" The Happy Cooker " The Truth

[kettlebb]

I'd like to cook on one for a while to see how they run.


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[Heyjude]

The hinged lid design is quite funny if you think about it. (I don't trust mine to stay on.)
In a turnabout, Weber made the lid bale.
Hmm, did they copy the HC? I think they did.
George Stephens impresses me as a man that used things and ideas that were around him.
Its poetic justice.. I mean Weber probably lost a few bucks during the HC days.. Just a few..
The Weber was and is one of the highest priced grills on the market. Its worth the money but people always like to save a buck when possible..

[LightningBoldtz]

Speaking of Idahawk. I just peeped his profile and it doesn't look like he's been around since February which isn't like him. I hope all is well.

We are wondering the same thing, Dave simply decided one day he was done with the site.  Not much of an explanation as to why.

We sent e-mails and asked what what up with no response.   It was an odd ordeal for sure.

[Cellar2ful]

Someone posted this link on the Facebook site - Weber Kettle Fans.  It is a schematic from Weber's website for a Sears Economy Kettle.  Appears Weber at one time produced a "Happy Cooker" clone for Sears. It included an internal ash pan just like the Happy Cooker.

https://www.weber.com/US/en/help/schematics/browse.aspx?model=1343

[charred]

internal ash pan conspicuously missing from the list- the only thing i was interested in seeing.

[Lightning]

I went looking down the parts list too, realized the internal ash pan wasn't mentioned, scrolled back up and that's when I realized the itemized list numbers jump from 10 to 12 skipping the ash catcher!

[MrHoss]

I went looking down the parts list too, realized the internal ash pan wasn't mentioned, scrolled back up and that's when I realized the itemized list numbers jump from 10 to 12 skipping the ash catcher!

Fake news. Insert some alternative facts and voila.......Happy Cookers never existed? Idahawk got shipped back to Mexico for being an illegal bbq dude and is currently tunneling under what he thinks is a new wall but is instead a massive cache of early 80's Happy Cookers buried near the border. Stay tuned to Fox News for shmupdated updates.

[swamprb]

Someone posted this link on the Facebook site - Weber Kettle Fans.  It is a schematic from Weber's website for a Sears Economy Kettle.  Appears Weber at one time produced a "Happy Cooker" clone for Sears. It included an internal ash pan just like the Happy Cooker.

https://www.weber.com/US/en/help/schematics/browse.aspx?model=1343

Yup! Yours truly!

I went looking down the parts list too, realized the internal ash pan wasn't mentioned, scrolled back up and that's when I realized the itemized list numbers jump from 10 to 12 skipping the ash catcher!

internal ash pan conspicuously missing from the list- the only thing i was interested in seeing.

It must have been @ 2007-08 when I got my first Cajun Bandit Kettle Conversion and I called Weber CS about the internal ash pan for the Sears Economy Kettle. I was told then they were long out of stock, that's the reason the ash pan isn't listed (part# & description) Only items available are listed - note this? 14  63016  Damper kit, 22.5" Bar-B-Kettle & Smokey Mountain Cooker  ??

I'll have to dig through my hoard, but I have 3 internal ash pans and one is a bit different design that was a Sears Economy than the other 2 which came from HC's/

[Lightning]

Fake news. Insert some alternative facts and voila.......Happy Cookers never existed? Idahawk got shipped back to Mexico for being an illegal bbq dude and is currently tunneling under what he thinks is a new wall but is instead a massive cache of early 80's Happy Cookers buried near the border. Stay tuned to Fox News for shmupdated updates.

Absolutely. "Coast To Coast AM" confirms it too.  With the utter gravity of this situation one thing is obvious: more covfefe is clearly required.

[jcnaz]

Wow, Coast to Coast would love to investigate this:



The internal ash pan mystery deepens!

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[charred]

@MrHoss @Lightning @jcnaz   LMAO!!!

[swamprb]

This is a pan that came out of a Weber Economy Kettle. It was sacrificed for a drum smoker. It has a flat base and the bowl sides are smooth.







This pan is from a basic black Happy Cooker, my teammate has the lid on a drum.



Happy Cooker with "Exclusive Hinged Lid" internal ash pan

Before



After RRR



The HC pans don't have a flat base and there are wave like channels on the bowl.

[Heyjude]

So did Weber come out with it first or did HC ?

[Hell Fire Grill]

[brewtownbeatdown]

Grate piece of HC literature. Everything I've found, so far, has been in black/white or illustrated in color.


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