:36:15 PM
you buy rotating led christmas light in red so you can see your kettle light up in the living room and another for outside so your kettle always looks lit .
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: MINIgrillin on March 24, 2017, 01:12:21 PM
Quote from: kettlebb on March 23, 2017, 02:15:33 PM
I know. I've got a couple in there.


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He contributed,
but I forgot that he had.
Smoke got to my brain.
Title: Re: Official list of Weberitis symptoms
Post by: kettlebb on March 24, 2017, 01:21:58 PM
No worries brother.
Kettle smoke is good for all.
Don't burn the chicken.


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