When I was looking at the LSG 20" or 24" x 36" offset, I talked to Chris the owner he said that the 24" series will use 50-80% more fuel, it isn't that much larger, it is $1300 more and shipping is more money because of the weight. Most of the time it is just my wife and I so the 20" would work fine so that now sits in my backyard and we are happy with the decision. Good luck!
Well, great to have ya Bad Hat. See yer hat on the cooker. Doesn’t look bad to me. About all the help I can give ya is, you are right, the 24†is bigger than a 20, yessir!
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Crowds (25+) show up a handful of times per year at our house. Personally, I’d rather use a little more fuel on smaller cooks for the family and have the extra real estate when we feed a crowd.
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Many folks with larger offsets report the larger ones are easier to keep a steadier temp. Plus as has been mentioned when you need more space you have it. I have the Yoder loaded Wichita, and I wish I'd have gone with the Kingman. Not that I max mine out often, but there's been times I have. And,you can always cook a small amount in a larger cooker too. If sourcing fuel isn't too difficult for you, and the pocketbook permits it, I'd suggest going with the 24.
I went from a 26" to a 24" x 48" but space was not why I reduced, it was a weight thing! I got to where I couldn't easily move 1800 lbs of cooking trailer. If money isn't an object, buy the 24"!
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Some models in the 24 allow you to fit a full foil pan on the cooking grate, and there is more height between grates which gives you more space for larger cuts of meat on the bottom grate. E.g. beer can chickens, shoulders, ribs on racks.
For most folks "bigger is better" but I actually just downgraded to a 20x40 from a larger cooker because I didn't need all that real estate. I'm hoping I'll cook smaller batches more frequently. Family of four with no aspirations to cater or cook for large crowds. I haven't gotten my cooker yet though so I can't report on how well this is going to work for me, but anticipate being satisfied with a 20x40. YMMV.
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I'm in the camp that no one ever said their smoker was too big... I've got an old offset that is 24" deep, but only has a 3 foot cooking chamber, but I can still fit a lot of food on that 24x36 expanded metal grate. Well, its a little less than 24x36, but you get the picture. No issues running a lot of ribs with the slabs running front to back in the cooker, or cooking multiple brisket running front to back, with room to spare. I feel like things will be tighter on the smaller 20" offsets, as the cooking grate probably ends up being about 19 inches usable space, front to back.
A whole lotta where I was headed has done been previous expounded upon...
Lotsa expert, experienced advice, to be sure...
Major Point of 'girthier' offset (mebbe PC offsets of size, nowadays, PC?) fd.
Deffo much more capacity...
(Measure th avg racks of ribs ya buy, briskys too, in length... determine if'n ya can lay em down, front to back, or havedta go lengthwise, mebbe splittin some stuff up...)
As jfmorris done said, layin em front to back, vs side by side=a YOOGE difference in capacity...
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