This is the Weber Performer, a 22-inch charcoal kettle mounted on a wheeled cart with a work surface. The grill half is the Original Kettle you already know — porcelain-enameled bowl, One-Touch ash cleanout, dampers for temperature control. The cart is what changes the experience.
The prep table is the point. Charcoal cooking means tongs, a chimney, a probe, a platter and a beer all needing somewhere to live, and a bare kettle offers none of it. The cart also means you can roll the grill out of the garage and back rather than carrying a bowl of hot ash.
Weber invented the kettle grill in 1952 and still manufactures its charcoal grills in the United States, using U.S. and globally sourced components.
