Weber One Touch Silver to Gold conversion.

Converting a Weber One Touch Silver to the Gold is a easy 10 minute project.  Why would you want to go from silver to gold?  Basically the gold adds a enclosed pan to hold the ashes and hot embers that fall.  This is the one downfall of the silver.  But that is also why it is the cheaper grill.  Here is a picture of the silvers ash catcher we are going to remove.





How to upgrade it:

1. Clean all the ash from the grill.  You are going to be turning it upside down and don't want ash everywhere.
2. Remove the old ash catcher then the 3 legs starting with the non-wheeled one first.
3. Remove the cleaning system handle.
4. Take the aluminum ring and attach to the bottom of the bowl.  The 3 tabs fit into slots on the holders for the legs.
5. Reinstall the cleaning system handle.
6. Reinstall the legs after removing the clip springs for the old ash catcher.
7. Flip the grill back over, put the grates back in and hang the ash catching pan.

If you want to make it a full Gold conversion you will need to get the hinged grate.  The ash catcher kit is available on eBay from webercloseouts.  You can also order from Weber customer service.  The part numbers are on there website and you will need to order all 3 individually.  However Weber is not in the business of upgrades so you will have to tell them you already have a Gold in order to get the parts.  The conversion works for the 18.5 and 22.5" kettles.  On older kettles the slots for the tabs are not built in so you will have to break them off and use hose clamps.  There are many posts on this on the TVWBB forums.