I recently acquired my grandfather's 1999 kettle. It's also a little banged up so I'm spending the time to sort out the rust issues, the dings in the metal work and clean all the years of burned on grease. She's going to get new legs, handles, ash sweepers and catcher, grills and a fresh layer(s) of heat resistant paint. It's going to a fun project.
@@boonecollard Thanks for the information. With exception to the thermometer and paint, all the parts will be genuine Weber parts either from Weber directly or from local sellers.
One great thing about Weber equipment, you can get parts & support for their products going back 40 years! It is cheaper than you may think plus you come away with a still high performing machine which will feed everyone of us & if you have a family, them too! You just have to take some deep inspection of yourself to understand to appreciate what these simple machines do for us & give them some periodic simple maintenance. (Give them some hard earned LOVE! Weber kettle cookers & many others need to be maintained!)
Weber support sent me a new bowl 3 years after I bought mine just because some of the paint bubbled up on the bottle inside where the leg support are spot welded. I will always buy their products.
I guess TH-cam decided to show me this 2 weeks after I was searching, trying to figure out if I could add the ash catcher to mine. 🙃 I took my 14 year old 22'' Original Kettle and added the high capacity ash catcher. Added that plus replaced the handles with new style and replaced the damper blades. $85 shipped I think was well worth it to refresh an old Kettle. I would have liked to replace the legs and leg support on mine and they are quite rusty, couldn't justify the price ($48 + $35) as they still work. P/N 7478 Webber tool hook handle P/N 80671 Lid Handle P/N 65143 22" ash catcher P/N 7444 One Touch damper blades (Cheapest on Amazon. I've replaced them several times) Use a grinder on the bottom clip/nut as to not "cut" into the bowl. The heat from the grinder also works these loose and it end up just falling apart before you grind into the bowl.
I have a brand new still in the box original kettle I gave $50 for and want to upgrade to the premium ash catcher, so glad I found this video showing it can be done 😁
You had the same idea I did. My neighbor down the street out his original Weber out by the road. I grabbed it with the quickness. It’s in better shape than yours but my air damper fins are burnt off and new replaced. Was wondering if possible to just upgrade it to a master touch status. Thanks for the vid! Can believe more people haven’t done this and the lack of views blows my mind. Thank u for the work!
I put a temp gauge on mine and that’s the best upgrade you can do. I also ran screws in the legs at the top. Every time I would move it before the legs would fall out which was extremely annoying.
Interesting 🤔... What people toss out without a second thought.. I found my hardly used Weber (almost Brand New) in a dumpster . The only thing missing was a "Steak and Match" to complete a BBQ trifecta to complete the unbelievable find. The weird thing is, I wasn't shopping for a BBQ but I couldn't pass up the offering.
The letter code on your lid damper indicates what year your weber is made. From 1979 it started with ab A stamed on it. Just google weber age and the list will come up.
My OG Weber has wooden handles and instead of an ash sweeper it has three vents on the bottom just like the one on the lid. Old as hell. The legs would fall straight out so I had to use a high heat metal tape wrapped around them to keep them in place. She cooks as good as new one.
And every time a neighbor helps the old woman in his neighborhood fix a slightly broken BBQ pit instead of walking away with it for free, an angel rejoices.
You did a beautiful thing dude.
Every time a man rescues and restores an old weber kettle an angel gets it’s barbecue wings.
In a throwaway world, I appreciate somebody who doesn’t. Great video.
Very good video! Great information!!
I recently acquired my grandfather's 1999 kettle. It's also a little banged up so I'm spending the time to sort out the rust issues, the dings in the metal work and clean all the years of burned on grease. She's going to get new legs, handles, ash sweepers and catcher, grills and a fresh layer(s) of heat resistant paint. It's going to a fun project.
I would recommend getting the Weber brand sweeper assembly and not the cheaper no-name replacement, they don't last.
@@boonecollard Thanks for the information. With exception to the thermometer and paint, all the parts will be genuine Weber parts either from Weber directly or from local sellers.
One great thing about Weber equipment, you can get parts & support for their products going back 40 years! It is cheaper than you may think plus you come away with a still high performing machine which will feed everyone of us & if you have a family, them too! You just have to take some deep inspection of yourself to understand to appreciate what these simple machines do for us & give them some periodic simple maintenance. (Give them some hard earned LOVE! Weber kettle cookers & many others need to be maintained!)
Weber support sent me a new bowl 3 years after I bought mine just because some of the paint bubbled up on the bottle inside where the leg support are spot welded. I will always buy their products.
I guess TH-cam decided to show me this 2 weeks after I was searching, trying to figure out if I could add the ash catcher to mine. 🙃
I took my 14 year old 22'' Original Kettle and added the high capacity ash catcher. Added that plus replaced the handles with new style and replaced the damper blades. $85 shipped I think was well worth it to refresh an old Kettle. I would have liked to replace the legs and leg support on mine and they are quite rusty, couldn't justify the price ($48 + $35) as they still work.
P/N 7478 Webber tool hook handle
P/N 80671 Lid Handle
P/N 65143 22" ash catcher
P/N 7444 One Touch damper blades (Cheapest on Amazon. I've replaced them several times) Use a grinder on the bottom clip/nut as to not "cut" into the bowl. The heat from the grinder also works these loose and it end up just falling apart before you grind into the bowl.
I have a brand new still in the box original kettle I gave $50 for and want to upgrade to the premium ash catcher, so glad I found this video showing it can be done 😁
You did good!!!
You had the same idea I did. My neighbor down the street out his original Weber out by the road. I grabbed it with the quickness. It’s in better shape than yours but my air damper fins are burnt off and new replaced. Was wondering if possible to just upgrade it to a master touch status. Thanks for the vid! Can believe more people haven’t done this and the lack of views blows my mind. Thank u for the work!
I put a temp gauge on mine and that’s the best upgrade you can do.
I also ran screws in the legs at the top. Every time I would move it before the legs would fall out which was extremely annoying.
Interesting 🤔...
What people toss out without a second thought..
I found my hardly used Weber (almost Brand New) in a dumpster .
The only thing missing was a "Steak and Match" to complete a BBQ trifecta to complete the unbelievable find. The weird thing is, I wasn't shopping for a BBQ but I couldn't pass up the offering.
You can buy brand new Weber Kettles for $139. Plus sales tax. The last expensive one.
The letter code on your lid damper indicates what year your weber is made. From 1979 it started with ab A stamed on it. Just google weber age and the list will come up.
My bad. Probably should have watched the whole video before commenting hay 😂
My OG Weber has wooden handles and instead of an ash sweeper it has three vents on the bottom just like the one on the lid. Old as hell. The legs would fall straight out so I had to use a high heat metal tape wrapped around them to keep them in place. She cooks as good as new one.
And every time a neighbor helps the old woman in his neighborhood fix a slightly broken BBQ pit instead of walking away with it for free, an angel rejoices.