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Old 01-05-2017, 02:01 AM   #19
jlb27537
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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Thanks Guys, Think I have settled on the Q1200. A higher dome lid and a couple of flip out shelves. Now to find a sale by end of April.

The Weber I have now is probably 10 years old and everything is perfect except the diffuser plate is gone again. Kinda like putting tires on your favorite car, sometimes you get the itch for a new car.

Kinda funny, almost everyone here are Q folks. In Colorado most everyone has the Coleman stuff.

I note the Weber Q has 1-8,500btu burner 189sq in grate, while the Coleman has 20,000btu and a 285sq in grate. In the reviews of the Coleman it is mentioned it cooks hot and fast, and I like a slower cook. But at 7-9,000 ft I had to turn the pressure screw in the regulator about a quarter turn to get my old Weber portable to burn right.

So, you Q guys, experience at higher altitudes? I am between 7-9k ft in the summer.

Guess I am in research overload, noting the Q has 44.9 btu per sq in while the Coleman has 70.1 btu per sq in of grate space.

If you are still with me, I would ask you look at a link and read, read the stories in the box on the lower right, especially the story about the Lu-Lu of a Luau. Imagine it in today's world.

http://www.weber.com/about/weber-story-1950

Just found out the Weber is Made in the USA, the Coleman Roadtrip is Made in CHINA. Decision made.
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