The Story of the Weber Grill Begins With a Buoy
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When metalworker George Stephen, Sr. put two halves of a buoy together, he didn't know he was making a charcoal grill that would stand the test of time
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Original Title: TIL The Weber Grill, a kettle grill design popularized in the 1950s, was first designed by a salesman at a metal works company. Looking for a way to protect food he was grilling from wind, he repurposed metal buoys his company was making to make a covered grill.