The stick is still pretty thick so stick Loss seemed minimal. I was a percussion major at the time and had a pair in my stick bag at the time. I found they sounded great on my thin Zildjian ride so they became my go to after seeing that.
Weber's are not slumming. Very versatile I use mine more than my Egg. Theyare probably the Supra of grils they do it all, grill, smoke, rotiserrie, pizza.....