What will be your next grill/smoker purchase?

I have a Performer, which, as you probably already know is the kettle with a table attached to it.

I have a Slow n Sear and a DigiQ temp controller. Those two attachments, along with a Performer, will jack the cost of the Kettle into the price range of the Masterbilt Gravity Series. The number of accessories is amazing. You can turn it into a decent pizza oven, rotisserie, or even Santa Maria style grill.

You cannot beat the versatility of the Kettle. However, cooking space is the biggest limitation, so I have a cheap gasser as an overflow grill, for the rare occasion that I need extra capacity. I could have just bought a second kettle for that purpose, too.

This is important: the reason I enjoy the kettle is I enjoy the process of lighting charcoals, setting up the cooking zones, playing with the temperatures, etc. Experimenting with different cooking techniques. The same things that I enjoy doing are the reasons other people get a Traeger or MB Gravity Series. They DON'T want to fool with it. They want to throw the food on and come back in 2 hours. You have to ask yourself which type of cook are you?

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Look into the RecTeq line. Picked one up recently and super impressive. I went with 700 for extra pellet capacity and 6 year warranty. It is built like a tank, and temp control is perfect after first burn in. Lots of clean smoke produced.

Only issue with it is switching out pellets is not easy, but use apple for most of my cooking so not a big deal to me.

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You cannot beat the versatility of the Kettle.

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I just bought a kettle premium (the 22” variant that sells for $165) for smoking and although I love it, I realized after my first cook that I should have splurged and got a performer model or the 26”.

You’ll need to manage the coals a bit with a kettle, but if you don’t mind doing that, it’s an awesome smoker, and really simple to use.

If you plan on doing full packer briskets I’d recommend the 26” kettle. If not, 22” is fine, but go with the Performer (or master touch if you don’t need the side table).

Have a rec tec 590 being dropped off on a pallet sometime today.

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Have a rec tec 590 being dropped off on a pallet sometime today.

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We'll be expecting some food porn from you this weekend, then.

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I should have splurged and got a performer model or the 26”.

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You think the 4" is worth doubling the price? I'd have a hard time pulling that trigger.

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(or master touch if you don’t need the side table).

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The only difference is having the special grate system included right?

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Count me in the kettle camp as well. Love mine - I have the 22". Don't think the extra space is worth the upcharge. If I want more space I'd get a grill/smoker fit for purpose -like the WSM. Probably going to be my next purchase.

I'm in the process of building a large wooden cabinet smoker with a propane burner for smoking sausage. It's about 3'x 3' x 5'. I only need the temp to get to 160.