re: Wow !!! Didn't know Weber had these

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.