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So a few years back, I would go into the next year with a goal of what I want by years end kettle wise.  As I sit now, I am VERY content with where I am on the Weber kettle front.

HOWEVER, at the risk of being banned :) , there is one type of outdoor cooking method that I have not used, I have done the Kamado, I have done the Pit Barrel hanging, I have a WSM, I have kettles, the Summit and gassers.  What I have never used is a pellet pooper.  I am researching  entry level pellet cookers to add to my list of cooking styles used.  I am thinking Rec Tec, they have a new Bullseye, that looks like a kettle and they are coming out with a new Mini pellet grill.

Oh as I type this, I realize that I have never used a stick burner but honestly I have no interest given the room that I have to use for cookers.

So.....that is on my list of goals list for 2018, what is on yours.  Kettle goals, I guess a super nice Blue to add to the kettles collection would be cool, shouldn't be too hard to acquire though.

My goals are to use them... I have enough... 8)

My goal is simple ... I want to move back home to The States and hunt Kettles.
God, I hope someone buys my house this year! I'm too old for this shit here!


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My 2018 kettle goal is to get a ranch at a good price.

Cooker goals is a larger pellet grill as the Traeger Lil Tex only does 1lb of bacon at a time.


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I'd like to get a Chief in 2018.


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My goals are to make improvements to my kettle area. Put a roof over an area and create storage for better work flow when cooking. I would also like to do the metal table and lid bale upgrade to the performer. In fact I might cut back to a performer, a ots, an 18 for travel, and my 26. That's really all that I need.


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Mine is 4 more logos, a simpsons sj in at least decent condition, a blue bud light carne asada, a copper Sam Adams with laser cut grate and I hopefully will get that kraft cga on eBay before it's gone. Wishful thinking for now but you never know

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2018 bear goals is to finish some projects:
1. Restoration of red Genesis 2000
2. Custom Cart with Chimney Station
3. SSPP (2nd P is for Pizza)
4. 26er Table
5. Stage 2 of the bear cave
6. Custom chimneys

Realistically some of these might become 2019 goals. Time & money are likely to be a problem.

I also hope to complete 5 trades, some of which have been agreed to, with old friends and new.

My goal is to find a 26" kettle and possibly sell a couple Kettles.  I am moving out of Michigan next spring to get away from this frozen snowy frigid cold crap!  I will be moving to Arizona if things go right.  I was originally going to move last spring but life happens.

My 2018 kettle goals are to finish up few other really cool one of a kind projects i have in mind and also to limit kettles I take in.

Would love to find a used 26" for a good price locally.

Also, saving up for the charcoal summit. This one is a stretch goal.

I would like to acquire a yellow kettle in reasonable condition older the better either 18 or 22". Please PM me if you have one that you can share for the right compensation.

Happy New Year to all!

I would like to actually finish the projects I have going.  I have everything for a mini ranch sitting in my office at work. I haven't even started.  My performer needs a rebuild.  Again, I have everything to do it.

my goals are the same as last year and the before that , a coloured 18 , old school ash buckets , red lid for my old gasser .cast iron grates , simsons kettle , a proper family photo , finish my rotti ring , try kettle pizza .

Summit Charcoal for at least $500 off.

My kettle goals are a non logo blue 18".  I am looking for a black, white, and blue lantern as well.  The really difficult goals are lime 18", wave blue SJ, ivory SJ, and of course, a Glen Blue.  I am also hoping to start the year out right with accessories by winning a slow n sear on the kettle cookers FB contest. 

This is more of a wishlist than anything, but these are the things I'm on the lookout for:

Chestnut coppertone
Red 18 MBH
the "Brave" (Brownie 18 MBH)

So tempted on a Smoke Mastertouch

And a CL Westerner that somehow sneaks through the cracks...

I'd really like to consolidate my kettles and accessories to the ones that get the most use or have the most sentimental value.

