The amazing photos of members' collections have provided me years and years worth of fantasy fodder for my imagination, but I'd like to ask if anyone else is cooking on a plain old OTS like I am?
I cooked and competed with WSMs for years, but until this week I had never actually owned a kettle. I am a hound for a bargain on anything I purchase and without a doubt this is the BEST 99 bucks I could have ever spent. Every night during dinner I am constantly amazed at the efficiency and extreme versatility of this design.
What is truly mindblowing to me is that even this base model cooker has remained essentially unchanged for 60 years. In our modern age where competitive cooking has become incredibly popular and food has become a big part of mainstream entertainment, it is incredible that George's ingenious design can still make pro-level grilling and Q accessible to the common working folk straight off the shelf of most hardware stores. Nobody who wants to try 'real' BBQing is denied the opportunity so long as the OTS is still being sold.
I admit to being overly-philosophical about this, but with my new culinary focus being stripping stripping grilling down to the basics I've found myself becoming more of a historian, and as much as I love and admire all types of cookers there has never been a piece of equipment that has been so significantr as the amazing Weber Kettle, nor does any model reflect the original intent of bringing great cookery to every backyard as the basic OTS.