1963 Wood Dale Westerner
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Of all the vintage accessories, the Weber Barbecue Accessories Starter Set was likely the most commonly sold add-on besides a cover. That being the case, if you are a kettle collector or flipper you’ve bound to have come across bits and pieces of this set along the way. Either a rusty old roast rack, a tool holder or even a set of the…
This is a blue 26″ flat top kettle grill. This grill is owned by WKC member Jeff. This grill was found while responding to a Craigslist ad for New Old Stock Weber(NOS)wood handles. It turns out the person selling the handles was a former Weber employee. During conversion, I mentioned to him I had an…
When you have a chance to get your hands on an original Weber kettle, you don’t say no. You grab your camera and pray for good weather. I recently had that chance, and took full advantage of it. Weber Stephen headquarters in Palatine Illinois is home to some amazing artifacts – remnants of over 60 years of innovation…
We’ve been waiting for a long time… watching and re-watching Aaron Franklin’s PBS TV episodes on YouTube, watching Tony Bourdain and other food celebrities enthuse on TV, re-reading our copy of Texas Monthly where he took top honors, and peeking in the margins of the images for secrets and trying to pick up nuances of his…
One of WKCs newest members mentioned that he was on Weber’s demonstration crew in the early 60s. With those kinds of stories to tell, we just had to reach out and learn more. The following record captures a conversation with Jim that I had on July 24th, 2013. MartyG I grew up in Illinois,…
Your camera phone can take amazing pictures with these simple steps. We will focus on full kettle closeup picture with a tight crop. For real glamour shots, wipe down / clean the gunk and dust from your kettles first!