Speaking of Weber Kettles,a few years ago I... ahem... acquired an 18 1/2 Webber Kettle. (Okay it was a trash pick from a neighbour) I always thought it would be great to refurbish. Looking at the Weber site I identified it as a 1998 model.
Well last week I finally did it.
Total cost. $0.00 just elbow grease
Here are some before and after.
Before:
After:
The wood handles:
Outside:
Inside:

At the time of this picture I had not cleaned the grill the charcoal rests on .
Yesterday i put it to work with my new charcoal chimney that was a fathers day gift to grill some burgers. It was great to enjoy the charcoal flavour once again.
I plan to make a table for it and have it inserted so I can have a total grill ensemble along with my Propane BBQ and smoker.
BTW the fur face you see is Milo our Brittany Spaniel