Has anyhone heard a rumor....

[BC]

A reliable source has informed me that Ken Kesey and Bid Daddy Roth headed the design team.
shhhhhh

[charred]

A kettle-kamado hybrid w/ gas assist.

The Weber KetMado....KaMettle....Kemado....Webado   

[BC]

The lid looks similar to the Q lid.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to/g111/balcony-bbq-we-test-5-hot-outdoor-electric-grills/?zoomable

[captjoe06]

Assuming it's a Kamado style cooker( and who knows if it really is)


What would be your guess for what it would be made of?


A company from Georgia with not a ton of Instagram followers just started following me that makes ne out of cast iron-
http://www.goldenscastironcooker.com/ 


Then the obvious ceramic.


Some people seem to keep saying double walled.


Does anyone think they could make one from the same material as the PK cooker?Aluminum?


My guess remains the ceramic but how many of you would rule out or include other materials?

[TheDude]

Found new photo on Twitter:


Silhouette shows more of shape: kind of WSM kettle hybrid maybe?

Kamado. Only question is, metal or ceramic? I'm going metal.

[Darko]

If it is a kamado style, I'm thinking Metal.  My company has been making more steel for Weber in the past 5-6 months than we normally do. I'm gonna guess a hybrid between a kettle & a kamado with a double walled steel construction.

[Travis]

April 6th is the release date. They have sent out emails to everyone that is signed up with them. If they would make a 26" performer i would flip! Doubt it though. Can't wait!

[iCARRY]

Bottom left corner, looks to have a standard kettle leg.



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[TheDude]

Leg actually looks to come off the side of the bowl. Like a "nest". Also, look at the lid vent.

[Dan NY]

Based on the video from the Weber FB page, I would say it looks like it is an insulated metal grill and it has some sort of gas attachment as well.  The box on the right side has a Summit style knob on it. 

[addicted-to-smoke]

I'm diggin' the Summit knob. Wondering why none of us have yet modded a Performer to somehow us one.

The lid's shape definitely seems to be a combination of kamado dome and Weber dome, like partway in-between that says, "We wanted to make this style but obviously it needs to look somewhat like a Weber and not like a Green Egg."

One thing's for sure, with only 11 pages in this thread no one's interested in it.

[OoPEZoO]

One thing's for sure, with only 11 pages in this thread no one's interested in it.

Because it will be YEARS before they start showing up cheap on CL and most of us are a bunch of cheap bastards 

That being said, if it is the right product, I would consider selling off some of my grills to finance the purchase of one.  I like the idea of a kamado style smoker/grill with a built in gas starter.  If thats what it ends up being, then I could certainly see one in my future.  It would have to be one serious heavy hitter for me to sell off my performer and 26" OTG though

[jbenavidez2]

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[demosthenes9]

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I still think it will have a much higher price point.  Around $1400   FWIW, I think it will be closer to the XL Big Green Egg in size.

[pbe gummi bear]

Kamado with One Touch Sweeps? Who do I give my money to?!?!?