14.5 -inch Smokey Mountain Cooker, Charcoal Smoker,Black

I went for the smaller of the Smokey mountain, I had a big get together and smoked a brisket for over 5 hours along with doing BBQ usuals, the Weber done me proud, didn’t have to faff about with it too much, set it up as per instructions and you can’t go wrong 👍

Split it trying to fit it

Trabaja muy bien, el pavo quedó excelente-

I have probably a dozen cooks on this smoker so far and all have turned out well. I like the small size of this smoker...perfect for smoking 2 slabs of pork spare ribs on the top grill with room on the bottom grill for more. I'm using this smoker with a Maverick digital thermometer I bought from Amazon too...the type of thermometer that shows pit temps and has a probe for food. My advice, buy the Maverick thermometer and forget about using the thermometer that comes in the lid. You want to measure the temp at the food grate where you are cooking and not the temp in the top of the lid, and the Maverick Thermometer has both a transmitter and a receiver so you can view pit and food temps up to 200' away from the smoker. I often use the smoker while I'm inside while it's hot outside, and by having a receiver thermometer, you can keep an eye on your cook w/o standing over it FWIW I also have the 18.5" WSM and I bought a pit blower for it. The pit blower is a fun gadget to use but not really necessary so I don't use the pit blower on my 14.5" WSM. As stated...it just isn't needed. You can keep a fire going at a steady rate (temperature) in this pit without the blower, and by using the Minnion Method of charcoal keeping, you can read about elsewhere, and speaking of which, there is a great online community for the Weber Smokey Mountain smokers (Virtual Weber Bullet). In fact, that forum links to Amazon's website to purchase this pit and other Weber accessories for this smoker I have absolutely no complaints using this smoker, and I felt I did a lot of research before buying it. If you've ever used a Weber grill, then you will realize this smoker will reflect Weber's high quality standards found in their other products. Seriously, if you are looking for an easy to use smoker, then look no further, and buy and use Kingsford charcoal with it (in the blue bag). There's quite a bit of information about what type of charcoal to use and not to use on the Virtual Weber Bullet Forum By adding chunks of specific wood for smoking, you can achieve true wood smoking on this charcoal smoker. I had a horizontal wood fired smoker 14 years ago which was lost through a move, and I wanted to replace it with another smoker of the same type, but I'm glad I bought this smoker instead as it is simpler to use, smaller, less expensive and you can still get the same great wood smoke taste with this one, and use less wood, and the fire is way easier to keep at a constant temperature I'll say this...if you want to smoke packer briskets, you'll need to use the larger Weber Smokey Mountain smokers, and is why I bought the 18.5 WSM smoker, which easily accommodated a 15 lb. packer brisket, after trimming. You could smoke a brisket flat on this 14.5" WSM but if you want to smoke a packer (point and flat) then you'll need the either the 18.5" or the 22" WSM. I think I have the best of both worlds owning two of these (one 14.5" and one 18.5")

As advertised. One excellent smoker. I followed one of the posts in the reviews about seasoning the BBQ before using. Worked very well. It does tend to leak from the door but I did follow the advice about bending it carefully into place. I didn't use the gasket kit but have been smoking ribs, pork butt, etc. & the leaks are becoming less every time I use it. I figure by the end of the BBQ season it should be fairly well sealed up. Even with the leaks I am able to maintain proper temperature for hours by manipulating only the bottom vents & keeping the top vent wide open. Came within a couple of days well ahead of the promised delivery date. Very easy to put together & the size is perfect for simple home cooking. We usually don't entertain for a large crowd so this is the perfect sized grill for us. I also own a Weber Genesis (gas) for every day use & it is as good as the day I bought it 4 years ago. I figure with this Weber smoker will last easily as long. Excellent quality for the price. I would highly recommend this smoker for anyone considering it.

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Anyone that has ever owned a Weber product knows the quality that is designed into each of their products, this smoker is no different. The 22.5" Smokey Mountain Cooker is built very sturdy and extremely easy to assemble. I was able to un-pack and assemble by myself in about 30 minutes. The most time consuming part of assembling this cooker was unpacking the items from the box, my cooker arrived complete with no damage what-so-ever. Be prepared to spend a little time to adjust the door, I had about 20 minutes tweaking the fit of the door to achieve an air tight seal. Adjusting the door was not difficult and very worth the effort. The instructions that came with the cooker suggest the use of water in the pan, but after my first smoke I decided that the cleanup was too time consuming to continue using the water. I applied a layer of aluminum foil to the water pan and inserted a clay pot base that I also foiled. The clay pot acts as a heat sink, the same purpose as the water. I covered the entire pan and saucer with foil; which I change out after every cook, making sure no drippings have entered the clay pot base or the dry water pan below. I do recommend seasoning the cooker before you first real cook. Creating the buildup on the inside of the cooker helps to seal any small air gaps that might exist. When I seasoned my smoker I dumped about 6 pounds of charcoal into the ring and added about 30 lit pieces of charcoal, dropped a few pieces of smoke wood on, assembled the cooker, put a gallon of water in the pan, opened the top vent and one bottom vent and let it do its work. I left the cooker alone until the fire was out and the smoker was cool, about 14 hours. Seasoning the cooker is extremely important to future cooks to help maintain consistent temperatures. I highly recommend using the water during the seasoning process to help the smoke stick to the inside of the cooker and get into all of the nooks and crannies. I have smoked two briskets, some pork butts, and lots of ribs with successful cooks every time. The temperature for the brisket and butt cooks (three different cooks) were rock steady for 14 hours+. It is nice to be able to sleep through the night while cooking a large chunk of meat and not having to worry about it like I did when I was trying to smoke on my kettle grill. If you enjoy low and slow barbecue without all of the fuss of constantly feeding the cooker charcoal and logs; the Smokey Mountain Cooker is perfect. If you don't like peaceful sleep and consistent temperatures, there are many other cookers out that will suit your needs; but please don't give our beloved Bullet friend a bad name! P.S. - if you are not an Amazon Prime customer, you may want to consider it for this item. I ordered my smoker 2 days before Memorial Day hoping to use it for the holiday party we had planned. I signed up for Amazon Prime, and paid the additional few dollars for next day shipping and the smoker (76 pound shipping weight) arrived the next day! The cost to expedite ship this item was very high, but by using Amazon Prime I reduced the shipping by 60% or more and got free two day shipping on most items for a year and instant movies on my TV. Prime was well worth the cost even for just this one item!