@LightningBoldtz pellet cooking isn't super rewarding but the food comes out totally differently. Note it's not better or worse- just different since you're using pure wood. I would keep a CL search for traegers going. Just make sure the one you pick up has the digital controller. You won't lose money on it as long as you don't overpay.

Glen blue 22


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Yellow 22, Blue Wave Smokey Joe, and if all goes well with the selling of my house and upgrade's to the new house... A Summit Charcoal.

I've got everything I want / need unless a Glen Blue or Meat Grill come up :)

^ That's probably a lie though. Let's see next year.

My goal for 2018 is to clear some JUNK out of what is supposed to be a screen room with an attached shed and build my GRILLIO (patio for grills), with lots of grills stored in the attached shed.
And maybe..just maybe...a Meat Cut..(GRAIL).

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I'd like to thin the herd by half. I have a bunch of cheapys and freebies that are taking space in the garage.

Restore and flip the gassers I've picked up.

Finally restore my imperial cart.

Mod a SS cart.

Get a Gator Pit stick burner.

Learn to cook better.  Focus on plating and presentation.

Make it to one of the big WKC meets

Finish restoring my redhead, then use it for the first time!

Grill/BBQ food I haven't grilled before :D

My goals are to hopefully find a dark blue and forest green preferably with Metal bowl handles. I also want to sand and refinish the handles on all of the grills.   Use the one I have as much as possible and enjoy them.


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The first thing that came to mind is to finish dad's Hot Rod Red Mist 22"...everything else can wait.

My goal is to cook more food. I cook on the kettles every night, and have a great time doing that.

Win the lottery then make a big list lol.

I've  only been acquiring kettles for 6 months but now I'm ready  to downsize to 5 performers.  Not a collector by any means  so my 3 gen1 and 2 gen2  should be enough for my needs. I like to use multiple grills at once but the  most I've ever used has been 4.

Quote from: greenweb on December 29, 2017, 06:45:15 AM
My 2018 kettle goals are to finish up few other really cool one of a kind projects i have in mind and also to limit kettles I take in.

Looking forward to seeing your projects.

Best of luck with the limitation. You don't need me to tell you it's difficult

Quote from: HoosierKettle on December 29, 2017, 04:03:01 AM
My goals are to make improvements to my kettle area. Put a roof over an area and create storage for better work flow when cooking. I would also like to do the metal table and lid bale upgrade to the performer. In fact I might cut back to a performer, a ots, an 18 for travel, and my 26. That's really all that I need.


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Keep me in mind for that blue if you decide to cut back.

My goals this year is to try as many new things to cook as possible.
My wish list this year is a blue, green, and chestnut.


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Coming off a banner 2017 by meeting up with this forum, here are mine: 

Finishing off converting my 22 WSM with CB Options and a Pellet Pro Unit (pics to follow).  Using my grills more often.  Doing more unusual dishes on the kettles, specially with cast iron griddles, dutch oven.  Remember, since I classify myself as more of a cooker than collector - going on more adventures cooking stuff at other venues (very few guys use Webers on KCBS style competitions).

Maybe visit other WKC states' meat & greets?

I would really like to find a blue and green MBH in 2018.

Pellet grills are fun to use and they are rewarding.  I have several pellet grills, along with Webers and non Webers. I use them all, depending on how much time I have and what I'm cooking.

In 2018 I want to thin the heard a little. I just am not sure what I want to let go of yet.
I want to spend a lot more time cooking on my 18" kettles and Smokey Joes because I am rarely cooking for the whole family anymore.
I also want to use my smokers (14" WSM, 18" WSM, and a 22" CB conversion) more often.
If I buy a new gadget, I think it will be a SnS.

What are my goals? Damned if I know!!!

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Quote from: greenweb on December 29, 2017, 06:45:15 AM
My 2018 kettle goals are to finish up few other really cool one of a kind projects i have in mind and also to limit kettles I take in.

