Personally, I have a couple at 14", a couple at 18", a couple at 22", and a 26". Plus an XL kamado and a few gas grills too.
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Done with gas, looking to get an everyday grill...seeking advice
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Club Member
- Aug 2017
- 7574
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Primo XL
Weber 26"
Weber 22"
Weber 22"
Weber 18"
Weber Jumbo Joe
Weber Green Smokey Joe (Thanks, Mr. Bones!)
Weber Smokey Joe
Orion Smoker
DigiQ DX2
Slow 'N Sear XL
Arteflame 26.75" Insert
Blaze BLZ-4-NG 32-Inch 4-Burner Built-In
- With Rear Infrared Burner
- With Infrared Sear Burner
- With Rotisserie
Empava 2 Burner Gas Cooktop
Weber Spirit 210
- With Grillgrates
​​​​​​​ - With Rotisserie
Weber Q2200
Blackstone Pizza Oven
Portable propane burners (3)
Propane turkey Fryer
Fire pit grill
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Club Member
- Jul 2014
- 170
- Central Pennsylvania
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Central Pennsylvania
XL Big Green Egg
Smokeware Cap
Ceramic Grill Store Woo & Stone
Thermapen
MAPP Torch
Charcoal: Rockwood, Wicked Good
Rubs: Memphis Dust, Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Crust, Dalmatian Rub
Sauces: Adam Perry Lang BBQ Sauce, Alabama White Sauce
I have an XL BGE and love it, it's very versatile and I love the flavor of the food the comes off it. But, it does burn thru lump. with both boys in college, I was looking for something a little smaller(for making meals for the wife and I) and more portable (Tailgates, Steak Cook Offs etc).
I wound up with an Original PK Grill with the TX stand. I'm really enjoying the PK and it gets about 50% of the cooks, likely more once the boys go back to school. I like the fact that it is cast aluminium and won't rust like the Kettles eventually do.
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Founding Member & Pit Barrel Cooker Queen
- Jul 2014
- 7207
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My toys:
Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Center (WSCGC) aka Mr. Fancypants
Pit Barrel Cooker (which rocks), named Pretty Baby
Weber Summit S650 Gas Grill, named Hot 'n Fast (used mostly for searing and griddling)
Weber Kettle Premium 22" named Kettle Kid, eager to horn in with more cooks in the future
Camp Chef Somerset IV 4-burner outdoor gas range named AfterBurner due to its 30kBTU burners
Adrenaline BBQ Company Gear:SnS Low Profile, DnG, and Large Charcoal Basket, for WSCGC
SnS Deluxe for 22" Kettle
Elevated SS Rack for WSCGC
SS Rack for DnG
Cast Iron GriddleGrill Grate for SnSGrill Grates: five 17.375 sections (retired to storage)
Grill Grates: six 19.25 panels for exact fit for Summit S650
gasser
Grill Grates for 22" Kettle
2 Grill Grate Griddles
Steelmade Griddle for Summit gas grill
Fireboard Gear:Extreme BBQ Thermometer PackagePit Viper Fan (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Additional control unit
Additional probes: Competition Probes 1" (3) and 4" (1), 3 additional Ambient Probes. 1 additional Food Probe
2 Driver Cables
Pit Viper Fan new design (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Thermoworks Gear:Thermapen MK4 (pink)Maverick ET 73 a little workhorse with limited range
Thermapen Classic (pink too)
Thermoworks MK4 orange
Temp Test 2 Smart Thermometer
Extra Big and Loud Timer
Timestick Trio
Maverick ET 733
Maverick (Ivation) ET 732
Grill Pinz
Vortex (two of them)
18" drip pan for WSCGC
Ceramic Spacers for WSCGC in Kamado Mode: 2 sets each 1/2", 1", 2". The 2" spacers work best with the 18" drip pan. The 1+1/2 inch spacers work best with the 14 inch cake pan.
Two Joule Sous Vide devices
3 Lipavi Sous Vide Tubs with Lids: 12, 18 and 26 quarts
Avid Armor Ultra Pro V32 Chamber Sealer
Instant Pot 6 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Instant Pot 10 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Charcoal Companion TurboQue
A-Maze-N tube 12 inch tube smoker accessory for use with pellets
BBQ Dragon and Dragon Chimney
Shun Classic Series:8" Chef Knife
6" Chef's Knife
Gokujo Boning and Fillet Knife
3 1/2 inch Paring Knife
Adding a SnS from https://snsgrills.com/ will up your kettle game considerably. Also, when you get to playing with it more, look into getting a Vortex for it. Vortex and chicken wings are a killer combo.
Kettles are great BBQ toys.
Kathryn
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- Dec 2015
- 996
- Phoenix, AZ
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Weber Genesis S330 with GrillGrates
Weber Summit Kamado E6
Weber Performer with SnS, DnG and Pit Viper mod
Weber 26" kettle with SnS, DnG and Pit Viper mod
Traeger Flatrock Griddle
PKGO
Fireboard (2)
Thermoworks Smoke
Thermoworks MK4 (2)
Themoworks Thermapen ONE
Accessories ranging from a Vortex to bear claws.
I know you already ordered your kettle, but I would have recommended the SnS kettle they just came out with. I have Weber kettles with fan mods I absolutely love. So I don't need another kettle. However, it appears SnS really refined the kettle and made it so it's all ready for modding.
