Weber Go-Anywhere Holzkohle

The Weber Go-Anywhere charcoal grill (item number 1131004) is a flat, rectangular grill with a lid. The legs fold in and hold the lid closed during transport, and you carry it by the lid handle like a small suitcase. Weber lists it among the portable charcoal grills, together with the Smokey Joe and Smokey Joe Premium. On our site it sits in the charcoal grills category among the compact models.

We have not handled it and have not grilled anything on it. The information comes from weber.com/DE (product, warranty, spare parts and accessories pages, read on 14 October 2026), from the EU assembly instructions 58206 (12/01/16), from the English Owner’s Guide 59689 (04/01/18) and from the Amazon catalogue; the product photo comes on top of that. Our own calculations and assessments are marked as such in the text.

Construction: bowl, grate, legs and lid

According to Weber, bowl and lid are made of porcelain enamel, which is meant to protect against rust-through, cracking and flaking; the grill is only available in black. Which metal lies underneath, Weber does not say consistently: one paragraph of the product page speaks of cast aluminium, while the Owner’s Guide generally describes a steel bowl with baked-on porcelain enamel. All that is established, therefore, is the word porcelain-enamelled. Such enamel is a glass layer fused onto the metal at high temperature that covers it as long as it is undamaged (a general property of the material, not a statement about this grill).

In the photo, the bowl is a flat tub with rounded corners, and the lid sits on it like a suitcase lid. A bow handle with a grey grip piece spans the lid; as handle material, Weber names thermoset plastic with heat protection. Inside the lid sits an angled lid hook.

For the grate, the information does not add up. The data table of the product page lists coated steel, the bullet list on the same page chrome-plated steel, the Owner’s Guide speaks of plated steel, and the Amazon text of triple-coated steel. According to Weber it is in two pieces so that charcoal can be added when needed. During transport, the stacked pieces create space inside the grill for tools, a small chimney starter and drip pans, all of which Weber sells separately. The EU assembly instructions from 2016 still show a one-piece grate. Underneath lies the charcoal grate made of solid steel; according to Weber it withstands high temperatures, and according to the Owner’s Guide it does not warp and does not burn through.

The legs are swivelling, coated steel legs and lock the grill during transport. The parts list of the assembly instructions names handle assembly, lid vent, lid, cooking grate, charcoal grate, catch pan, bowl, vent on the bowl, leg and leg clamp. A separate lid lock and a height adjustment do not appear in it. In the drawing there are two U-shaped wire legs.

With the lid closed, the Go-Anywhere measures 36.9 cm in height, 53.4 cm in width and 31 cm in depth according to Weber, and weighs 6.78 kg. The Amazon catalogue lists different dimensions and only 5.22 kg; we follow Weber.

Weber staggers the warranty by component: cooking chamber and lid unit 10 years against rust-through or burn-through, plastic components 5 years (fading and discolouration excluded), all other parts 2 years. According to the product page, ordinary wear and tear is excluded.

In detail: air, charcoal and the two heat zones

A charcoal grill regulates its heat via air. Oxygen flows to the charcoal from below, and the hot gases escape through the opening in the lid. On the Go-Anywhere there are, according to Weber, two vent sliders in the lid; with them the temperature can be regulated with the lid closed, without lifting it. In the photo they are two perforated round discs, one at each end of the lid, and at the bottom of the bowl there are slots; the parts list names a vent on the bowl for this. According to the Owner’s Guide, the bowl vent stays open while grilling, and the lid vent can be closed up to about halfway to slow the fire. If both are fully closed, the embers lack oxygen and go out.

For direct grilling, according to the Owner’s Guide, you cook small, tender pieces that take less than 20 minutes: burgers, steaks, chops, skewers, boneless chicken, fish fillet, seafood and vegetable slices. To do this, you spread the fully lit charcoal evenly on the charcoal grate, put the grate and lid on, open the lid vent and preheat for 10 to 15 minutes. Then you brush the grate with a stainless steel brush, and only after that does the food go on.

Indirectly, with the charcoal to the side of the food, you cook pieces with a cooking time of 20 minutes or more and delicate food: roasts, poultry with bone, whole fish, ribs. A drip pan may go between the charcoal to catch the fat. Here too it is 10 to 15 minutes of preheating with the lid on and the vents open. How wide the charcoal-free zone turns out on this grate depends on how you pile the charcoal; we would expect a narrow zone, as the grate is small. Our guide Using direct and indirect heat properly explains the basic rules.

On temperature, the Owner’s Guide gives only one figure, and it applies to Weber charcoal grills in general: with continuously red-hot charcoal, the temperature under the lid should reach 500 °F, which is around 260 °C. Neither the product information nor the parts list names a lid thermometer; you cannot see how hot it is under the lid.

