Weber Original Kettle Premium Charcoal Grill, 22-Inch, Black

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!!!

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 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.

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.

I express myself through my Weber kettle. I know how silly that must sound. We began as a species in search of fire - Weber provides a stage to control that fire to cook with.

An outstanding grill! Some major improvements over the earlier Weber grill that I owned for over ten years! Use anthracite lump charcoal, an electric element starter, mesquite wood chips (soaked in water then drained), and a drip pan centered on the lower grate. Slow cook regulating airflow (aka ‘mass flow rate' 🌟) through the grill, and adding mesquite when 70% cooked. Prepare for a delicious meal—beef, poultry, fish, and smoked vegetables. Grilling Tip: remove the dome as INFREQUENTLY as possible. Gourmet grilling is an art that requires patience and love for your family and guests. We advise not rushing the creative process. Simplify, Simplify, Simplify. No potentially dangerous gas tanks, no lugging empty gas cylinders, no traveling with full gas cylinders (probably without in-vehicle safety restraints) in your personal vehicle, no use of toxic liquid fire starting fluids. When you are finished grilling, simply close the top and bottom air vents. Anthracite irregular-sized hard lump coal now starved of oxygen goes out reliably and safely.

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.