In 2017 Weber also started using this code scheme on some Genesis II grills made in China. Simply locate the grill’s serial number and compare the first two letters to the values in the table below. The serial number is usually found on a sticker found on the back of the grill or inside the enclosed storage cabinet, or sometimes on a bar code on the chassis under the control panel. Also, the serial number can often be found on the cover of the grill’s Owner’s Manual, if available. You may have noticed the dot stamped into the damper of the dual-coded 2013 AT/CN 14.5″ WSM shown above. The dot indicates that this smoker was a pre-production version not intended for retail sale.
She is perfectly happy to leave all that behind to be a full-time kitchen-gear nerd. We dismissed the many cheaper knockoffs of the Weber kettle, including models by Kingsford, Char-Broil, PizzaQue, and Grill Zone. At $75 to $95 for a grill equivalent to the plain $100 Weber Original Kettle, they’re not much cheaper, and the quality just isn’t there.
The dealer ordered a replacement lid and when it arrived, it had a BX code on it. Things got a bit more complicated in 2013 when Weber started laser-etching a nine-character alphanumeric weber charcoal grill code onto the lid damper alongside the two-letter alphabetic code. Not to beat a dead burger, but the aforementioned thermometer really did help me manage my fire better.
All you need is a Phillips screwdriver to attach the side handles, and something dense to tap the end caps of the wheel axle into place. One person can have the grill up and running within minutes of opening the box. They carry regular charcoal grills, kamados (charcoal-burning griller-smokers, usually made of heavy ceramic, the most familiar being the Big Green Egg), and griller-smokers portable bbq that burn wood pellets . Salvaggio spent an hour explaining the fundamentals of charcoal-grill design, function, materials, and maintenance to us. And because he’s an independent retailer, he was able to speak freely about what he sees as the relative strengths and weaknesses of the various designs. It’s a fairly large grill with lots of primary cooking space.
Let Blain’s Farm & Fleet set you up with the best charcoal grill to fit your outdoor entertaining lifestyle. Many popular old Genesis, Spirit, and Summit gas grills utilized this date code scheme, as do today’s Summit, Weber Q, and Genesis II LX grills made in the USA. No matter what you slap on it, the Weber can cook it—hot and fast or low and weber genesis 2 slow. I’ve thrown pork, burgers, steaks, chicken, veggies, and even some pineapple on the Weber with fabulous results. You can even use the Weber to slowly smoke more traditional barbecue by adding a little wood to the fire. We have the charcoal smokers, portable charcoal grills and all of the accessories you need to become a true grill master.
The actual cooking grates, meanwhile, are slightly different. The Original Premium 22 is the grill that will be the best buy for most people. The 22 inch cooking grate on this grill has plenty of space and there is an enclosed ash catcher assembly that makes disposing of ashes EASY. A Weber kettle has multiple adjustable air inlets at the base of the kettle and an adjustable outlet on the lid of the grill.