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Wow !!! Didn't know Weber had these

Posted on 7/10/14 at 1:11 pm
Posted by Tiger Ree
Houston
Member since Jun 2004
24558 posts
Posted on 7/10/14 at 1:11 pm
Yesterday evening there was a thread on here about smoking on a Weber kettle grill. I went to the Smokenator website through a link someone had posted. There, I learned of this awesomeness.

A 26.75" Weber grill. 508 inches of cooking surface. A person could use one of these for smoking and grilling. 26.75 Weber


These are pictures of the 22.5 from the Smokenator website. Pretty interesting that in using the SMKR you have multiple cooking surfaces since you can use the charcoal grate also.


Then they came up with a way to add another level <- even though their way is stupid and I wouldn't pay for it. You can just get two 22.5 cooking grates and turn the top one upside down each has two handles that hold them in place. It looks like the legs on this one would get in the way and defeat the purpose of having the extra cook space.
SMKR's:


The way the Weber 22.5 grates have handles you can buy an extra grate and just turn the top grate upside down and it securely sits on top of the first one. I have done it with my WSM. Gives you enough space - height and width wise to do two more racks of ribs.


As stated above these pictures are of the 22.5 Weber with 363 inches of cooking space. The 26.75 Weber has 508 inches or an additional 145 inches of cooking space and that's with just one cooking grate.

The 26.75 next to a 22.5
Posted by Tiger Ree
Houston
Member since Jun 2004
24558 posts
Posted on 7/10/14 at 1:13 pm to
This is the next discovery – The Jumbo Joe. It is basically a portable 18” Smokey Joe. The Smokey Joe’s are 14”. Here’s a picture of a Jumbo next to a Smokey.


This a link to a review for it that I found while looking at reviews for the 26.75”.
Jumbo Joe review

AWESOMENESS !!!!!
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
58958 posts
Posted on 7/10/14 at 1:33 pm to
I love those Webbers, and nice concept, but you know, that bird pic doesn't sell me. You'd think they would put a little more effort into a picture like that to sell their product, maybe one that wasn't cooked so hot.

Sorry, but some of these food pics I see that people put up to draw attention, especially from restaurants really, just makes me scratch my head. I saw one from Portico the other day that had gravy slopped all over the place flowing over the plate and onto other items on the plate. WTF?





Sorry... On with the Webber discussion.




This post was edited on 7/10/14 at 1:35 pm
Posted by DanglingFury
Living the dream
Member since Dec 2007
20449 posts
Posted on 7/10/14 at 1:43 pm to
quote:

26.75" Weber grill. 508 inches of cooking surface.


I think they have them at Lowe's for $200.
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
84306 posts
Posted on 7/10/14 at 1:50 pm to
If you think that's something, the Weber Ranch Kettle will really blow your mind.







ETA: Over 1100 sq in cooking surface.
This post was edited on 7/10/14 at 1:52 pm
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
12755 posts
Posted on 7/10/14 at 1:56 pm to
Yeah that was my smoking thread. I hadn't thought about the multi-levels but it would be nice for ribs if you're cooking for a crowd. Usually there are just 4 adults eating when I do ribs so a rack or two is plenty.

And the 22.5 inch is just about perfect for me. I had an old 8 inch in college. I'm still mad 10 years later that my wife gave it away. We bought a cheap gas grill for our first apartment when we moved up here, since it was on the 2nd floor and cleaning the ashes was a pain. She asks the maintenance man to take it to the dumpster. A perfectly fine, 5 year old Weber. He kept it. I didn't have it in me to ask for it back. I just chalked it up to Karma and hoped he got several years of good use out of it.

But the sucky thing on the 18 inch was the ash catcher. I'd roll it down a hill at the side of the duplex we rented in Troy and flip it over and shake it all out. This new 22.5 inch one with the ash can is so much better. I can grill like 5-6 times before it fills up with ashes.
Posted by SUB
Member since Jan 2001
Member since Jan 2009
20953 posts
Posted on 7/11/14 at 10:11 am to
I love my Weber but am not a big fan of smoking on it. I just hate having to lift the lid every time I need to add wood and the cooking area just doesn't cut it if I want to do smoke big brisket or do more than one cut of meat.
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