1957 Weber Brochure/Catalog

[1ROW]

This brochure/catalog came with the new Weber kettle my Grandma received for a wedding gift in 1957. Unfortunately the kettle is long gone but she saved this paperwork. Needless to say I was pretty excited when she gave it to me! I used photoshop and turned a couple pages from it into a poster for my garage. I thought the cover art was interesting, Charky instead of Topper. Anyway, unsure if any paperwork like this has been posted before so I figured I'd share it with you guys...

[brewtownbeatdown]

That's awesome!!!   So cool to here the backstory on a piece of Weber history. Thanks for posting.


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[JEBIV]

That is way cool !!!

[Cellar2ful]

Awesome.  Thank you Grandma 1Row and @1ROW for posting this.  I have uploaded some of these images and will have them printed and framed to hang above my 58 Custom. 

$34.95 was a lot of money in 1957 for an 18" BBQ.  A Google search converts that value to a 2018 18" kettle costing $312.17. How many of you would spend that kind of money nowadays for an 18"?

[nolch01]

Thank you for the history!!!  Great that this was saved many years ago.


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[Kneab]

Thanks for posting this. Very cool.

[Firemunkee]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing this! That marbled ranch roti...are there any out there???

[harris92]

Here is the 1955 brochure. Notice they made a brazier kettle early on. Also, all the grills had 1 bowl damper.








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[nolch01]

I noticed that brazier as well in @harris92  SJ post.  A bunch interesting stuff in both of these!


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[Scott Zee]

Thanks so much @1ROW and g'ma 1Row.  This is probably as close as I'll get to a birth year kettle, ,  so seeing this is extra special.   Time to look a little closer.

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[RottiGuy]

Thank's so much, this is very cool!!

[DellJones]

WOW!!!! Very Very Cool!! 🏾🏾


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[kettlebb]

The RK in 1957 was $144.95. Not sure what the retail is on them nowadays.



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[brewtownbeatdown]

The RK in 1957 was $144.95. Not sure what the retail is on them nowadays.

Right on par with today's Ranch retail price.  Sounds like it was "the" steal in '57 line-up


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[Lowbrass]

Wow!  Cool bits of history to say the least!  Thanks @1ROW and Grandma 1ROW!  This was a really interesting read!  Thanks for the history lessons.


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