This is the 22-inch Original Kettle Premium — the same porcelain-enameled bowl as the standard kettle, with a built-in lid thermometer and a hinged cooking grate. The hinges matter more than they sound: you can drop in a fresh handful of coals mid-cook without unloading the grate first.
It suits longer cooks where you actually care what the dome is reading — ribs, a pork shoulder, a chicken you plan to leave alone for an hour. The One-Touch system still clears ash into the catcher below, and the aluminum ash catcher keeps the mess contained instead of dusting the patio.
Weber invented the kettle grill in 1952 and still manufactures its charcoal grills in the United States, using U.S. and globally sourced components.
