Weber Kettle blowing over in high winds

[rwalters]

Haven't cooked on a kettle in years. Recently decided to pick up a 26.75 kettle w/ SnS and Vortex... SUPER EXCITED! I plan on leaving it in the backyard, with a Weber cover throughout the winter. Curious... do any of you kettle gurus have issues with high winds knocking your kettles over? Do you weight them down when not in use? I plan on using a bungee cord to keep the cover on if I know the wind will be howling. Perhaps I'll place a couple of bricks on the lower rack (at the bottom of the 3 legs). What say you guys/gals??

By the way, when I say high winds, I mean 40-50 mph gusts on occasion.

[kmhfive]

I never had an issue. I’ve had other stuff blow around the kettle, but it stayed put. My kettle is 22.5.

[Mr. Bones]

Yup, here, I have had kettles blow over, until I weighted them down.
In the last three weeks we have had sustained winds of 25-45 mph all day several times, one storm that blew through with prolonged, sustained 70+ mph, an' a microburst clockin' well over 100 mph that destroyed countless trees, power poles, structures, vehicles etc., within 1 block of my house...
I generally put concrete blocks, or garage sale weight set plates on th' lower rack

[JCGrill]

Kansas. Wizard of Oz. Just sayin'. 😎

[texastweeter]

necessity, the mother of ingenuity...

[Psinderson]

I once had my kettle lid blow over our fence and into the neighbor’s driveway. What kind of wind does that?

[rwalters]

WOW! That would take quite a gust to lift the lid and carry it through the air like that. Glad it survived...gotta love Weber

[HawkerXP]

Micro burst!

[Psinderson]

It was definitely windy that day but no official micro-burst or anything. Very strange, but something strong.

[Psinderson]

I must add that it survived with a few scratches but is used all the time now.

[rwalters]

So it seems like a bungee cord to keep the cover on, and a couple of bricks on the bottom wire shelf should do the trick...thanks guys!

[DWCowles]

Hadn’t had my to blow over yet but I have had the PBC to blow over and it’s right beside the kettle. I also used a bungee cord to the cover on all of my cookers except the RecTec and the Lang.

[Dadof3Illinois]

The bungee is a good idea. My lid was laying on the deck with a bent handle one morning. It was either the wind or raccoons?

[HawkerXP]

My cover departed my Weber grill once. Found it stuck on the fence. Get a all terrain (4 legs) performer if your worried and send me your 26".

[texastweeter]

Not a Webber fan, but dad is. He always has bricks on the bottom of his.

[Steve R.]

If I was worried about the kettle blowing over, I would attach a nylon rope to each handle and tie a concrete block to the other end of each rope. I would turn one of the handles directly toward the wind and stretch those ropes out at about a 45 degree angle. If I was really worried, I would tie 2 ropes to each handle, with the ropes at a 90 degree angle from each other. If I was REALLY worried, I would order pizza.

[rwalters]

Lol!!