With all the negative pub I would like to talk about what I like about the new grill.
Thanks for your synopsis here.
Taken as a whole, this kettle has generated far more interest and discussion than the Summit Charcoal, which is the single-largest philosophical and material design change to their iconic kettle kooker ever. Think about that! We can argue that most of that is due to the Summit's unobtanium price for most of us, but there's no denying that red is the ONE color that
in the aggregate represents Weber's "special" kettles if black is forever the standard-bearer.
I never imagined that would happen. Weber must have known this might be a lightning rod product among some of us.
Some random comments:
Master-Touch for the U.S. market apparently means Warming Rack and nickel GBS included. So by that sliding definition or "logic," this isn't that model regardless of color or lid bale or even longer legs. I do agree however, that the mix-and-match nature of features does cloud the marketing message as to what it comes with, or why, or should ...
Today was the first I've read that they changed how wheels attach. Is that on other models now, too?
I'm getting the sense that they figured out the push pin legs. In 2015 we read here, and I've personally witnessed, wobbly Master-Touch grills. I currently have two new/unused push pin kettles here (a recent U.S. M/T and a recent Copper) and wouldn't describe them as wobbly like the 2015s. Thread for another time I suppose.
LTD Ed. badging: Even if this thing lasts a few years (or seasons) in 30 yrs it'll still be rightly called Limited Edition. I'm not "worried" about lack of exclusivity, overall.
What I worry about more, is that some of the swankier aspects of this grill such as the larger lid vent handle, usage of longer legs on a non-Master-Touch, disappear. I guess I'm saying I hope this won't be a limited edition. And quite frankly, car makers do this all the time. Things that are exclusive (and that could include color here!) mosey on down to the rest of the line eventually.