Is the area enough for four people?

According to Weber’s bullet list yes; according to Weber’s running text it is even enough for six: the product page states 2 to 4 people and, elsewhere, up to six. We would take the lower number (our assessment).

As the primary cooking area, Weber gives 42 x 26 cm. The image caption adds 1,035 cm², suited to six patties from the Weber burger press. 42 x 26 cm would arithmetically give 1,092 cm², a good 5 percent more. We adopt the manufacturer’s figure. Six patties for six people is one patty per head, with no sides on the grate (our calculation); we would therefore not follow the upper number of people.

Lighting and first use according to the Owner’s Guide

Before the first grilling, you burn the Go-Anywhere in for at least 30 minutes with the lid on over red-hot charcoal. Before every lighting, you take off the lid, cooking grate and charcoal grate, clear ash and old charcoal pieces from the bowl and ash catcher, open the bowl vent and put the charcoal grate back in.

Lighting takes place on the charcoal grate. According to the Owner’s Guide, the most thorough way is with a chimney starter, which Weber sells separately under the name Rapidfire; newspaper or fire starter cubes serve as ignition aids. Without a chimney, you pile briquettes in a pyramid in the middle of the charcoal grate, insert fire starter cubes and light them with a long match or lighter. The guide deliberately does not describe lighter fluid. You grill only when the cubes are fully burnt and the charcoal carries a white layer of ash.

While grilling, you lift the lid off to the side, not straight up, because lifting it vertically can draw ash onto the food. The longer it stays closed, the less often you need to add charcoal.

Safety and care: what Weber specifies

These notes come from the Owner’s Guide 59689 (page 2 on safety, page 8 on cleaning). It is in English, and the rendering here is our translation. The guide applies to several Weber charcoal grills; points that evidently concern only other models we have left out, and we reproduce all the others so that none is singled out. The guide sorts them into danger, warning and caution.

Danger:

• Operate only outdoors and well ventilated, never as a heater. Toxic fumes collect indoors and cause serious injury or death.
• Do not use in a garage, building, passageway or any other enclosed area, nor in confined or inhabitable spaces such as houses, tents, caravans, motorhomes or boats: danger to life from carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Do not use petrol, alcohol or other highly volatile liquids for lighting. Do not put lighter fluid on hot or warm charcoal. If you use it, first remove liquid that has run out through the bowl vent; close the bottle after use and store it at a distance.
• Keep the cooking area free of flammable vapours, liquids and combustible material.
• Wear grill gloves to EN 407 (contact heat at least level 2): while grilling, when adjusting the vents, when adding charcoal and when handling the thermometer and lid. Use tools with long, heat-resistant handles.
• Always put charcoal on the lower charcoal grate. Do not hang the lid on the bowl handle (note from the combined manual for several models).
• Never empty hot charcoal where someone can step on it or where there is a fire risk. Empty ash and charcoal only once they are completely extinguished. Remove ash only when all charcoal has burnt out and been extinguished and the grill is cold. Store the grill only when ash and charcoal are completely extinguished.
• Keep electrical lines and cables away from the hot surfaces and from walkways.

Warning:

• Use the grill only with all parts and assembled according to the assembly instructions, never without the ash catcher inserted (the parts list of the assembly instructions names a catch pan).
• Do not use under combustible overhead structures, on glass or flammable surfaces, or in strong wind. Set it up on a safe, level surface and keep at least 1.5 m clearance from combustible material, including wooden or treated-wood decks, patios and porches.
• The grill is not intended to be set up in or on recreational vehicles and boats.
• For lighting, no methylated spirits and no petrol, only barbecue lighters to EN 1860-3.
• The grill gets hot during grilling and cleaning and is never left unattended; do not move it during operation. Keep children and pets away. Alcohol and medication can impair safe set-up and operation.
• Do not wear clothing with wide, loose sleeves when lighting and grilling. Never check the grate, charcoal grate, ash, charcoal or grill for heat with your hand.
• To extinguish at the end, close the bowl vent and lid vent and put the lid on.

Caution:

• No water against grease fires and not for extinguishing the charcoal.
• Aluminium foil in the bowl obstructs the airflow; when grilling indirectly, a drip pan catches the fat.
• Check the grill brush and grate for loose bristles and replace the brush if bristles are loose. Weber recommends a new stainless steel brush at the start of spring.

As a basic rule, carbon monoxide is colourless and odourless, and smouldering charcoal also releases it (a general rule, not a statement by Weber).

