Weber Kettle Memories

[tx smoker]

Great thread!! We had a charcoal kettle but it was rarely used and then only for steaks....which mom and dad made sure were WELL done. Mom was scared of the grill for some reason and dad just didn't have the time with his work schedule. Then he got a propane fired kettle which was used a lot more often but it lacked the flavor I'd come to love with charcoal. I've loved outdoor cooking since before I started elementary school and when the grill was fired up that was the only time I bonded with my dad (we fought like cats and dogs) so yes, this does bring back some fond memories.

Robert

 

[Nefarious]

My dad never cooked a thing, good thing too. I never even heard of a grill till I was in grad school and one of my professors had one. I always thought that you had to go camping to eat food like the cave men.

 

[OldSmoke]

I'm sure some of you guys will remember these . This is exactly what he had . Roto and the grate spun around a center shaft .

Yea! We had that same grill! During the summer we would host BBQs. Mom’s homemade hamburgers, hand crank ice cream, beer and wine for the adults, and gallon jugs of A&W root bear. And herds of kids. Several friends were noteworthy musicians and would bring thier guitars. Great times.

 

[BigW.]

I have yet to try the lighter fluid enhanced burgers of my youth but I remember the smell lovingly. Came back from college (pre 21) Dad invited me over for dinner. He marinated some chicken breast in Italian dressing. Gave me a Beck's Dark which is not something my Dad ever did. Chicken was really good, but the beer with Dad was the best.

 

[bauchjw]

Awesome thread! It’s cool how so many memories are simular over generations and geography. Maybe not with a Weber or even as a childhood thing, but when open flames and food first mattered to our social experience in life. I remember the lighter fluid flames and running around with my neighborhood friends with lever action pop guns and leaves stuck in our baseball hats. All the Dads drinking Old Milwaukee, pouring them on flame ups and poking the meat as they burned the chicken and dogs. To this day I can’t see grass stains on my kids jeans without smelling lighter fluid and charcoal and sometimes my dads laugh.

 

[chopsaw]

Maull's BBQ sauce and Falstaff mixed in .

 

[WeberBlackStoneYoder]

My Dad grilled steaks almost every Sunday until winter would come throughout the 70's. Occasionally cheeseburgers or hobo stew. Hot dogs were for an open fire and cooked on the end of a stick. He had a Weber and I followed in his footsteps and got my 1st Weber in 1982. I still have my 18"and my Smokey Joe. To that list would be two 22" kettles one black and one blue. My favorite the 26" that I grill on at least 50 times a year. My memories of playing outside on Sunday evenings in our neighborhood are good ones. Had 3 friends the same age that lived on the same block. Every Sunday at 6pm like clockwork the neighborhood started to smell good. You could smell it 10 houses down, my friends always made comments about it. I had the cool dad, so they thought. He just turned 80 and still grills out quite often. He used charcoal up until he was about 70. Then Me and my brother and sister bought him a Weber Genisis for Xmas. He has had to replace a couple of parts on it, but overall seems to like it. Luckly he still likes to come out to the house and eat a steak made over the charcoal. I hope I make it until 70 before I decide give gas a shot.

 

[WeberBlackStoneYoder]

Awesome thread! It’s cool how so many memories are simular over generations and geography. Maybe not with a Weber or even as a childhood thing, but when open flames and food first mattered to our social experience in life. I remember the lighter fluid flames and running around with my neighborhood friends with lever action pop guns and leaves stuck in our baseball hats. All the Dads drinking Old Milwaukee, pouring them on flame ups and poking the meat as they burned the chicken and dogs. To this day I can’t see grass stains on my kids jeans without smelling lighter fluid and charcoal and sometimes my dads laugh.

Nothing wrong with old Milwaukee, drank it for years. My pops always had an Old Style or 6 when he grilled.

 

[Steve H]

My father loved to grill. Never was a smoker, other than cigs and cigars. And a brief love with pipes that pi$$ed off mom! He refused to use a gas grill. And distained all that used a gas grill. Though, I don't recall the brand. But he used grills that looked like Webers. Or a close copycat. I remember one he was very fond of that was red and had wooden handle on the top. I truly think was a weber. And. Man. Could he cook! Though he was a "blue"meat guy. But the burgers and dogs he did was fantastic. Love you dad. And after 2 years. I still miss you bad.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Nothing wrong with old Milwaukee, drank it for years. My pops always had an Old Style or 6 when he grilled.

Had my share of old mil also! But one thing is wrong with it nowdays.... the aroma that comes out my backside if I drink it now!

Ryan

 

[bauchjw]

Had my share of old mil also! But one thing is wrong with it nowdays.... the aroma that comes out my backside if I drink it now!

Ryan

We call that “The Milwaukee Goblins”

 

[Brokenhandle]

We call that “The Milwaukee Goblins”

Maybe I should have a couple... then I could compete with the dogs silent but deadly!

Ryan

 

[Fueling Around]

Had to go and find a picture on the internet . I'm sure some of you guys will remember these . This is exactly what he had . Roto and the grate spun around a center shaft .
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Didn't have the extended top, but the half hood to hold the rotisserie.
The rod and the motor were in the basement when we cleaned out the house 12 years ago.
I do remember the handle on the side to adjust the grate height.
Here's the scary part. Mother lined the bottom of the grill with vermiculite insulation to prevent burnout

Forgot to finish earlier post. Fond memory of my brother home on leave grilling steaks in the garage because he didn't want the neighbors to see

 

[chopsaw]

Didn't have the extended top, but the half hood to hold the rotisserie.

Yup . I have to correct myself . Like this .

I searched the info on the rotisserie motor .

 

[Colin1230]

We call that “The Milwaukee Goblins”

What a disagreeable afluvia!