TwoWheeler
Knows what a fatty is.
Long time Weber whore here, starting with a Genesis Silver A about 15 years ago. (It’s still going strong - it lives at my camp). Also have a Genesis gasser, a WSM and a Weber tabletop grill.
The Genesis is my year-round workhorse: (I have been known to shovel 3’ of snow off it to grill...
) I grill a variety of stuff (Korean BBQ is a favorite) and it’s also my “outdoor oven” during the summer, when I don’t want to heat the kitchen up with the oven to bake or whatever.
The WSM I use once or twice a month. It suffices for ribs, hot-and-fast briskets and half pork shoulders, but I really want to do long cooks. Crutched briskets and shoulders are …ok… but I really like the bark I get when I don’t wrap...but that means waiting out the stall. I’m also not a fan of charcoal. It’s ok for grilling and short smoking, but when you’re trying to stretch the cook time and start doing things like “the snake” or “Soo’s donut”, you’re cooking with partially lit coals, even if it’s only a few at a time - bleh. I’ve farted around with wood chips in the gasser and been disappointed.
When Weber came out with the Smokefire, I was intrigued. Then I heard about all the issues and decided to wait until it was out of beta. I wasn’t put off by the missing software functionality and once I found out the grease fires were largely self-induced, I was ok with that. What I had an issue with - and still do - is the pellet jams and temp swings.
My wife keeps telling me she’ll buy me whatever I want, but I’m just not seeing “one smoker to rule them all”. (She’s not being entirely altruistic - she likes what comes off the grill and out of the smoker….)
So I come here and you guys fill my head with Traegers and Yoders and Sawtooths (Sawteeth?) oh my.
In short, I’m looking for a smoker I can trust to go overnight without dying of pellet starvation or suffering from electronic flatulence and incinerating my brisket. I don’t need to sear or bake or anything else - I have the Genesis for that. I’m not shy about spending money for quality but I that’s tempered by practicality, since it’s not something I’d use all the time. I don’t need anything huge, since it’s only the two of us. “US made” is a plus, as is “Can I still get parts for this thing, ten years from now?”
Go ahead. Confuse me further. Tell me I have no idea what I’m talking about...:wink:
The Genesis is my year-round workhorse: (I have been known to shovel 3’ of snow off it to grill...

The WSM I use once or twice a month. It suffices for ribs, hot-and-fast briskets and half pork shoulders, but I really want to do long cooks. Crutched briskets and shoulders are …ok… but I really like the bark I get when I don’t wrap...but that means waiting out the stall. I’m also not a fan of charcoal. It’s ok for grilling and short smoking, but when you’re trying to stretch the cook time and start doing things like “the snake” or “Soo’s donut”, you’re cooking with partially lit coals, even if it’s only a few at a time - bleh. I’ve farted around with wood chips in the gasser and been disappointed.
When Weber came out with the Smokefire, I was intrigued. Then I heard about all the issues and decided to wait until it was out of beta. I wasn’t put off by the missing software functionality and once I found out the grease fires were largely self-induced, I was ok with that. What I had an issue with - and still do - is the pellet jams and temp swings.
My wife keeps telling me she’ll buy me whatever I want, but I’m just not seeing “one smoker to rule them all”. (She’s not being entirely altruistic - she likes what comes off the grill and out of the smoker….)
So I come here and you guys fill my head with Traegers and Yoders and Sawtooths (Sawteeth?) oh my.
In short, I’m looking for a smoker I can trust to go overnight without dying of pellet starvation or suffering from electronic flatulence and incinerating my brisket. I don’t need to sear or bake or anything else - I have the Genesis for that. I’m not shy about spending money for quality but I that’s tempered by practicality, since it’s not something I’d use all the time. I don’t need anything huge, since it’s only the two of us. “US made” is a plus, as is “Can I still get parts for this thing, ten years from now?”
Go ahead. Confuse me further. Tell me I have no idea what I’m talking about...:wink: