The History of the Weber Grill

by AKA-MEDIA | June 7, 2011 at 09:33 am

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It all started in 1952, when George Stephen couldn't find a grill that lived up to his expectations. As an employee of Weber Brothers Metal Works just outside of Chicago, George welded metal buoys for the coast Guard, when one day the idea hit: Why not use the bottom half of the buoy for the cooking bowl and the top half for the lid to create a grill?

Piece by piece his vision started coming together, and George took his new prototype home to test. Shortly after, all of George's neighbors gathered around to enjoy a taste of the best steak they ever had in their lives. George figured he was on to something so he hit the road demonstrating his funny looking creation at hardware stores across the country. And the rest, as they say is history.

Today, Weber's line of gas and charcoal grills come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors, which are available either in-store or by special order at your local Ace Hardware retailer or online at acehardware.com.