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The Weber-Stephen Products LLC is a privately held American manufacturer of charcoal, gas and electric outdoor grills with related accessories. In 2004, Weber-Stephen acquired some assets of competitor Ducane at a bankruptcy sale.〔(Weber-Stephen Products Co. Acquires Ducane(R) Gas Grills. ) Accessed June 15, 2013〕 It also publishes grilling-related recipes and cook books. The company was family owned until it sold a majority stake to BDT Capital Partners in 2010.〔(Weber-Stephen Products LLC Acquires Ducane Gas Grills, Inc. ) Accessed June 15, 2013〕 Weber-Stephen has an international presence in: * The Americas: Canada, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina; * Europe: Iceland, Ireland, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, Poland and Russia; * Middle-East and Africa: Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, UAE and South Africa; * Asia: China and India; * Oceania: Australia and New Zealand. == History == Weber-Stephen was originally incorporated on May 8, 1893 as Weber Bros. Metal Works.〔(Corporate Fact Sheet ) Accessed June 15, 2013〕 In 1951, the original round charcoal kettle grill was built by George Stephen Sr., a then part-owner of the sheet metal shop in Chicago who sought to improve on the brazier he had been using to cook with at home. The grill was produced using two sheet metal half-spheres normally used as parts of buoys built in his shop. Shortly thereafter he began selling the invention, which he called 'George's Barbecue Kettle', for which there was considerable demand. Because the grill became so successful after he began selling it in 1952, Stephen formed the barbecue division of the Weber Brothers factory. In the late 1950s, Stephen bought out the Weber Brothers factory and became the sole owner, devoting all his professional time to manufacturing and selling the Weber kettle. Soon thereafter, Stephen changed the company’s name to Weber-Stephen Products Co. Today, the Weber-Stephen company manufactures and sells: - Outdoor electric grills such as the Weber Q1400 and the Weber Q2400 〔http://www.weber.com/grills/series/weber-q-electric〕 - Charcoal grills such as the Master Touch and the Performer Deluxe,〔http://www.weber.com/grills/series/master-touch/master-touch-22〕〔http://www.weber.com/grills/series/performer〕 - Gas grills such as the Spirit E310,〔http://www.weber.com/grills/series/spirit〕 the Genesis EP330 and the Summit S470〔http://www.weber.com/grills/series/summit〕 - and charcoal smokers 〔http://www.weber.com/grills/series/smokers〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Weber-Stephen Products」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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