As usually happens, at some point on Monday while smoking a pork butt, I singed a knuckle while taking a temp reading. For years, every time it happens I swear loudly and swear quietly that I'm going to get a new handle and throw away the dilapidated pot holder I have wrapped around the lid top. Then I promptly forget about it until next time. Yesterday was different and I finally went to the Weber site to order a new one. Saw one for what they said was pre-2013 and dropped it in the cart. It was plastic and I had thought the one I had was wood but who cares, it's a handle. But on a lark, I decided to unwrap the pot holder and look. My top had 2 holes, and all of the ones they sold were a single screw. So, remembering to get one was for nothing.
Search eventually landed me here when I was trying to find out a model and maybe a picture of what the handle looked like before it crumbled away long ago. Until yesterday I didnt know kettle collecting was a thing, lol. Its just what I've used to smoke with. But now I know there are those who care about wooden handles.
Anyway, after spending a while wasting time distracted trying to find out wth MBH meant, I found the age guide, and I think mine is a 1978 based on the thinness of the vent tab. Is there a chart or post somewhere that has the wooden top handle measurements for these? If I decide to buy a set instead of making something, is the top lid handle dimensions on all them of that age the same, so anything with 2 holes will fit, or the hole spacing and bracket height varies??
Thanks.
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