Repeat the above step at least twice before you cook meat that you want to eat. Remember to always empty the ash from the bottom and grease on the foiled water pan to avoid fires and any rancid old oil smell before you cook.” Secrets to Smoking on the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker– Good range of recipes to get you started smoking with the WSM as well as technique. The Picanha Steak has become more readily available recently - no wonder, this piece of meat is fantastically Read More > If you’re interested in this style of smoker, we have an in-depth guide to the best Kamado grills. Offset Smoker VS WSM

The Smokey Mountain uses charcoal as the main source of fuel, and wood chunks for smoke flavor. Lump charcoal sits at the bottom of the smoker in a firebox with 6 to 10 chunks of wood scattered amongst the coal. The wood slowly smolders and provides a steady flow of smoke. Even with the 12.5” WSM you are getting a top quality smoker. An offset smoker around that price point might make a good table, but won’t be useful for much else. Main differences between an offset and a WSMAs with any charcoal cooker, there is a few different ways to set out your charcoal, but when it comes to the WSM, most people seem to use a layout similar to the Minnion Method where you fill the charcoal bowl with coal and make a crater in the middle. Then ignite a charcoal chimney starter and place the lit coals in the middle of the crater. The lit coals will slowly catch the unlit coals and keep the fire going for 20-24 hours. Where to Put The Wood on a Weber Smokey Mountain Great for both beginners & advanced – I found the WSM extremely forgiving when first learning how to manage airflow and control temperatures. This reliability makes it a popular choice on the competition circuit. http://tvwbb.com/– A discussion forum connected to the virtualweberbullet. With millions of posts you can find the answer to any question. Great community for discussing your WSM. The day had finally come, the much anticipated trip of a lifetime, a visit to Weber's home - Chicago! Read More >

The Weber Smokey Mountain is designed to do one thing and one thing well, and that is smoke meat. Not only can the WSM hold more meat than the kettle, the WSM is easier to control the temperature and can cook for longer. Kettle grills need a lot of monitoring, especially when you’re doing long cooks. Kettle grills can have a lot of temperature fluctuations, which can be frustrating. With a full basket of charcoal, the WSM can hold the same temperature for 18-24 hours without fluctuating. The key to slow roasting is maintaining a 220°F to 275°F range over the entire cook, and no smoker does it better than the Smokey Mountain. Weber Smokey Mountain vs Big Green Egg and Kamado Joe The Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker 47cm takes the famous classic Weber kettle barbecue design stretching it out to create the distinctive bullet shape creating more space so smoke can circulate infusing exciting flavours into food during cooking and enhancing the deep smokey barbecue taste. The Weber Smokey Mountain and offset smokers are similar in that they are both pure meat smokers and aren’t designed to grill. However, WSM’s and offsets do what they do very well. The other important consideration is size. An offset smoker is huge and will take a a large portion of your patio. One of the great things about the Smokey Mountain is the compact design. Even the large 22″doesn’t need a great deal of space.

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Smoking and barbecuing are supposed to be hard work. If not chopping wood, then at least breathing in charcoal dust and smoke and laboring to maintain a steady temperature during a barbecue session that could last the better part of a day. Or night. Fuel is easily added to the smoker during the cooking process via the handy aluminium fuel door on the front. The food stays within the chamber and the fuel and wood are easily dropped in. A BBQ Icon, the Weber® Genesis® has been the quintessential gas grill since 1985.View the full range Read More > But what you’re really paying for is extra capacity at the expense of burning through a lot of fuel and having to tend the fire a lot more to maintain a stable temperature.