I may have said this earlier, but I'd love one of these. Now as for the taco handle. Like it or not, its here to stay. Weber started doing them on the Euro Kettles as far back as 2008. Then they came to our side of the pond in 2015. Do I like them? Not particularly. But think about this, back in 1964-65 there were Weber owners that were up in arms over the change of lid handles from metal to wood. "Wood isn't going to last" or "just use an oven mitt" or something along those lines. Just like I'm sure the change from metal to plastic wheels a few years later caused another stir among owners. Picture it, it's the spring of 1977 and Joe Blow has wanted a red Weber grill for over 10 years when he first saw his neighbor's new red kettle in 1967. (thumbscrews, metal wheels etc.) He gets his finally and its got plastic wheels and he likes the kettle but he's disappointed that it isn't "built as well" as his neighbors in his mind just because of the plastic wheels. Structurally and functionally his 1977 kettle is built every bit as well as his neighbors 1967 kettle. Same could be said for a guy that has a 2016 kettle and his neighbor has a 2006 model. The point is that we have a healthy fear of change. If Weber follows their handle change pattern with their kettles (bowl handles went wood to match the lid in 1981), we should be seeing taco/heat shield bowl handles by the end of the decade or early in the 2020's.
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