If you could only have one cooker...? My thoughts.

I haven't watched the video, yet(Wi-Fi at work, sucks!). Just from the title, I was thinking kettle or a kamado, as well. Love your videos, keep 'em coming.

Matt

Probably hard to beat the Kamado/Kettle options but I might throw a good Pellet Cooker in there as well. Mac

i would also go with a kettle but that sure doesn't leave much room for multiple big meats. if money is not an option then i think something like a Shirley with a warmer would be my pick but that is not a $150 cooker.

If I was going off to war and had to pick one, it would be a kettle. Probably the 26" even thought I have never cooked on one. I love my Kamado's but the kettle still gets the bulk of the work at my house.

Kamado.

ranch kettle or a assassin grill. never used a assassin but from what i have seen it can do all like a kettle

26" Weber kettle. Will do just about anything & only $300 new.

Hard to even consider the thought

Thank you for what I felt was a superb review. It was clear, detailed and thorough.
Has it changed my opinion and/or influenced my decision? No.
But then having scoured the reviews/views of others, but specially looked at your substantial efforts, I had already decided to buy the Weber Summit Charcoal Grill with the table :-D.
So once again, thanks.

Interesting video. So you are basically saying that a komado is the best grill to own, if you only have one cooker? Or are you saying that, if you buy a kamado, the Summit is the best?

Baby Back Maniac said:

This is just my opinion. Feel free to disagree.

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You are totally WRONG! Oh wait I haven't even watched it yet to know what you said.

26" Weber Kettle.....no question

My assassin 36 is my keeper.

I will soon be adding a 26" kettle to turn into a mini-ranch now that the new full size Ranch has arrived, so I will reserve judgement of it until I have some time with it.

For now, my answer for a single grill would have to be the Ranch. I have not used it for smoking and it wouldn't be my first or 10th choice as a smoker but as a grill it blows away a 24" Kamado in capacity and capability. Plus it even costs a little bit less. Talk about limiting sales though. If they sold the Ranch for $499 people would find excuses for why they need two or three.

For a smoker, for me the choice would be which stick burning reverse flow offset. More work and not set it and forget it like a Kamado or charcoal cooker, but to me, the results from smoking are a step above.

If I could only have one device, I would be un-happy, but the Lang with Chargrill would be the last to go from the current stable. The chargrill on my 1990's Lang is not a great user friendly grill, but if I was motivated by lack of a Ranch, some lid counterweights and an adjustment to the hold open mechanism would make it much better. I am not sure how the new rounded designs compare. If I was buying new, I am sure I could get the Shirley guys to build me a unit to my design, or maybe just weld a Ranch onto the nose of the trailer. If it is welded on it only counts as one cooker right? :-D Obviously the price of an offset with grill option is in the same range as all three of your top kamados...combined, so that is a bit of an issue for those who are not fully committed.

I really have enjoyed my kamado and I do think they are a great choice for many people as a lone grill, but I just don't think I would ever be satisfied with one as my only outdoor cooker. Thankfully, I do not need to choose.

Excellent review.

UDS for me. A drum can easily be setup for grilling. Extremely fuel efficient and reliable everytime.

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Im going to go with UDS as well. I grill steaks on mine all the time, so you can really do it all with them as well.

I'm in the position of having only one grill. I could have others, but for cooking for 4 or less, I can't see owning other than a kettle. If I were going to buy a new grill, it would be a 26" kettle. A kamado would be nice for pizzas, but other than that, the worry factor

vs.

rules one out for me.
The Summit, without the gas starter and at a more reasonable price, might tempt me, though.

A pellet muncher that can sear and smoke, Memphis, MAK, Yoder or Fast Eddie, a Assassin Grill would be tops if I wanted to stick with charcoal.

Lived with a Weber Performer for a couple of years and the only thing I didn't like about cooking on it was cooking indirect for larger cuts of meat, it would get cramped.