Weber Original Kettle Premium 22" Copper Charcoal Grill

I switched to charcoal at the recommendation of my brother from a gas grill to a Weber. Wish I had done it years ago. The Weber delivers just as it says; heat is easy to maintain, the cleanup is not the best, but you can overlook that for the improved taste. Get grilling.

I have a two burner Weber and wanted something a little more flavor inducing - bought the kettle and am extremely happy - this is my third 22" kettle in 40 years and now I have gas and charcoal Webers at two homes and left the third for the buyer of my first condo

I am a first-time griller and started out with grilling vegetables and they turned out fantastic! Next was smoked/grilled chicken wings and they were great also. I love the temperature gauge on the lid, it helps a lot when I need to know when the grill is ready to cook on. Looking forward to many hours of grilling this year!!!

Bought my first Weber in 1980, used it for 11 years, bought a house with an installed gas grill. Eventually went back to charcoal grill, however, not a Weber. After many years and various charcoal grills, bought a new Weber. Wow, built in thermometer, new style grate making it easy to add more charcoal if necessary when smoking food and a new way to dispose of the ashes. Excellent modifications!

I have Weber gas grills for the past 15 years and they have been great! I still have my latest Genesis E-315 and use it several times a week. However, I missed the old charcoal and wood smoke flavor of my large smoker pits that are just too big for the 2 of us. I recently purchased the Weber 22" kettle as I remember the quality and toughness of my previous kettles. We really enjoy smoking pork, beef, poultry, and seafood (since we live along the coast). Smoking gives a whole new dimension of flavor to seafood! Glad we purchased the kettle so we can go "old school" again.

Been grilling on gas all my life. Got a smoker a while ago and it got me interested in wooden fuel. Got this as a birthday gift and love it. It's making the best burgers and chicken I've had in a while.

This kettle does everything I need it to do from slow cooking to fast searing. It also has my wife and I spending more time outside enjoying each other, nature, and the wonderful smells and food that are made from this kettle!

I had the same model for 15 years until the leg mounts to the base rusted off and it collapsed. There are few improvements to the old design, with the heat shield at the handle and slightly improve ash removal arrangement being the most notable. That said, I'll bet ours was not the first to have the legs fall off. (Which is surprising given it was under several official Weber covers it's entire existence.). So, while 15 years is pretty good, I think it could be better.

Pros= cooks very good! ash collecting pan system works great. Kettle finish is very nice, strong and durable Im no pro, but I find the grill legs height are a bit short and have a flimsy feel at the kettle leg socket. Also the height from the cooking surface to the lid/dome top could be a little higher / taller to accommodate a whole chicken. Also, wish the whole grill was an inch or two higher off the ground maybe longer legs legs. and sturdier leg inserts in the kettle itself...

The grill came w/ pieces that didn't fit. When I called customer care. The rep placed me on a VERY long hold and disconnected the call. I called back and the new rep told me that he'd call me back. That call NEVER happened, so I returned it to Home Depot the very next day.