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I started my really serious grilling career on a 22" Weber Kettle. With all of the accessories that are available these days, it's a very versatile grill. I recently gave my Kettle to my son but I still have two Performers and one NIB Mastertouch. I have the SnS and Vortex for mine and the Vortex/Kettle combo is the only way I cook wings these days even though I have quite a few other cookers I can use.
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Club Member
- May 2021
- 208
- Springfield Virginia (DC area)
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Favorites: Pastrami; Pork Ribs
Cookers: Medium Big Green Egg; Older Weber Genesis 3
Current Favorite Lump Charcoal: Rockwood
Favorite Commercial Rub: Dizzy Pig IPA hops infused (Dizzy Pig Raging River a close second)
Most requested side dish: Stir fried green beans with soy sauce and garlic
Favorite non-cooking activity - listening to music
Region: Currently Norther Virginia/DC area. I grew up in Southern NY and have spent a lot of Time in Northeast Ohio
If you are using lump in the egg (and I presume you are) lump varies a lot brand to brand (and not all brands are consistent batch to batch. Go to the naked wiz site and experiment with different brands.
Look at the reviews as well as the user ratings.
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Club Member
- Jul 2019
- 2110
- Central IA
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MAK 2 Star General
KBQ C-60
Weber Summit Charcoal Grillw/ Big Joetisserie, SnS LP, and VortexWeber Genesis II - S-345
Weber Traveler
Fireboard 2 Drive
Anova Precision Sous Vide
All the (pellet) grills I’ve loved before:
Traeger Junior Elite^
GMG DB
Traeger Texas Elite
Memphis Pro§
Traeger Pro 575
CampChef SmokePro STX (ugly grills need love too)
Weber SmokeFire EX4§
Traeger Select
CampChef Woodwind WiFi w/SearBox^
Weber SmokeFire EX4§
^ = Favorites
§ = Love/Hate Relationships
Funny, I just went and bought another gasser this weekend, but it was totally for the convenience cooks. Another accessory that is great for the kettle is the Vortex. It can be used for other things, but where it is about impossible to beat is chicken wings, legs and thighs. If you eat a fair amount of those, pretty hard to beat.
Become A Charcoal Pro Enhance your charcoal cooking experience! Whether you're looking for the perfect searing zone, high OR low indirect heat, or a charcoal bank deflector, let the Vortex do the work with 3 sizes to choose from.
Thanks for your service and congrats on the new grill. If you find any briquettes you like that aren’t Kingsford, please share. If looking for what to use after my Weber supply is gone. I don’t hate Kingsford, just really like the considerably less ash of Weber briqs.
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Club Member
- Feb 2018
- 2829
- Northshore MA
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Home:
XL BGE
PK360
PKGO
Alfresco Gasser
Alfresco Power Burner
Alfresco Sear Station
Blazin' Grid Iron Pellet Cooker
Shirley 36 Patio Offset Smoker
Up at Camp:
Weber Summit Charcoal Grill
Also check out reducer rings. They are smaller fire rings that fit inside your grill making the fire grate area smaller so you use less charcoal.
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Founding Member
- Jul 2014
- 1238
- Papillion, NE
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* - Weber 26.75" OTG
* - Weber 22.5" Premium cloaked in Crimson
* - Slow 'N Sear
* - Smoke E-Z - 26.75" (The Grain Silo)
* - Lodge Sportsman Grill
* - Weber Rapid Fire Chimney Starter
* - Thermoworks ThermoPop
* - Thermoworks Mk4
* - Thermoworks Dot
* - iGrill2 - 4 probes
* - Favorite Beer - the cold one in my hand (craft beers of all flavors; haven't had a blue yummy in over 6 years) my tastes change with the season so it is difficult to name just a couple. However, I will occasionally have a vanilla porter float in the summer (Empyrean Vanilla Porter w/a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream) as I usually drink stouts & porters in the colder months, pale ales & IPAs in the warmer months. I have to add Not Your Father's Root Beer to beers I use for floats.
* - Booze - I don't really have a favorite, but lean towards single malt Scotch & Irish whiskey
* - Wines - Reds: mainly the heavy stuff mixed in with the occasional pinot noir ( I have yet to meet a malbec I didn't like); Whites: German & Nebraska (hey, I have to support the home team)
* - Favorite Spice outlets - Volcanic Peppers - Bellevue, NE
* - Current butchers: Cure - Ft. Calhoun
As many have said, you can't go wrong with a Weber 22, which is very true...but the 26 is better for me. I have both and cook on the 26 everyday for just the 2 of us. The 22 is reserved for smoking since it has the SnS.
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Club Member
- Aug 2017
- 10018
- Hate Less, Cook More
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I'm on a quest to cook nearly everything this year on a Weber 26" to prove, at least to myself, that it's the most versatile cooker on the plant. One note is that I do have fan control and operate all low and slow and smoking cooks using a Fireboard controller. For searing I use Grill Grates and for high temp I use either an SNS or a Vortex, depending on the application.
My only exception is I do use my Weber 22" when I use my Santa Maria attachment since I don't have one for the 26".
The only issue I've run across is the rest of my cookers are about to revolt. I over heard them whispering the other day and it made me nervous. But seriously, a decent pellet grill and/or a Weber kettle checks off the boxes on 95% of your grilling/smoking needs.
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