Weber's Grilling Hotline Helps Befuddled Men Get A Grip

May 29, 2011 |

We've all been there: your friends are over for the first backyard BBQ of the season, and you're not sure how much lighter fluid to use or when exactly to put the meat on, and the next thing you know you see a bright light and hear a paramedic's voice whisper "skin grafts." That's why the grillmaker Weber has a hotline for confused and emasculated grillers who need a little guidance—and the week leading up to Memorial Day weekend is their "busiest weekend of the year."

The Times follows Janet Olson, a 14-year veteran of the "Grill Line" and one of the 40 "grilling experts" (most of whom happen to be women) who talk down edgy men who are on their way to botching the cookout with the finesse of a hostage negotiator. Blinded by machismo, it's tough to swallow that women often know the remedy, as Olson says: "You'll tell the man the answer, and in the background you can hear his wife say, 'See, I told you so.'"

In addition to Weber's hotline, the company also has The Weber Grill Academy, which teaches its students "the definition of a flavorizer bar" and "the importance of a damper system in a charcoal grill," so that they can avoid the hotline altogether. This seems unlikely, given the American man's propensity to find weirder things to grill: "'So I've got this squirrel,' one caller informed Ms. Olson. 'So how do I cook it?'" It seems that spending too much time in a fancy New York City studio has weakened Mike Huckabee's squirrel-grilling abilities.

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