I'm still pissed they switched to wood, I'll never buy a Weber without a metal top handle, that wood will rot and look like shit in 20 years. Not mention they are using rivets to hold them on how will I replace it? Metal is so sturdy, wood is cheap...It's all gone down hill ever since they moved out of Wood Dale. (This is the argument you guys would be having if this was 1963) Everyone cries that they want euro colors, what do you think those grills would look like if you got one? Can everyone just calm down...geeze
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To hell with wood handles, putting a wooden handle on there would be for candy asses afraid of a little heat. If they ever do that, I'm out! Im still pissed off they switched to the high domed lid and added that pansy ash plate thingy! My ash falls right to to the bottom triangle shaped ash tray and holds my cigarette butts and my spatula and that's the way I like it!! I don't need THREE vents down there! One is all I need!! I get great temperature control with the flat lid. Sure I cant cook a turkey on it like my neighbor could with his new fangled high domed bosom colored Wood Dale cooker, but that's what the oven is for! Besides I make a mean hamburger on my Chicago made black flat top and mines got swell red wheels too! What the hell is up with those new fat black whitewalls anyway? They tryin to copy the Edsel!? -Said an annoyed Weber kettle owner in 1958. Who found out later that Wooden insulators, "Yellow Ochre" finish and The Beatles would be too much for him to bear.
All kidding aside, im not a fan of this, but we saw it coming. We all did. So i'm not surprised but still a little bummed. Im more worried about them changing the wheels to 6" versions of the ones seen on the modern 26"ers. Silly but I like the 1977-present wheels better than the cheep looking ones on thr 26/Performer/Ranch kettled today. Back to the handles, bright side is, a wood handle will still fit these. Why the return to pre 1963 handle orientation with post 1963 hook position is another mystery. I can see why they reorientated the metal handles and hook way back then. Its more user friendly. Again On the bright side, wood handles will still fit these brackets so all is not lost.
Topic: The end of an era.... no more welded handles on Weber Kettles. (Photos) (Read 29508 times)