On care, page 8 says: remove ash on the bottom regularly so it does not block the ventilation. The guide describes peeling, paint-like flakes on the inside of the lid as carbonised grease; you brush them off with the stainless steel brush and wipe the lid out with kitchen paper after grilling, when it is warm but not hot. In harsh environments (acid rain, chemicals, salt water), flash rust can form; in that case wipe the outside with warm soapy water, rinse and dry thoroughly. Sharp objects and scouring agents do not belong on the surfaces. On the grate, the product page says only that it is easy to clean, and the Amazon text calls it removable.

Accessories and costs

On Amazon the Go-Anywhere costs approx. €95 (as of 14 October 2026). In the Weber shop on 14 October 2026 it was €119.99 including VAT plus shipping, around €25 more than the Amazon price of €94.89 (our calculation).

Not included in the price are the Rapidfire chimney starter (item number 7447, €19.99 in the Weber shop), which the Go-Anywhere page recommends as an addition, as well as fire starter cubes, drip pans and grill tools, which are sold separately. The Premium compact grill tool set (6645) was in the shop on 14 October 2026 at €40.79, reduced from €47.99. Chimney and tool set together cost €60.78 there; added to the Amazon price of the grill, that would be around €156 (our calculation, two retailers mixed). As fuel, Weber names charcoal and briquettes. Which is the better choice is covered in the guide Lump charcoal or briquettes.

What Weber does not state

We found this information neither on the Weber pages nor in the two manuals:

• Maximum temperature, heat output and heat-up time specifically for the Go-Anywhere
• Charcoal quantity in kilograms or briquettes and burn time of one load
• Number of feet and set-up dimensions in use, with legs unfolded and lid open
• Weight with and without grate and catch pan
• Certified tip-over safety or wind stability
• Conformity marking of the grill, for example to EN 1860-1 (EN 1860-3 appears only for the lighters)
• Country of origin and year of market launch (the Amazon listing date of 1 April 2015 is not manufacturer evidence)
• Cleaning information specifically for this grill, for example on the dishwasher or soaking the grate
• Rules for balconies and campsite regulations

What are the alternatives?

The prices are guide values from the price boxes of our reviews, and the rating is our editorial assessment, not a measurement result. The table is not suited to comparing dimensions and weights, because the figures come from different manufacturer sources. Our comparison of the best charcoal grills 2026 shows further models.

When the Go-Anywhere fits and when another one does

Kettle or suitcase is the first fork. According to Weber, the Smokey Joe Premium weighs 5.48 kg, which makes it 1.30 kg lighter (our calculation); on the other hand, with the lid closed it stands 43.2 cm high, 6.3 cm taller than the Go-Anywhere. If you want to stow the grill flat in the boot, look at this height. In the price box, the Smokey Joe Premium is around €15 below the Go-Anywhere (approx. €80 against approx. €95), in the Weber shop at €89.99 against €119.99, so €30 below.

The second fork is the start time. With the Go-Anywhere, the charcoal first has to burn through, followed by 10 to 15 minutes of preheating. With the LotusGrill G340, a fan drives the embers, and according to the manual it is ready for use after approx. 3 to 4 minutes; the fan runs on 4 AA batteries or on a USB cable, it is lit with gel, and the grill alone weighs approx. 3.7 kg. It costs €84 more than the Go-Anywhere. LotusGrill states up to 5 people for its Ø 32 cm grate; the circular area is around 800 cm², so less than on the Go-Anywhere (our calculation, whole disc without deductions). Manufacturers’ numbers of people are not a uniform measure, so compare the area.

The Everdure CUBE has no lid. According to Everdure, its cooking area is 670 cm², just under two thirds of the Go-Anywhere area (our calculation), and the manual allows at most 0.5 kg of charcoal. Everdure sells a cooking hood for €80 extra. If you want to cook indirectly or with the lid closed without an extra purchase, you are better off with the Go-Anywhere. On Amazon the CUBE was unavailable on 6 October 2026.

The Go-Anywhere is wrong for anyone who regularly grills for more than four people, and for anyone who wants to cook for several hours at low heat. For the latter we would not plan on it (our assessment): without a burn time and charcoal quantity, no refill plan can be drawn up, and the area is small.

Where you put it is not decided by the grill alone. The balcony does not appear in the manual, and your tenancy agreement and house rules come first; on a narrow balcony with wooden decking, the clearance rule from the safety section can hardly be kept, and we would not light it there without agreeing it with the landlord. The guide Grilling on a balcony summarises the legal position, and the grill finder helps with choosing the type of grill. At a campsite you grill outdoors and with the prescribed clearance from anything flammable, never in or on a tent, caravan or motorhome; whether the site allows charcoal is set by the site rules, and more on choosing a grill is in the guide Buying a camping grill.