On the bright side, one of Weber's VPs reached out to me after a few electronic messages were exchanged with customer support. It looks like Weber is really stepping up! They are overnighting me the "Kamado Rework Kit", which should replace the entire lower support structure with the parts corresponding to the new design. I'll find out tomorrow for certain, but I'm fairly confident it'll be smooth sailing from here on out. They also offered to throw in a few goodies for the inconvenience, though that's just gravy.
TL; DR-If you order the E6 around this time it is still quite possible you may receive a grill with the original "wobbly" stand design (they didn't officially recall the E6 and there are still some E6s with the original designs floating around retailers like Amazon). There may be some uneven communication with their customer support organization. Still, Weber has obviously substantially re-engineered this stand (the new stand assembly process is very different....it looks solid and straightforward instead of weird and hokey) and they clearly have enough inventory on hand to get this squared away pretty quickly. Despite some hiccups, I give Weber a lot of credit for coming through.
I wouldn't be particularly concerned about ordering an E6 now if you're eager (obviously, it'd be easier to receive the revised version from day 1, but you won't be massively inconvenienced with a long backorder in the event that you end up with an older design). I'll let you know how it goes after I have a chance to assemble it this weekend.
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