At Walmart yesterday....
I was picking up a few things grocery related and couldn't help myself without cruising the Grills before leaving. A young couple were looking at a new Grill. They had chosen a Kingsford Charcoal grill. It was 119.00 USD. The Weber One Touch Premium was next to it. 149.00. I said "Weber" is my charcoal grill of choice. They asked why.... and well... I told them. With proper care and a cover the OTG will outlast any charcoal grill on the shelf. He almost picked up the Jumbo Joe. It was $68.00 I told them of the benefits of the OTG and the larger Lid. The Mrs. Said Gas is so much easier. I looked at the young man and said... "Real men don't use Propane"... we had a good chuckle. Helped them pick out a Weber Chimney Starter. The Wife said, Why not use Lighter Fluid??? YIKES!!!! I said.. And then smiled and said. If you like the taste of lighter fluid go ahead and get that. I spun the fact that if you pay $15.00 for the Chimney, you will save A LOT of $$$ versus buying Fluid in the long run. He agreed and I loaded them up with all things Weber. I told him to register that new grill with Weber as soon as he could.
I then went to Lowes to pick up some charcoal. Guess whom I saw at Lowes buying charcoal??? Yep... you guessed it... He had 1 twin pack in his basket, I had 8 twins on my flatbed cart.. We just smiled at each other and the rest you can say is history...
I guess you can say I was an enabler of Weber-itis...
Grill on folks... grill on....
Well done saving the masses from poor grilling experiences
Job well done!
Nice!
Bravo sir! Great story!
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Good story, converting to Weber one kettle at a time.
Good story. If it doesn't work out then we'll see a CL posting in a few weeks. An OKP, a chimney and some leftover KBB.
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Excellent. I've done that too, but at HD.
Only thing wrong is you didn't steer him to lump. :)
Quote from: jeffrackmo on May 30, 2017, 07:29:28 AM
They had chosen a Kingsford Charcoal grill.
I was actually looking at those when I was in Home Depot the other day. I certainly wouldn't choose one over a Weber, but I did like that the charcoal rack can be lowered and raised during cooking. There are certainly worse grills out there for your buck.
Good show sir!
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And another Weber-Head is born ! ! !
BD
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Great story!