Well I wanted to get a charcoal grill to go with a weber gas grill. I was on  vacation and used an old school weber kettle the whole week. We cooked steaks, chicken, fish and shrimp and it was great!!! The food was perfect and had the old school flavor that only charcoal can deliver. I just broken in the new weber kettle with three monster ribeye steaks. They were awesome. If you have time to use a charcoal grill do it!! Weber is the only one to get. They last forever and work great.