competition grill--recommendations?

If you just want a grill, you can't beat the weber kettles. You should check out craigslist as you can find them for much less than new. You may find a 22.5" silver fits your needs just fine, although the gold is nicer.

Agreed. Especially after Christmas when all the guys who found an expensive stainless gasser under the tree bow to pressure from their wives to "get rid of that dirty old charcoal grill", you should see scads of kettles on CL.

Those webers are nice, but have you cooked on a uds yet. It might make you want to deal with the size and weight...and its cheaper.

We use a pair of Weber Go Anywhere Charcoal Grills. ($45 each on Amazon Shipped free)

We put these on a Camp Chef Dutch Oven Table which is designed to hold dutch ovens with charcoal so it handles the heat no problem. This table has removable legs so it flat packs to a very shallow depth. You could go with a pair of Smokey Joe's as well but I like the modular nature of the Go Anywhere's. It is nice to have an extra table when not grilling. A drawback to the Go-Anywhere is that it is not deep. Meaning I actively manage and space out briquettes during competition cooks. I have no problem with this...I take it instead of the space hog that is a Weber Kettle.

CivilWarBBQ said:

Agreed. Especially after Christmas when all the guys who found an expensive stainless gasser under the tree bow to pressure from their wives to "get rid of that dirty old charcoal grill", you should see scads of kettles on CL.

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I love it when people "upgrade" to gas...

Get a weber kettle and be done with it.

BBQ Grail said:

I love it when people "upgrade" to gas...

Get a weber kettle and be done with it.

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Just do as the man says. You'll thank him later.

I had been hauling around a kettle most of the season, usually for one day comps that I cooked Tri-Tips or Salmon on. And occasionally zapping some chicken off the drum.
What I really wanted was to use a rotisserie at comps, and I picked up a Cajun Bandit
http://candcgrillinco.com/
and took a One Touch Silver (OTS) and drilled 3 holes for the leg kit and it was off n' runnin'!

With the rotis ring in place it is slightly taller than the 22" WSM



It comes with a charcoal ring the same size as the 22" bullet-but I usually use either the ring from one of my 18" WSM or a homemade 11" ring for short cooks. I don't care what anyone say's- the big bullets are fuel hogs!













Use it without the charcoal ring, waterpan and center section and it is one stable kettle.


You can't do that with a big bullet!

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I have nothing to offer for advice. But those are some Very Good looking Thighs!!!!

Check these out!
http://www.yodersmokers.com/

Big Green Egg

Brian, just looking at these makes me think 9-9-9! Get that to my table with minimal sauce and you've got good scores from me.