I bought a PBC and a Weber Performer last year to replace my old CharGriller (not a great cooker, but I liked them and made some good food on them..). I love the PBC for sure..but I have to say the Performer with the work surface, one-touch cleaning, and the charcoal baskets and great cooking results is a winner. I can get that thing to 550F easy and cook fantastic steaks, fajitas, chicken, sausage..etc. I knew the PBC would be great, but I don't think I expected the Weber to produce traditionally grilled items like steak that were so much better than I could make before on the CharGriller. Really happy with the product...
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native_texan I have to agree with you whole-heartedly about the Performer. I picked up a used Performer Deluxe that happened to include a full set of Grillgrates from a buddy last summer. I basically stole it from him for $100 - his wife had told him something had to go before his new Yoder smoker showed up on the back porch.
I had an old Weber beat up kettle I used when I needed to go grill away from home, but kept most of my grilling on my big offset or my Weber gas grill. Since I got it, the Performer has become my absolute favorite grill ever, and my most used grill. I cannot say enough good things about it. Low and slow, or hot and fast, great temperature control, along with lots of storage and a huge work surface make it an awesome grill.Comment
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Yea agree the storage is great as well..not a big deal but I even find the timer handy.Comment
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My Performer is an older "Deluxe" model and does not have the timer, but it does have the propane starter for the charcoal, and I find that VERY useful. I have this hose, and use a 20lb propane tank with my Performer: https://www.weber.com/US/en/accessor...s/adapter-hose
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I agree! I have had my PBC for several years, but just got a Performer around Black Friday this past November. Stumbled into a great deal, my local Lowes doesn't normally stock them and someone had special ordered one and not taken it, so they knocked it down to $90! I couldn't give them my money fast enough. Have you gotten a slow-n-sear for it? If not I would definitely recommend at least considering one, I've loved mine so far. I am usually only cooking for my wife and I, and other cookers take a relatively large amount of charcoal for smaller pieces of meat, so the performer with the SNS has been perfect for us.
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Yelp! The Weber Performer with the SnS, DnG, Vortex and GrillGrates makes it a great cooking machine.Comment
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The SnS takes the Performer to the next level. Yeah, it is really nice for kettle smoking, but where it really excels is 2 zone cooking. That sear zone is nuclear hot.Comment
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Yes, when cooking steaks outside, the SNS is the only way I will go now. Fill up the SNS with glowing hot coals, run the steaks on the cold/indirect side until they are maybe 5-10 degrees below where I want them, then pull the lid off and sear both sides over nuclear blazing hot coals right over the SNS.
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Great choice an the Performer! Weber kettles are long lasting and the ash basket upgrade was the best thing they did.Comment
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native_texan, Always Fun to Have a Texan Admit the Errors of His Former Waysâ“â—ï¸â“ I Think if You Add a Drip and Griddle to the Mix, You Will See "Nirvana" Along Your Trail to Perfection‼ï¸
Eat Well and Prosperâ—ï¸ From a Backyard Cremator in Fargo ND, Dan
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