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All that chatter about that new weber and now dead silence?
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RRP
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Talk about something that passed through and exited quickly! Like the Halley's Comet of want to be kamados! Granted this is the BGE forum, but the chatter was here in anticipation and then roll out, but nothing since. Or have the buffalos been stomping the threads?
Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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The thread did go on for a couple of days after it was officially announced. I think with an MSRP of $1700-$2000 the general consensus was "nothing to see here".Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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I'm interested to hear from somebody who bought one. Havent seen many YouTube videos from other than the company yet.
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Dead on the brethren too.A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS
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Yes, nothing like an outrageous, unrealistic price to dampen enthusiasm.
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Promoted harder than Al Capone's vault.
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Legume said:Promoted harder than Al Capone's vault.A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS
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There is a full review on a website that features some amazing ribs. They seem impressed and still able to write about it without fainting at the price point. Air as an insulator...who would have thunk it? Don't know how I got the idea this thing was going to be a ceramic kamado.
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They are pretty nice. Nicer than I anticipated. I am reserving judgement until we fire up the reps demo unit. They are a heavier and more polished unit in person. Price point is high, but seeing them in person, i think they will sell at a similar rate as the rest of the summit series.
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pgprescott said:They are pretty nice. Nicer than I anticipated. I am reserving judgement until we fire up the reps demo unit. They are a heavier and more polished unit in person. Price point is high, but seeing them in person, i think they will sell at a similar rate as the rest of the summit series.
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Ozzie_Isaac said:Dead on the brethren too.
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RRP said:pgprescott said:They are pretty nice. Nicer than I anticipated. I am reserving judgement until we fire up the reps demo unit. They are a heavier and more polished unit in person. Price point is high, but seeing them in person, i think they will sell at a similar rate as the rest of the summit series.
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A few people on other forums have bought them and put up some pics and videos. Looks nice. Solid.
At $2K still not interested. At $1K I'd buy one tomorrow.
On the other hand FedEx just dropped off my new smoker today so I'm not likely to buy another cooker this year. Ok...if Weber did drop the price (which they won't) I would still go ahead and get one and retire my trust old kettle.“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk -
pgprescott said:
Peter is a north suburb guy. Works for Northern plains @Fargo. Used to sell us high end appliances like subzero and wolf back in the day.Re-gasketing America one yard at a time. -
yljkt said:Ozzie_Isaac said:Dead on the brethren too.“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
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RRP said:pgprescott said:
Peter is a north suburb guy. Works for Northern plains @Fargo. Used to sell us high end appliances like subzero and wolf back in the day.
One nice feature of the Weber is that the Rep. loaded it in his utility van by himself after the cold demo in our shop. -
I am very curious to see how the reviews go. I am a huge Weber fan. However I am looking at buying an XL aND I have a hard time believing that I would buy the weber over the XL egg when it comes down to it. I have 3 Eggs and 3 webers but my eggs are my go to. I have a smokey mountain and a performer up north and a smokey Joe at deer camp. My eggs are at home and get daily use and get used more for a reason.
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I went and saw one and was really impressed. Selling the small and large egg to begin the funding venture. Five eggs is too many (plus I haven't used these two eggs in years, the XL and Medium are my go to eggs). I competes directly with the XL, and at $1500 for the standalone, with the indirect setup, it competes pretty well on price. A nice stainless table/cart? I am sure the XL with a similar cart setup would be close to $2000 as well. They have done their homework, I unfortunately believe it is priced close to correct (I wish it was lower, but I also wish a loaded XL cost only 700). I am sure almost no one agrees with me, but Weber has done their homework on this. You don't own 35% of the US BBQ market share bumbling around trying to compete with bubba kegs on price. You make a quality product and give the high end market a run for the money. I dont have the link, but there was a Weber engineer that was talking about how he had been grilling on this thing for a few years. This is not a product they developed last fall and decided to launch it this summer.
Will it cook better than an egg, I dont think so. I also dont believe it will cook worse. I like the features it offers, I think it is very cool. I want one. Already sold the large to my brother, looking to sell the small. Im in Salt Lake City Utah if anyone wants to seriously make an offer. -
@cookingdude555 I respect your opinion, especially since you went and laid hands on one. I remain skeptical, but I have not touched one yet.
I am a weber fan, and frankly for grilling I figure a kettle is just as good as an egg. For a smoker though, I think I'll stick with team green. I will take a look though.
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Darby_Crenshaw said:Air is a better insulator than ceramic, FWIW.A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS
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When's the last time you went to a Weberfest?1 Large BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Minimax BGE, Original wife and 3 dogs living in the heart of BBQ country in Round Rock Texas.
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Vacuum is better yeah, probably not practical on a grill, but maybe someday.
I was just pointing it out because more than a few people were mocking the idea, when it's really basic fact
it's why wrapping pork butt in towels (in FTC) actually steals heat from the pork faster.
