Weber Smoking Mountain Cooker

[Alan L.]

I had a small smoker with a separate firebox a few years ago. My son-in-law inherited a large, trailer mounted pit and so he took my small pit and parked the big one here at my place.

He had a big todo at his place about a year ago and came and got the big pit. Now I got none.

I will probably get one of the pits back at some point but have gotten interested in the Weber smoky mountain bullet cooker. Everything I read says it is easy to use and not as much trouble as a big pit, but does a good job.

Anybody have one? They are about $200 and I wondering if they are worth the money.

 

[LMTC]

Go here Barbecue University and click on the General Discussion board for a wealth of information on grillling, smoking, and the tools that do it. Great site. Register to ask questions, you'll get lots of responses. And yes, from many folks I talk with who have one, the Weber SM Cooker will do a professional job, and is used in many competitions.....as is the CG w/SFB--Char-Griller with side fire box, that can be had at Lowes for about $170. We have one, use it nearly every weekend, fantastic food. Had a church cookout yesterday and we had smoked 61# of pork shoulders for pulled pork. It was, in a word, wonderful.

 

[NM_Mike]

Alan,

I got one. I thought I new how to use it until I came across this site:

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/tour.html

Now I relearning using the techniques outlined. I am going to try the 12 to 16 hour smoked pork butt in a couple of weeks.

Mike

 

[TonyV]

I bought my WSM a few years ago based on all of the good things and support that the folks at the Virtual Weber Bullet website had provided. You can buy bullet type smokers at half the price of the WSM but you'll not have near the quality of this smoker. The only drawback is the amount of space that you have within the cooker, especially if your use to a pit. Its not a big draw back. Theres two cooking grates inside that I've loaded up with as many as 8 full slabs of ribs....using rib racks and leaning a few on the outside of the racks. In any event, they are a little pricey as far as bullet smokers go, but there in a league of there own IMO.

...Tony

 

[Logan]

I have had one for a couple of years. Once you learn how to set it up (easy) you just load it up and forget about it. It will run that temperature for twelve to sixteen hours with no problem. Its only shortcoming is not having a thermometer, but they're no problem to install.

 

[anojones]

The WSM is known to be a great little smoker and worth the money. The virtual weber bullet is a great site as well. If your looking for something a little different- but (in my opinion) the best smoker/grill around try Kamado

 

[JRobyn]

Or sometimes known as the "Big Green Egg". I've had one for about 15 years. My opinion is also that they are the best smoker available. The ones sold around here look a lot simpler than the link, so may be cheaper, but they have still gotten a little pricey. About $400-$500 for the large ones if I remember right.

 

[HuckBB62]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Or sometimes known as the "Big Green Egg". I've had one for about 15 years. My opinion is also that they are the best smoker available. The ones sold around here look a lot simpler than the link, so may be cheaper, but they have still gotten a little pricey. About $400-$500 for the large ones if I remember right. )</font>

No, the Kamado is not known as the "Big Green Egg". They are known as a Kamado. They are the same in some ways, the BGE works fine but is a Chevy in that the Kamado is a Cadillac.

 

[gsxr1100]

Easy, if it has a Weber logo, it is worth the money!

 

[Alan L.]

I took a look at one of those Big Green Eggs today. Wow, very expensive and very small. Also looks very heavy. I doubt you could smoke more than one small turkey in the $600 unit. Apparently they do a good job however.

I think I am going for the Smokey Mountain Cooker for $179.