You are a saint and deserve to buy all of the smokers you like!
Just kidding (well sorta), but I struggle with not having too many cookers and have been considering a M1 to consolidate, as well as to expand to stick burning. Sorry I don't have more to contribute, but best of luck!
Haha. Yeah never thought I'd end up having both my mother and mother in-law move in with my wife and myself. Fortunately they both are easy to get along with and wanted to help their retirement situations. We don't have any children as well so it will be just us four, we're about to run out of time to finally decide if we want a child and may still though. Though I like your logic!
I’m going to chime in again and at least let you know MY experiences:
Kamado- I had a primo oval xl for years and produced a lot of really good food with it. Jack of all trades. Master of none. For an all around cooker, hard to beat. I currently have a weber performer and a weber summit kamado. The weber summit kamado is far superior to my performer for grilling. I don’t smoke on it as stick burning produces much better flavor. On my primo and the summit kamado you are smoldering wood…far different than a clean stick burner.
Gravity fed - I had a stumps for a few years and it produced better all around bbq than the kamado. Can’t grill obviously
Pellets- had a gmg davey crocket for camping and yoder 640 and memphis elite…great all around cookers…more of a smoke seasoning vs a heavy smoke flavor. If I’m being honest, I liked the yoder better than the more expensive memphis elite. I’ve never had food off a Mak however
Stick burners - I have a m1 and I had a 24x48 pitts and spitts offset and have a workhorse 1975 waiting for delivery…there simply is no comparison in bbq flavor with a well run stick burner. It’s a much sweeter, easier going smoke flavor compared to charcoal and chunks. And much better than my pellet grills imo. The m1 is a good all around choice IF you want to burn sticks and grill on one unit. There are limitations due to design and size but it’s very good all around.
Hope this helps a bit
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I forgot. I had a wsm in the early years and while good, especially for the price, other units (at far higher price points) produce better results for ME and are easier to work with. YMMV
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Wow, invaluable feedback. Thanks for sh aring.
Where would you put the WSM in the mix among stick burners, kamados, and pellet burners?
One thought I have is that you may want a bigger, cleaner, less efficient fire. I think I burn a bigger fire on my WSM vs on my small BGE, for instance, and move more air through the cooker. So, while not a high airflow offset, I would think the WSM might produce a slightly cleaner smoke taste.
Does that make sense?
I'd be curious on this as well.