would you still buy a Kamado (primo) if you had a weber performer and wsm

w/o boring you w/my history, i'm currently all weber. imo-there is nothing the ceramics can do that a weber can't.

With the Primo, you may not use your Weber's very much. I'd rather have one Primo than 2 or 3 Weber's personally.

Since i got my Kamado Joe my WSM has been lonely. OTG still sees a fair amount of action for direct cooks.

I have a kamado, i only use it for smoking. Anything grilling goes directly to the performer. For what ever reason, i find grilling on my kamado a bit inconvienient.

wouldn't hurt to have one. I was going to get a primo but realized that I can do all I want/need on my webers and also the fact that I just don't cook a lot.
I would never say no to someone who wants a ceramic cooker.

When I picked up my BigJoe...The Performer was gifted to a friend...

So the answer is... YES...:wink:

"What is inconvenient about direct high heat on a ceramic? a pain to light and bring up to temp maybe?" Maybe the lid is too heavy...

The Primo Oval Jr is too small man. If you had the XL, then the Webers would get jealous.

coastal said:

interesting that the two with kettles also both say they use their webers more for direct cooks.. why is that? What is inconvienient about direct high heat on a ceramic? a pain to light and bring up to temp maybe?

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I have no idea. My Weber's collected dust once I got a Kamado last year. Heck, I sold my Performer when I got the KJ. As good as the kettles are, we just didn't feel that they added up to the KJ's performance for direct grilling or anything.

"would you still buy a Kamado (primo) if you had a weber performer and wsm"

Yes.

I've Been a Weber man for a long time.
I bought my Akorn In April 2012. Because of it's design I feel comfortable using it on the composite deck outside of my kitchen. Along with a Maverick ET72 this is very convenient grilling and smoking. I would never have used my kettles or WSM on a wooden deck. They have not been used since I got the Akorn.(still have them, just haven't used them). 90 percent of my cooks are for just my wife and I.

If you already had the WSM, it might be overkill IMO. Since you don't, get the Primo and then decide if you still need a WSM (or the Performer for that matter).

I'd say go for it if it's a good deal. I've got a Kettle, and a W.S.M. and I definitely am looking at one of the Kamado type cookers. I'm leaning towards the Big Steel Keg, but if I ran across a great deal on a ceramic type cooker I'd go that route in a heartbeat. If I'm buying new, it'd be the Keg. Mooooobility!!!!!!!!!!!!

mrbill said:

w/o boring you w/my history, i'm currently all weber. imo-there is nothing the ceramics can do that a weber can't.

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That's certainly incorrect. When brought to temp, ceramic cookers exactly mimic a brick over cooking environment giving excellent stability and radiant baking qualities that don't exist with metal cookers. Can you bend and twist and 'cook' all the same things in a Weber, of course you can, but not with the same ease ceramic inherently gives right out of the box.

I'm a huge Weber fan, probably more than half my outdoor cooking is accomplished on one of them. Why, because there are many tasks for which they simply outperform ceramic. But not all. I will give you one specific example of something that cannot be done realistically on a Weber. Frequently I do low & slow followed at the end with a few pies so that I can serve bbq & pizza at the same time. I can load an egg with lump, throw a brisket on at the appropriate temp for, lets say 8 hours, pull & wrap it, toss the pizza stone on & open up the bottom vent about 2 inches & bring the 275 degree egg to 650 degrees, bake a few pies, & by the time they are pulled, the brisket is ready to slice & I can serve it all at the same time. All on one cooker with no additional fuel & no reconfiguration necessary (except to slide the pizza stone in). This kind of versatility is hard if not impossible to match on an un-insulated metal cooker.

As for the original poster's question, without being redundant, any cooker you add to your collection will enhance your abilities, versatility and overall enjoyment - I frequently say the same thing to people stuck on the misguided belief that ceramic is the 'only' cooker they need. Can you live with one variety of cooker, of course, is it more fun to have different ones, indeed.

coastal said:

Let me rephrase. How do I convince the wife we can't live without it..

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Tell her that you can do stuff like baking bread and pizza's in the kamado. That will differentiate the kamado from the kettle!

No. But then, my a$$ is clumsy. A ceramic would have a short life at my house, most likely...

This is more of a philosophical question than a question of whether or not you want to purchase a different grill.

Having been under duress for 23 years in the military, I find that I very rarely deny my self anything that I really want especially now that I am 71 years old. :clap2:

Yes, there are a lot of regrets, but, you may find that if you fulfill your small requests, and this is a small request, you may feel better about yourself. There are too many things in life, we do not get experience, so don't deny your self some small ones.

If you rationalize that this inappropriate, that is ok as well. But, the important thing is, you have made the decision.

Whatever you decide to do, more power to you.

Ed