Since you already have a gasser and can do a lot of grilling on that, I would recommend the PBC for the smoking experience. It gives you a marvelous flavor because of the drippings-on-the-hot fire phenomenon. Who doesn't love (Wo)Man-Meat-Fire? Plus it can cook the volume that you seem to be looking for. You can buy a round dolly for it for it (pretty inexpensive) on Amazon and roll it out as needed, but it's light enough to carry or even transport.
I love my SnS/kettle combo, but the SnS takes up a lot of real estate under the grate, especially in a 22" kettle, so your options for volume smoking are a bit more limited, even with the additional half-rack option. That said, it's also great for those small, low volume/low-charcoal-use cooks when you're doing short cooks for two or four.
If you had said you want to do a lot more grilling, I'd say go with the SnS/Kettle option. But since you want to smoke with large amounts of meat, I think the PBC might be able to fill that desire.
Both do well in the wintertime.
So my recommendation is to get the PBC, get some good indirect thermometer probes, and then try to find a kettle on Craigslist--and spring for the SnS. With a gasser, a PBC, and an SnS/Kettle, you'll have the best of many worlds.
Kathryn
I love my SnS/kettle combo, but the SnS takes up a lot of real estate under the grate, especially in a 22" kettle, so your options for volume smoking are a bit more limited, even with the additional half-rack option. That said, it's also great for those small, low volume/low-charcoal-use cooks when you're doing short cooks for two or four.
If you had said you want to do a lot more grilling, I'd say go with the SnS/Kettle option. But since you want to smoke with large amounts of meat, I think the PBC might be able to fill that desire.
Both do well in the wintertime.
So my recommendation is to get the PBC, get some good indirect thermometer probes, and then try to find a kettle on Craigslist--and spring for the SnS. With a gasser, a PBC, and an SnS/Kettle, you'll have the best of many worlds.
Kathryn
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