Smokey Mountain Cooker 18 Inch Smoker
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Web ID: 15428179WSM 18” Cooker
I debated buying a WSM for several years and finally pulled the trigger on the 18” model. I’ve had it for about a month now and used it half a dozen times. I’ve been very happy with the results. I’ll break down my thoughts into the highlights of positives and negatives. First the positives: The food that comes off this thing is excellent. It is a steady, steady cooker. The temps are rock solid for about 6 hours with a full load of briquettes and various wood chunks (I usually use 3 or 4). I keep the lid vent completely open, two bottom vents completely shut, and one bottom vent about halfway open. When the temp starts to dip, it likes to ride at 275 with this method. I open the closed bottom vents as needed and get another two hours of steady temp. I do not use the water pan (see below). Construction is good and I don’t notice much in the way of smoke-leakage. I’ve done brisket, chicken, pork butt, pork belly, cinnamon rolls, bacon, etc. results are excellent. Now the negatives: This thing needs wheels and barrel handles. You can do them after-market, and I may do that eventually. But for now, I have to put it where I want it and leave it there for the entire cook. The water pan is a total mess if you use it. You can wrap it in foil, but it still gets full of grease and it is a real job cleaning it out. I’d love to see Weber make heavy-duty foil liners for it. I cook without it and use a foil pan with water on the lower cooking grate. Needless to say, I have only used the top grate for cooking. This is an excellent product overall. I’m a Weber junkie, and this WSM adds to my kettles and gasser.
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Absolutely YES!
Fantastic smoker! I have smoked with this for a long time now and have loved it more and more each time I use it. I love the control, ease, versatility, really everything about it. I added some mods, like a hinge for the lid, and handles, and I love it even more! It's fantastic and could not recommend enough!
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Worked as intended.
Works well, videos helped. Look forward to trying as a bbq.
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Perfect BBQ
We’ve had one for years now. The best bbq ever. Can’t afford the newer version though.
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What a great Fathers Day gift
This was a Father’s Day gift and what a gift!!! It’s been easy to set up, the videos on the website were very helpful in setting it up, preparing it, and my first efforts using it
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Great product to get started
We visited a large, military/first responder themed, BBQ Chan and saw an opportunity for a chance drawing of the smiling let, “why not?” Entry completed, made our order and put it out of my present mind. On Father’s Day I received a call from a number that I didn’t recognize, so I put on my best “child voice” impression and answered, rapidly switched to talking about my dinosaur collection and my favorite color, and fortunately for me the person who called explained who they were, why they were calling and asked to speak to “your Daddy.” Well, it turned out that I’d won the smoker and they wanted to know when I could pick it up, “uhm… this afternoon” and the wheels were in motion. After picking the fully assembled and decked out smoker the wheels of creativity began to engage and spin, which my wife recognized and cautioned me to “go slow.” I assured her that I would do do and set off for the local large mega store in search of meat! I located some brisket, decided that two should do it, picked up charcoal and some cherrywood. While preparing the meat, coals had been lit to burn down, wood chips were soaking and the gears were engaged. At that moment I reflected, “perhaps I should look at the Weber site for some ideas and tips,” which later proved to be extremely helpful. Coals settle, some chips on the coals, meat on the racks (there’s two), water “bowel” filled with the wood chip water and topped off with hard cider, the journey began. At the end of six hours, a few adjustments later, the meats were pulled off and foil wrapped, then returned to the grill for the final two hours while we zipped off to a graduation. we had planned for a small group of 30ish people to attend a post party, and during the graduation I kept hearing more people saying that they were coming over and inviting others, “there’s smoked brisket… you should come over.” Terror began to seep in, was the brisket going to be good, would there be enough, etc.. In the end, over 90 people attended, all raved about the brisket and wanted to know what place we’d picked it up from as it was so good. I confessed that this was my first dip in the world of smoking food in a non-survival setting and that I’d followed the directions/suggestions from Weber and things were amazing! I would highly recommend Weber grills and definitely the smokers, they’re easy and intuitive in their designs and operation. I’m looking forward to many more adventures with our smoker.
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Very well made!
I'm a big Weber fan (gas grill, charcoal grill ) and this smoker is a great addition. Very well made and easy to use.
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Great smoker
My Smokey Mountain is great. I’ve smoked several items. The smoker maintained the desired temperature throughout the cook. It is easy to use and clean. I have recommended this smoker to my family and friends. Great buy.
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