Dear All,
I have been following this forum for weeks and loving every topic i read.
I am from India and have been grilling for 4 years now. Currently I own two grills (non-weber).
I am lucky enough to travel to USA (Dallas) for the next two weeks (yay!) and I would be buying a weber kettle (for sure) even if they off-load me I will ask them to carry my kettle back home for me
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Weber recently opened a franchisee in India however the prices are 3-4 times of what we get in USA. e.g. performer is around 1000 USD and 22 One Touch Premium is around $700. Mastertouch is not available in India.
As you can figure out that buying this kettle is a rare and a special moment for me, but I HAVE two doubts and would appreciate your expert opinion.
1) Is MasterTouch ($199) worth the extra $50 compared to the 22 inch kettle ($149)?
2) Do grillgrate work on charcoal grill and are they good addtion to MasterTouch, given mastertouch is already coming with GBS? I am thinking if I buy only two panel (around $40) instead of going for the whole set for master touch ($106). Please note that I have a custom made cast iron grate, basically it is same design as grill grate but in cast iron (it works great).
Info;
I grill 3-4 times a week. Mostly the grilling is for dinner for me and my wife. Once a month I grill for parties ~5 people; we also do few pizza sessions in a month.
I use lump charcoal. (sometime i make my own charcoal , thanks youtube!) using hardwood.
Thanks,
IndianBBQ