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The outside is in great shape (a little dirty from the heavy rains recently). The vents are trivial to replace. The biggest "issue" is the tabs on the inside that are rusting off, but they are easily replaced with some stainless steel screws. I really don't know how Weber ever makes money...

This smoker is now 18 years old. The vents are rusted in their positions (2 open, 1 closed). The posts holding the water pan are almost rusted through. The door has “issues”. The cooking grates. This smoker has put out tasty Q for almost two decades. I replaced it a few years ago and have...

Feel better soon Chris. Meat selection in our local supermarket has been very poor. However, nobody here seems to buy the pork shoulder, so what else can I possibly do but run the smoker! Stay safe and be well.

I always smoke two birds on Thanksgiving and almost always end up reversing them at some point. I monitor internal temp of the two birds independently. I have never had any issues with both getting done, although if they are not switched the one on the top will finish sooner (higher temps up...

I have three recommendations for you: 1) If you have any way to construct a wind break, do it. I often use my pickup truck and smoke on the driveway. 2) If the finishing time is important to you, plan for it taking longer. Particularly with wind involved, I rarely have a turkey finish...

11:30PM last night I started 4 8 1/2 lb pork butts. Overnight temperatures could not have been more perfect!

I am a lifelong charcoal grill guy. As such, I know very little about cooking over gas grills. I know even less about cooking over natural gas. I don't know that I have ever done it. I am considering remodeling out deck. We are having some gas work done as part of a kitchen remodel and...

I'm sure you will get a different answer from everyone.. I purchased a new chef's knife in the last 2 years. The advice I read at the time said basically that a) higher end knives are all pretty awesome today and b) just go try some out and see what you like. I already owned to Henckels...

You have done everything correct. The two things I would suspect are the crossover cable and assigning the IP address to the wrong interface. It looks like you have already checked the interface, so perhaps the crossover cable. Do you have another computer you can check the crossover cable...

Well, that's a bit difficult really. 1-wire is very timing dependent, so wireless is hard. There were some solutions for this, but they were cost prohibitive. For example: http://www.maxim-ic.com/produc...s/product.cfm?ID=392 1-wire requires power. So, if you are trying to get it inside a...

I have a Stoker, but my reasoning is non-usage based. I have some experience with the Tini board and 1-wire interfaces the product is built around, and I think that is pretty cool. Both products seem to do an excellent job for what they were primarily intended for: Correlating the temperature...

How did your smoke go Craig? The weather here was perfect and the smoker temps were rock solid stable. Added charcoal at about the 13 hour mark. The largest of the 4 butts took about 18 hours @ 235. The smaller ones were off at about the 14-15 hour mark with plenty of time to pull them...

I bury my smoke wood under a layer of unlit charcoal so that it does not start smoking until after I've got it all closed up. I have no idea what this does for flavor, but it keeps me from suffocating myself with smoke while assembling the smoker.. -Matt

Craig, I'm all set to do the same. I have 4 8lb pork butts ready to go. I've been wanting to try the "Chris Lilly" injection recipe, so that is on tap for tonight. Weather looks like it will be perfect here in northern Virginia. -Matt

Just thought I would share how I network to my Stoker. I use Stokerlog to control and monitor my Stoker while cooking. I used to run a long network cable back inside the house. However, for the past few smokes I've been using my travel router successfully to network the device. I use the...

I've made these a couple of times myself. Yours look like they came out great. Made my mouth water. I've always made them when I was serving them to someone else. Other people (non-BBQ aficionados) really seem to like them a lot. -Matt

Two Q220 questions: 1) How long does it take for the Q220 to heat up (ready to grill)? 2) How long does it take for it to cool down? (so it can be loaded in a car when being used as a portable). Thanks, -Matt

The Q220 is attractive to me. I like the portability as an option. That makes it a bit more versatile. It doesn't get too cold here in Virginia, so I"m not worried about low-temp cooking. Besides, I'm not leaving my charcoal grill, just considering adding to it, so even if I was not happy...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by J Martin: Really...I'm suprised by that...I always keep my Performer locked and cocked and ready to go....it's ready to cook in around 20 mins....about...

I currently own a Weber Performer charcoal grill and a WSM. I am interested in getting a gas grill to handle the "small and quick" grilling tasks. I have always cooked over charcoal, and enjoy it. However, I find that the effort and time required to start up the grill just to do a couple of...