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Barbecue grills are a part of American life as the celebrations of July 4 and apple pie, however there was a time when it wasn’t the case. Webber grills weren’t always the best of the best of the barbecue world.

Weber Stephens Products was started in the late 1800’s in Palatine Illinois. The company was a sheet metal industry that did a lot of custom work in the Chicago area. In the 1950’s the company’s co-owner George Stephen became frustrated with the uneven cooking and uncontrollable flame of the open brazier grills. He determined to build a better grill for his own backyard.

The company he worked for and owned had been creating half spheres that were welded together to form buoys that were used in Lake Michigan. Using this concept, he cut one of the buoys in half and then fabricated a dome shaped lid with handle for a cover. This would be the very first of the kettle Webber Grills.

The reputation of the Webber grill parts took off faster than Stephens had anticipated and the units were selling quicker than he could build them. In 1952, he created the Webber Grills division of the company to supply the ever-increasing demand.

A few years later Stephens would buy the company from the Webber brothers and become sole owner at which time, he changed the name to Webber Stephen Product Co.

For the next two decades, the reputation of Webber grill and sales continued to get bigger. By 70‘s Webber Grills had spread from a simple product to a national Midwest. Retail stores from all-around the country started selling the grills. Shortly, the name of Webber was a common term for barbecue grill.

Today Webber grill still holds a special place in the hearts of grillers everywhere. Though the kettle was, the first model grill time and technology have allowed the company to expand a bit. You can now purchase these grills in all sorts of shapes, sizes and fuel types.

In recent years, the interesting side business began to develop from Webber grills that are the Webber Grill Restaurant. Wheeling Illinois, built the first of the restaurants with three other arise in cities around the state. In 2007, the franchise has left the Illinois State with a grill being opened in Indianapolis.

Webber Grills are a family owned business dedicated to quality products, which is evidenced by customer satisfaction and the longevity of the business.