Smokers: 2-24" Smoke Vault Gas Smokers, Brink elec & charcoal
Grills: Weber charcoal and Vermont Casting gas
Maverick Wireless ET-733 and a 732
Taylor instant read probe with scan
Went ahead and ordered the WSCGC before Version 2 came out. Was worried about what they cheapened to knock 500 off. Hope I don't regret it.
Did I miss anything: ordered a cover, extra lower grate, GBS center sear grate, Pit Viper fan w/ adapter, medium vortex, grate lifter, Weber elevated rack, 8 bags of various wood chunks and 210 pounds of charcoal. Hoping for smoke nirvana.
Anticipate my Performers and WSMs will be lonely
Last edited by aucivil; October 9, 2020, 06:50 PM.
fzxdoc I love the vortex and I use it often. However when the fire grate is in the "High" position it pokes through the middle of the cooking grate. Fine for using indirect for wings, thighs, pork chops, etc. However the reducer ring fits under the cook grate and I use it for direct cooks like burgers if I am only doing a few and don't need the full surface of the cooking grate.
Last edited by Old Glory; October 10, 2020, 07:46 AM.
....Gives me an 14" cooking area rather than the full 24" saving some charcoal. I also use it to sear off steaks that I Sous Vide cooked. Not necessary but useful.
Last edited by Old Glory; October 10, 2020, 07:44 AM.
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
I kinda think youâre gonna love it. And yeah, the others may well feel neglected...
I gave away my WSM 22 after I got mine. Itâs pretty impressive...as a "grill" (kettle mode) itâs great. Itâs pretty much a 24ââŹÂ kettle, and setting up two zones is simple. As a "kamado," it works as well as my friends ceramics...and itâs easy to move if needed. In "smoker" mode, itâs a 24ââŹÂ WSM. LOL I rarely used the lower grate on the WSM. I just felt it was kind of a pain. These days 99% of what I do can fit onto the main grate, but I also have the elevated grate for the rare occasion where I need more space...and itâs a heck of a lot easier than getting to the lower grate on the WSM.
The Vortex is a must have IMO...that combo is a wing cookinâ machine.
A grate lifter is a must as well... About the only thing you donât have listed is the charcoal "rake." Quite handy, and quite frankly, it should have been included.
I donât have the sear grate but do have a pizza stone & griddle.
Because it can be SOOOO efficient with charcoal...you can pretty much literally shut it off...and have LOTS of charcoal left over...I picked up a sand sifter like people use on the beach with their metal detectors... Ash & small bits fall through the holes and the rest can be added back into a chimney for another day.
I think youâll be happy with what you got. We know it was great Gen 1. If down the road you want to spin some protein, I shared my experience making a Big Joetisserie fit the WSCG.
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 Griddle
Grill Grate for SnS
Grill 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 Package
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 (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Pit Viper Fan new design (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Thermoworks Gear:
Thermapen MK4 (pink)
Thermapen Classic (pink too)
Thermoworks MK4 orange
Temp Test 2 Smart Thermometer
Extra Big and Loud Timer
Timestick Trio
Maverick ET 73 a little workhorse with limited range
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
You're going to love cooking on that WSCGC; the storage and convenience with the attached table is terrific.
Once you see how versatile it is and how rock solid the temps are, you're going to want to use it exclusively.
I have the Low-Profile SnS with mine, which is not manufactured any more (but there's always hope that David Parrish will make a special run for it) which I use all the time for cooks that don't require the whole grate area.
I recently purchased a drip pan for it from Amazon--basically a 17" outside diameter cake pan. Up until now I've been using two disposable aluminum pans squished side by side for this purpose. I never use a water pan for any cook. The only water I use is in the SnS.
I smoke with the SnS when I have a smaller cook, like, say, one pork butt or two meatloaves. For larger cooks that require more grate real estate, I smoke via the kamado mode. I think the smoke profiles with kamado mode or SnS mode are comparable.
Smokers: 2-24" Smoke Vault Gas Smokers, Brink elec & charcoal
Grills: Weber charcoal and Vermont Casting gas
Maverick Wireless ET-733 and a 732
Taylor instant read probe with scan
Not sure about that one. I bought the Weber lights when the ones on my Weber Summit gasser went kerflooie, but they don't work all that well. IMO there are better ways to get light to what you are cooking than those teensy ones that clip to the handle. Just saying.
Not sure about those but Iâve yet to see little grill lights that are truly impressive.
If youâve got power near your grill, I think there are better choices out there. Heck, even a clamp on reflector light. Granted, those arenât a pretty...but they work.
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
Congrats on the purchase. I can't help cause I don't have one, but I'm keenly interested in the $500 price reduction and whether that was the result of a quality reduction. Let us know!
I love my WSCGC! Only issue I have had is the SnapJet ignition system does not work anymore. My guess is that because I use the SnS, the ashes from it have covered the burner, and it needs cleaning out. Anyone else had this issue? In any case, I just light the charcoal with a chimney and a tumbleweed starter, or I put a starter in the SnS with the charcoal.
Is there a reason you bought the extra lower grate? It seems pretty heavy duty.
fzxdoc I bought the Weber cast iron insert for searing steaks so I needed the top of the vortex slightly below the grate. The stacking method (grate,baskets,grate,vortex) was perfect. Was the first time using a vortex. Felt like I was on an episode of forged in fire. Burnt lots of hair off my hand and arm. Was afraid it was going to melt something. Did sear some fine steaks and cast iron insert took the heat. Indirect was perfect for reverse sear and mushroom caps.
Oh I see. Makes sense. I thought you were using it for chickens, not for "afterburner" method steaks. Fine idea.
My Snapjet has always worked great, RAGBBQ and aucivil . Then replaced an empty gas bottle last week. Since then, the Snapjet pulses a couple of times and then on the 3rd try it catches. First time for that. But I'll take it. I've done a couple of cooks since (some pork butts in Mr. Fancypants as we speak) and both times the 3rd try did the trick.
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