Looking forward to seeing your projects.

Best of luck with the limitation. You don't need me to tell you it's difficult

Yes, I set my 2018 goal to high. Very difficult! I am probably the first to ship a kettle across the county and over the boarder this year. Got a confirmation from Jules V. that he will ship Happy Cooker he just scored to me on Jan 1/18 and he ships Jan 2/18.  Thanks Jules!

How cool or sad is that for trying to keep my 2018 goals.

My goals 2018

1. Reseal the deck up north.
2. Add onto the deck up north.
3. Finish my new custom grill.
4. Restore all my grills that need it.

So I have 15 grill/smokers. Ranch, 22's , Ssp and an Acorn.. but I don't
Hav a pit barrel or a pellet gril.. also I'm looking for a Seville and a Ranger. So many grills so little time!!

Quote from: Lemans on January 04, 2018, 01:50:42 PM
So I have 15 grill/smokers. Ranch, 22's , Ssp and an Acorn.. but I don't
Hav a pit barrel or a pellet gril.. also I'm looking for a Seville and a Ranger. So many grills so little time!!

If you have a WSM you do not need a pit barrel, just get a rack.

I am continuing to research and I am really liking the Michigan company Grilla Grills.  The Grilla branded pellet grill is pretty sweet and kinda what I am looking for with regards to space where I cook.

My "grail list" not withstanding, my 2018 Kettle Goals are: in no particular order...

1. Yellow 18.5 (Any year BUT if it's a 1978 it would fulfill #4 in one shot)

2. Mothership

3. Seville.

4. Birth year (1978) yellow or lime green 22. This one is a long shot but I am looking for a birth year in one of these two colors.

5. Brown OT+ or Master Touch.


Edit: I was in a hurry when I typed this the other night.



HOLY GRAILS: 1950s era Black or Custom finish 18.5 or 22.5 Kettle, Brown Go Anywhere grill.

I'd love to get into some colored MLH kettles...the Estate, the Statesman, the Easterner, the Ambassador. A '62 Fleetwood (26) would be sweet. And of course any of the ultra rares :)

I really want a flat top; any color will do.
I'm gonna make my Secret Santa Jumbo Joe into a smoker.

The wife wants a plum (grill type doesn't matter; I'm thinking genesis)

She also desires a ranch. I'd prefer a mother ship.


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Not really sure. I have all that I need, actually more then I need.
I am either going to clean up my red mist ssp, sell or trade it, or possibly mount my WSM onto it and get the gas assist to light the WSM.
Maybe clean up a few Craigslist finds and donate to friends.
Use my SNS and rotisserie more often.


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"Other People" set my goals. Both at work, and at home.

But sometimes I do have opportunities.

I have a couple grills that I have picked up that I never got to restoring.  So for me it's finishing projects.

Outside of that, my big goal for the year is to be better about rotating grills into the cooking rotation and do more cooks on my classics.

I want to finish the two red head gassers I'm currently restoring, then finish my red SSP.

Then, I want to go through all of my collection and downsize a bit. In addition to a few kettles, I have collected a bunch of accessories like NOS shish ring, NIB fireplace, NOS corn n tater ring, etc. I would like to trade most of this for a pristine vintage kettle like a glen blue!

@lightningboldtz
Having owned a Traeger for 10 years, you'll absolutely love the temperature control and the smoke flavor that comes off this device. However, they are mechanical and will begin to show their age. I was religious in cleaning my grill, yet it began to have issues maintaining temp, no matter the weather. It will not allow you to sear, despite your best efforts. 

I've placed in all categories of meats at various levels of KCBB competitions. But our most consistent was chicken, nothing cooks chxn better. I sold mine recently and have gone back to my first grill, a weber 22" Performer. I'm like a kid again, I can't wait to cook on it. The flexibility, availability and mods that we can do to the Kettle is enough to stay.

