People that have tried cooking with wood-only in the WSM end up coming back to some form of lump or briquette with smoke wood chunks. I have never tried it myself.

Chris

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Originally posted by Brad Larsen:
I went to my local Ace yesterday, no word yet on shipping but I did find out the price will be the same as Amazon.com (399.99). A very nice suprise. Hopefully it will be the same for all Ace Hardware stores.

That's the price in the system, no word on the 18.5 price, 26.75 OTG is $299.99.

Found these on Craiglist Baltimore: $50.00 off Amazon/Ace price on 18" and $100.00 off on 22"! I called the store and they are on back order, but they are taking orders at these prices. Might have to splurge, after all...

721001 Smokey Mountain Cooker 18-1/2-Inch Smoker new - $249 (ellicott city)

Weber 731001 Smokey Mountain Cooker 22-1/2-Inch Smoker new - $299 (ellicott city)

wow! what a great deal! Thanks for heads up.

Anybody been smokin a bunch on the new "Big Bullet".... I'd like to hear how the production model is doin' with fitment / quality / temp control issues etc. Thinkin about getting one....really like my 18.5 but would like the room for large briskets. Thx,Chris,for all the terrific pre-production reviews! Low n Slow, Rondo

Works perfect. Can easily do 12+ hour cooks. I had none of the problems Chris had (his was badly out of round).

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kettle bowls, so fit is the same as current WSM...they do not nest together. I think Weber wants to sell us both a kettle and a smoker.

Well, yes. But that's ok. I mean, I have seen all the clever ways people set things up so they can grill on their wsm. And that's all fun.

But really, for $160, a 22 inch kettle for grilling is really the answer. I think having a 18 wsm and a 22 kettle makes everything easier.

What would be great would be the option of buying them as a package. Saying "ok, after 20 years of buying bbqs and modifying and selling and buying other bbqs again, the really enthusiastic cooks end up with a 18 wsm with these small but important modifications, plus a 22 kettle with a rotisserie, plus the Low n Slow book, plus an mail order account with world spice.com in seattle and an account with the weber listserve. There. Give me seven hundred bucks and you're done and done."

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