Weber Reviews

Ask yourself one question - If you could live in the lap of luxury, would you? Well, I can - and I do. Thus, this exquisite paragon of a grill is mine for the asking. I must admit the price was perhaps a little, shall we say, over the top. That being said, $...is a small price to pay for absolute grilling perfection. Am I wrong? Robert Jackson thinks not.

When you're talking 6 SR18 stainless steel primary burners, you're talking one hell of a grill - at least in my book. With
the primary cooking surface being a robust 648 square inches, you can cook for a small, yet hungry army. The 171-square-inch warming racks expands to 361 square inches - that's simply unheard of in the grilling industry. I like grilling out veggieburgers with all the fellas while watching Arena Football -a guy thing, I suppose. With the infallible Smoker System, infrared rotisserie, and two side burners measuredd at 77 x 33 x 50 inches(measured them myself for accuracy), you simply cannot, and I stress the word cannot, go wrong. Suffice it say, this grill does the trick. And that's the 411.

Once again the time had come. August of every year, the month when Mr.Bits must defend his crown: The 2000 National Lentil Festival Cook-Off Grand Champion. You'd be surprised at the conniving and politics that surrounds an event of such caliber. The solitary fact that as Grand Champion I get free lentils for the entire year attracts a great number of fair weather friends. Location: Pullman, Washington. I had already spent a great deal of time collecting my thoughts on a rock steady new recipe to sustain my 1999 title. Sure, it all started out as a fun little social commentary about the injustice of the banana industry claiming to be the kings of good nutrition and potassium (did you know that a serving of lentils provides 360mg of potassium?), but now this has grown into battle to uphold my honor. I didn't want to stand on that Festival Parade Grand Champion float unless I had done my best. This year posed a completely new set of challenges. The estimated advertising revenue the festival was projected to make was staggering. The National Bean and Lentil Coalition must have done some to serious bargaining to lure this year's judges away from sunny Burbank, CA and their backset "Jeopardy!" jobs. Talk about strict, when these people say mashed lentils, they mean mashed lentils! Last year, contender, Patrico Rea was disqualified because of an insulting submission of lentil clumps. All these pressures combined with the hopes and dreams of local Lentil farmers placed a great deal of pressure on me. Failure was not an option; I needed the perfect ingredients, perfect equipment, and the perfect recipe. On a routine daily visit to ..., I noticed the Weber 124 BBQ Apron in the ... Recommendations Section. I like the fact that Weber named it The 124 Barbecue Apron. You see, people expect 3 to follow 2, (1,2,3), but they don't expect 4. Something unexpected, unpredictable, it embodied all I wanted to say with my lentil recipe. This was a much-needed stroke of luck, due to the intense heat and danger created by my patent-pending procedure of cooking my lentils with super-heated steam; the dense twill fiber really saved the day. When the decisive moment came, The Judges came to try my "Mango Home Jamaican Me Crazy Lentil Chili". As they lifted their bowls, I flipped my Weber 124 Apron backwards as though it was a cape. The Judges chewed, paused, and looked at each other for what seems an eon. Silence... Next, they looked at each other, swallowed, and then smiled and exhaled in a choir of MMMMMs (that's right five "M"s!). The crowd loved my apron/cape trick and subsequently went wild! I cannot give the cape all the credit, after all, it was my recipe, but the apron did make me feel like a winner, or should I say Grand Champion.

I would like to the fine folks at Weber and ... -Meesta Bits 2001

This tool holder is specifically designed for KETTLE grills. The only mention of this limitation is hidden in the Editorial Review, which I missed. The item costs $3.99. To return the item to Amazon by US Mail is $4.99. Don't make the same mistake that I did!

Very handy due to the lack of horizontal space on the grill to put something down. However, it does not stay put very well.

One other thing. The tool holder makes it difficult to slip the rain cover on and off. Something to consider if you plan to use the cover often.

This tool hanger tends to fall off the side of the kettle with the slightest bump and also prevents the lid from sealing tightly.