I hardly needed another cooker.
I have enough. Then G (Stu) contacted me and expressed interest in my 26. It's a black '85 and I've only used it a few times. It had not been used prior to my acquisition early last year. It was no longer pristine and even suffered a lid drop that left a scar.
Nevertheless, Stu made me an offer I could not refuse: A new 26 in exchange. Lured by the ash bucket, slightly larger grate, lid thermo and hinged SS grate I succumed. It took a while to execute the deal but it finally took place late last week. The other thing of course was the availability of the new 14.5 WSM. I have no impulse control! I had to have one and ordered one from Cabelas - the first vendor to have one to ship.
I've already completed the first cook on the 14 WSM - that was Pepper Stout Beef. I'm still thinking about what I want to cook on the 26. Should it be something big or should I just plan a lot of food to fill up that grate?
Though I do have an appreciation of the older grills, mine go back to '74 or whenever the Sequoia was made, I now have three AT code Webers. About a year ago I spotted a 22 WSM on CL for $150 and it was my first AT ('13) coded Weber. I probably won't be adding anything to the collection for a while now. I have 1 18" kettle, three 22 kettles (MT, SS Performer and older Platinum) three Smokey Joes (SJS, SJP and JJ) and three WSMs in assorted sizes (not to mention a mini-WSM conversion for the SJs.) Then there's a Genesis Silver A, Q220 and even a couple non-Weber cookers. My collection pales in comparison to some of the others, but it goes pretty far beyond meting my needs.