I was just thinking about this.
Years and years ago, like 1991 or so, I won a Weber Smokey Mountain, the 18†one, in a sales contest. Well, back then I was just past just married, had a new born, had just bought a house, and then had a heart attack (37 years old) and 4x bypass surgery. The WSM got put aside, covered up and stuck under the deck. I was not really into it. I had a gas grill. I couldn’t use a WSM on a wooden deck.
Several cheap gassers came and went. A Member’s Mark from Sam’s lasted the longest, probably 10 years. That was a decent cheap grill, actually, but by this time, 2010 or so, the internet had got me curious about the Big Green Egg. And, in 2011, I got a BGE.
Now keep in mind: I have a 20 year old 18†WSM that has been covered, and never used. Not once.
So, somehow I was telling a friend, and a friend of that friend (whom I also knew, peripherally) saw a picture and asked me what i was going to do with that WSM in the background, and I answered, "I don’t know. I’ve never used it. If you want it, you can have it."
And he drove from New Jersey to NEPA. the pan in the bottom had been full of water off and on for 20 years, and was rusted, but all the rest of it was perfect.
Now I’m not sure which was worse: giving it away, or having it for 20 years and never using it. I’m fine with everything. I wouldn’t have wanted to go up and down steps with the food. With a BGE, and now a kettle, I wouldn’t need a WSM. But still.
Years and years ago, like 1991 or so, I won a Weber Smokey Mountain, the 18†one, in a sales contest. Well, back then I was just past just married, had a new born, had just bought a house, and then had a heart attack (37 years old) and 4x bypass surgery. The WSM got put aside, covered up and stuck under the deck. I was not really into it. I had a gas grill. I couldn’t use a WSM on a wooden deck.
Several cheap gassers came and went. A Member’s Mark from Sam’s lasted the longest, probably 10 years. That was a decent cheap grill, actually, but by this time, 2010 or so, the internet had got me curious about the Big Green Egg. And, in 2011, I got a BGE.
Now keep in mind: I have a 20 year old 18†WSM that has been covered, and never used. Not once.
So, somehow I was telling a friend, and a friend of that friend (whom I also knew, peripherally) saw a picture and asked me what i was going to do with that WSM in the background, and I answered, "I don’t know. I’ve never used it. If you want it, you can have it."
And he drove from New Jersey to NEPA. the pan in the bottom had been full of water off and on for 20 years, and was rusted, but all the rest of it was perfect.
Now I’m not sure which was worse: giving it away, or having it for 20 years and never using it. I’m fine with everything. I wouldn’t have wanted to go up and down steps with the food. With a BGE, and now a kettle, I wouldn’t need a WSM. But still.
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