I've saved up enough to buy a Summit, I'm absolutely so ready for that grill to sit next to my Performer. I'm probably going to buy a used WSM for the deer camp and I'm set for grills.

Sorry for the lengthy post, but those are my goals and wanted to address my experience with a pellet smoker. They're good grills, but do have an abbreviated lifespan compared to most.


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I'd like to help some others as I have been helped.
What a great community. I don't even know how many grills I have right now.
The past few weeks have been crazy. I will have to regroup, do some RRR, and get some pictures up.
I went from 3 grills to, I'm guessing, close to 40. Thanks to everyone who has helped me get a bunch of these.

CHIEF... and a cover over the grill corner

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Quote from: inkaddictedchef1 on February 11, 2018, 08:46:41 PM
CHIEF... and a cover over the grill corner

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It would be sick if you had a your path to the bull pin covered too.

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Quote from: vwengguy on December 29, 2017, 03:40:20 AM
My goal is simple ... I want to move back home to The States and hunt Kettles.
God, I hope someone buys my house this year! I'm too old for this shit here!


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Haha @vwengguy .... that's good.
If you can't ship all your kettles back home (USA) ... I am not too far away :-)

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Quote from: inkaddictedchef1 on February 11, 2018, 08:46:41 PM
CHIEF... and a cover over the grill corner

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It would be sick if you had a your path to the bull pin covered too.

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... true

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intervention

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intervention

Divine

Quote from: dwnthehatch on December 29, 2017, 10:49:50 AM
Summit Charcoal for at least $500 off.

Those deals are out there. My local ACE Hardware was clearing out the 2 summit charcoal grilling centers they had b/c the were only going to carry the base model moving forward. Exactly $500 off normal retail. Just lucky I happened to be in there that day.

I have modest goals...I have already scored an Outrider from Kneab and am picking up a blue OTG from Jaynik in a couple of weeks.  That puts me at only 6 total Webers:  a DD Green SSP,  a DR Outrider, a DO Blue OTG, an N code SJ, a Q2000 I bought brand new somewhere around 2006, and a blue Cubs Q1200 I bought last year for $100 new off the Weber site.

I hope to talk my wife into letting me buy more, but right now, she's put the Kibash on further aquisitions.  I am hoping to get a red 18" at some point, and an old-style Weber fire pit, which I have permission from the commander in chief to get if I can find. 

So I guess my big goal for 2018, which is actually possible, is to find a fire pit!!

For 2018, my kettle goal that's definitely going to happen, is purchasing a new Weber rotisserie. There's a difference between "wants," and "needs," and my "want," list is more of a wishlist. So, If I never get any of these items, it's really not a big deal and not really a major priority. This is only if opportunity knocks:

Red Outrider
18.5" & 22.5" Happy Cooker internal ash pans
18.5" rotisserie
Euro 47cm GBS Kettle Plus

Revamp of my goals. Still 4 logos. Cga kraft food services (story later) still want the bud light carne asada but besides that 2 more logos of any kind. So far i got the ravens wood gga. So that just leaves 2 the carne and what ever other one i manage to score

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I would love to find an 18 Cado as a mate for the 22.  An 18 yellow or lime would be cool too.

I'd like to find an 18 brownie mbh or a sidekick table

Brown 26er AKA The Chief.


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I'd like to secure a kettle for my sequoia.


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Blue 18"! In fact, someone PM me with a blue for sale. Please and thanks.


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Quote from: james1787 on March 12, 2018, 06:43:33 PM
I'd like to find an 18 brownie mbh or a sidekick table

Is this what you're looking for?
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/member-sales-trades/weber-side-table-7413/

I want a retractable awning over my cooking area, attached to my shed. I think I have enough Webers for now...

Quote from: dwnthehatch on December 29, 2017, 10:49:50 AM
Summit Charcoal for at least $500 off.

Goal achieved.

I plan on redoing my grilling area. Going to make it B.A.



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