Welcome to the Pit from Dallas! Everyone has their favorite, so you will have no shortage of opinions here. The more information like, budget, number of people you like to cook for, what you will cook, and whether you are okay with nursing a smoker all night will get you better opinions.
Kamado Joe Big Joe III
Pit Barrel Cooker
Camp Chef Flat Top 900
Weber Performer 22
PowerFlamer Propane 160
Meater +
Thermoworks Smoke
Thermoworks Thermapen
Temp Spike
And I agree that everyone has their favorite... welcome to the PIT from the Lou!
It's been mentioned already but I want to stress that the original Weber 22.5" kettle is incredibly versatile, and will allow you to explore lots of different cooks - grilling with charcoal, smoking indirect with coal and wood chunks, smoking and searing, slow and low and hot and fast. You can't load a pig in one, but everything on up to a full packer brisket does well. It's got almost as many after-market gear as a Wrangler, but you can wing those by yourself until you are ready to invest in the ones you find that you want.
Greetings from north Texas, and welcome. I agree with the PBC (J) and Weber 22â€. Those will take care of most of your needs. Of course, you’ll buy other stuff because you’ll WANT it.
Retired, living in Western Mass. Enjoy music, cooking and my family.
Current cookers Weber Spirit 3 burner. A 22" Kettle with vortex SnS and OnlyFire pizza oven. A Smokey Joe and the most recent addition a Pit Barrel Jr with bird hanger, 4 hooks and cover. ThermoWorks Smoke 2 probe, DOT, ThermoPop and a Thermapen Mk4. Recently added 2 TempSpike wireless meat thermometers.
Cooking gadgets
Weber Summit Charcoal Grill Center
Weber Summit Platinum D6
Blue Rhino Razor
Dyna-Glo XL Premium Dual Chamber
Camp Chef Somerset IV along with their Artisan Pizza Oven 90
Anova WiFi
Thermometers
Thermapen Mk4 - ThermaQ High Temp Kit - ThermaQ Meathead Kit - ThermaQ WiFi - ThermoWorks IR-GUN-S - ThermoWorks Signals & Billows - ThermoPop -ThermoWorks ProNeedle - ThermoWorks TimeStick Trio x2 - and a Christopher Kimball timer - NO, I do not work for ThermoWorks...I just like their products.
Other useful bits...
KitchenAid 7-qt Pro Line stand mixer
A Black & Decker food processor that I can't seem to murder
A couple of immersion blenders, one a "consumer" model & the other a "high end" Italian thing. Yes, the Italian one is a bit better, but only marginally
Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus 8-qt + accessories like egg-bite & egg holders
All-Clad pots & pans, along with some cast iron...everything from 7" Skookie pans to 8.5qt Dutch ovens
Weber GBS griddle, pizza stone, and wok
Knives range from Mercer to F. Dick to "You spent how much for one knife? One knife?!" LOL
Welcome from Sunny SoCal. That’s a fine choice...I’ve had my 6-burner Summit since 2005.
And with all due respect to HawkerXP I also think the WSM is a great choice. Super versatile, easy to mod if you’re so inclined (though not strictly necessary) and hanging kits are available if you want to run it like a PBC. Keep in mind that I’ve never seen a PBC in person, or had anything cooked on one. OTOH, the WSM is pretty popular out here. The 18†is probably the most common, but the 22†is super for the extra space.
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