This is the 22-inch Weber Original Kettle, the charcoal grill that defined the shape. The bowl and lid are porcelain-enameled steel, so they hold heat and shrug off rust, and the One-Touch cleaning system sweeps ash into the catcher with a few turns of a lever rather than a dustpan and a bad afternoon.
Twenty-two inches is the size most people should own — enough grate for a dozen burgers or a couple of spatchcocked chickens, small enough to live on a normal patio. Bank the coals to one side and you have two zones: sear over the fire, finish over the empty half, lid down.
Weber invented the kettle grill in 1952 and still manufactures its charcoal grills in the United States, using U.S. and globally sourced components.