If you leave a pork butt on the counter, sure, trap it in towels. Because it will otherwise cool given the large amount if circulating room air which would cool it
but in a cooler, it will be better to not wrap it in towels (foil sure). Once the small anount of air in the cooler is warmed, cooling really can't happen at the same rate.
But comparatively cooler towels are a heat sink. You lose more heat warming those towels than you would to the air inside the cooler
No one would advocate putting a large amount of room temp water in the cooler, because the butt would give up heat to it. But it's the same for the towels. In both cases (on the counter and in the cooler) they take heat from the pork
but on the counter, the towels are the only insulation you have. The air they trap insulates, even though you lose heat to the mass of the towels. Without them, the constant supply or circulating room air would continually cool the pork. So the towels make sense
in the cooler, the cooler itself is the insulator. the trapped interior air, which will rise in temp, sure, is trapped though. It will quickly get warm and then the pork stops losing heat, since the air is the same temp and not circutlaing and continually cooling it. But towels would suck additional heat as their mass (more than a pound possibly) gets warmed by the pork. That's more energy than it takes to heat just the air. And then after the towels are hot, the air itself will be warmed.
(which of course means that instead of just realizing this and ditching the towels, people will now be advocating microwaving the towels before putting them in. Hahaha)
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epcotisbest said:There is a full review on a website that features some amazing ribs. They seem impressed and still able to write about it without fainting at the price point. Air as an insulator...who would have thunk it? Don't know how I got the idea this thing was going to be a ceramic kamado.North Pittsburgh, PA
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Nah, just toss them in the dryer for a few minutes.
I hope weber does well with this grill, I hope it performs well. I'm glad to see more focus from a huge company like weber on a charcoal grill and the increased competition and focus has to be good for all of us consumers. The price may be close based on their market research, but I think what most of us balk at is its DNA is clearly the enameled weber kettle that we all bought years ago for $60-70 as our first real grill and that's hard to get past. -
@Darby_Crenshaw- are you a mechanical engineer?, you seem to be fluent in thermodynamics and fluid flow.
What I'm pondering is the heat loss from a metallic substrate. If it's true, as you say, that air is a better insulator than ceramic, I won't bother to refute that, but I can put my hand on the exterior of my egg. My infra red thermometer shows approximately 100f difference between interior and exterior.
Now, the Weber is designed to use air as an insulator, but what about the heat transfer properties of the exterior? If that thermal insulator is losing heat to atmosphere, the cooled air will drop, warmed air will rise, and create a convection in the annular space due to heat loss.
I'm wondering, and maybe you can tell me where my logic is incorrect; if the Weber is metal, with the heat transfer properties of metal, it doesn't much matter if air is a better insulator than ceramic, this contraption will spill waste heat into the atmosphere.
My opinion, but I am fairly certain it will use more lump than a Big Green Egg for the same cook, same temp, same duration.
Indianapolis, IN
BBQ is a celebration of culture in America. It is the closest thing we have to the wines and cheeses of Europe.
Drive a few hundred miles in any direction, and the experience changes dramatically.
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this weber opens the door for another bge price increasefukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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Darby_Crenshaw said:
but in a cooler, it will be better to not wrap it in towels (foil sure). Once the small anount of air in the cooler is warmed, cooling really can't happen at the same rate.
Thankfully I hadn't walked off the yeti cliff before that debacle (or since)
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chadpsualum said:epcotisbest said:There is a full review on a website that features some amazing ribs. They seem impressed and still able to write about it without fainting at the price point. Air as an insulator...who would have thunk it? Don't know how I got the idea this thing was going to be a ceramic kamado.
- Porcelain-enameled, air-insulated, double-walled bowl and lid
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DieselkW said:@Darby_Crenshaw- are you a mechanical engineer?, you seem to be fluent in thermodynamics and fluid flow.
What I'm pondering is the heat loss from a metallic substrate. If it's true, as you say, that air is a better insulator than ceramic, I won't bother to refute that, but I can put my hand on the exterior of my egg. My infra red thermometer shows approximately 100f difference between interior and exterior.
Now, the Weber is designed to use air as an insulator, but what about the heat transfer properties of the exterior? If that thermal insulator is losing heat to atmosphere, the cooled air will drop, warmed air will rise, and create a convection in the annular space due to heat loss.
I'm wondering, and maybe you can tell me where my logic is incorrect; if the Weber is metal, with the heat transfer properties of metal, it doesn't much matter if air is a better insulator than ceramic, this contraption will spill waste heat into the atmosphere.
My opinion, but I am fairly certain it will use more lump than a Big Green Egg for the same cook, same temp, same duration.
air is a better insulator than ceramic.
all other details need to be seen and experienced in person before i would even begin to reply.
"opinions" don't enter into it.
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DieselkW said:@Darby_Crenshaw- are you a mechanical engineer?, you seem to be fluent in thermodynamics and fluid flow.North Pittsburgh, PA
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