Yes! My Boy has a Kettle!

[hoovarmin]

If you raise a child in the way they should go then when they are old they will not depart from it, lol

[Attjack]

He should buy a new SS grate but keep the old grate and get himself a wok too.

[Attjack]

jfmorris have him fire up the Spirit and place the old grate on the grill and burn some gunk off.

[jfmorris]

Attjack that is an idea... except the Spirit is not 22 inches deep, and it would be hanging out 6-7 inches on the front, keeping the lid open...

[Attjack]

jfmorris You just spin it. Spin, brush, repeat.

[Rob Johnston]

Congrats on that!!

[Soonerpop]

Nice!

[jfmorris]

Well, just to close this up - my son texted me and called me about a half dozen times this past Friday. He had a day off work, and called me from Academy while looking at B&B charcoal, then again from Academy asking if he should buy a cheap $25 Thermopro 2 probe thermometer (I told him sure!), since he didn't want to wait on an online order for something better. Then later he texted me from Home Depot while looking for fire starters (Academy was out). Then he put a lot of elbow grease into cleaning the grill and grate, and cooked what I had advised him to do for his first cook - a spatchcocked chicken. He had asked if he could do a butt for his first cook, but I told him he really didn't want to start a 12 hour cook mid afternoon on a Friday, and to try something quicker for his first go.

He ended the day by texting me the picture below.

Looks like he got the skin crispy on this one! He did an indirect setup with all vents wide open, as I advised him for chicken, with a foil drip pan on one side, and a full chimney of banked coals on the other side.



Next he plans to do ribs, so is studying what I sent him about doing a charcoal snake for his next cook.

[jfmorris]

Panhead John I would, but considering how much I see him (not) using other media... he had a lot of trouble digesting the 5-6 page "Kettle Manifesto" I wrote up, and sent him, which had lots of info and links to stuff on the free side here, recommended accessories, thermometers, etc. I am not sure he, or my son-in-law who grills, would participate much in a community like this. I feel they would be lurkers at best.

[hoovarmin]

jfmorris does he have your engineering/spatial/math aptitudes? Also, I'm thinking that any Kettle Manifesto you have authored should probably be a stickie here, Huskee Spinnaker

[jfmorris]

hoovarmin he is an accountant by education and trade, but not into higher order mathematics, haha. Just money stuff.

Seriously, the "Weber Kettle Manifesto" was just a 5-6 page iCloud document I wrote and then shared with him so he could read it on his phone or iPad. Just a link to various stuff here and elsewhere, and advice on lighting it, accessories to buy, and so on. I'll figure out a way to post it if folks are interested, but it needs more work first...

[CHNeal]

Late to the thread but was happy for your son.
I just " donated " 3-22 and a 18 a couple weeks ago. All 10+ years old and needing restored. I just decided that’s work for younger men and sat them on the curb along with a recently retired pit chair and watched the young guys from the neighborhood walk down one by one and drag one home.
I’ve since had a beer standing next to each one in different backyards!

[Panhead John]

Good for you sir! Gotta say though, looking at that picture makes me cringe just a little. 😢

[Attjack]

Exodus.