nephew is in the army stationed in germany. he was in town a couple weeks ago and i was trying to get him to help me get a copper kettle. he said if i still wanted one in 2011 when he moves back he'll bring me one. i told him im sure i would.
its really criminal that weber wont let us buy them here. you'd have to think they'd sell really well

Yeah tell me about it...I believe they still sell the OTP but believe this is the last year. A few guys posted here that have the coppers..they are unique. Next thing we know..they will have a 26 inch RED Kettles in europe only....I would never buy Weber again

weber is a great company except in this respect.

I have a copper smokey, but had to rely on a friend from Denmark to set me up. To ship a full size 22 copper here to the states would be insane.

wont be any shipping. he's lived over there for years. met and married his wife over there. they are both in the army. after he retires he will bring it back with his furniture and belongings. he gets a certain amount of lbs.

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Originally posted by Tim C:
its really criminal that weber wont let us buy them here. you'd have to think they'd sell really well

No idea if they make the copper grills here in the states or if the copper ones for Europe are made over seas. If they make them over seas, then my guess is it might have something to do with EPA regulations here. IIRC, that's why they stopped making the red kettles because of all the EPA hoops they had to jump through. Just a guess.

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Originally posted by Bryan S:
No idea if they make the copper grills here in the states or if the copper ones for Europe are made over seas.

I was told by Weber that all the kettles were made in the US and shipped to Europe. They make copper-colored gas grills that they sell here in the US. I don't understand why they don't sell copper-colored kettles here.

Regards,
Chris

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Originally posted by Chris Allingham:

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Originally posted by Bryan S:
No idea if they make the copper grills here in the states or if the copper ones for Europe are made over seas.

I was told by Weber that all the kettles were made in the US and shipped to Europe. They make copper-colored gas grills that they sell here in the US. I don't understand why they don't sell copper-colored kettles here.

Regards,
Chris

Gotta love the copper.

just did a us-euro conversion. in germany the copper kettle is 269 euro and thats $379 us
2½ times what a 22 otg goes for here.
also a black 22 in england goes for 147 euro and thats $207. in germany a 26 kettle is 390 euro = $554
i wish we had access to copper here but i dont feel as abused after seeing what they have to pay for their grills over there.