Ah, @lizelle, thank you! That is the best praise any aspirant writer could wish for. Thank you. I do wish I had more time to write. This particular post has been "brewing" since November. I have another - on a somewhat different topic - that is on the backburner.

Well, Mr Weber is going to get quite a lot of TLC. The new ones don't look nearly as robust and have plastic (!) handles. I don't like the new ones either, so even though it's not the cheapest one that we would get, it's not in their premium range. I'd love to find a way of getting the company to give us a replacement! Just a thought....