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TEisenhauer

TEisenhauer

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Hello all, This is my first post so bear with me. I bought a 22 inch Weber Kettle several months back and haven't used my gas grill since. I guess you could say that I'm hooked. I have recently tried "smoking" meat on my kettle since I don't have a smoker yet. In the last few months I have done several chickens, a turkey breast, some ribs and a butt. Here are some pics of the chicken thighs I did tonight. I am currently debating on which WSM to buy. I am torn between the 22 and 18.5.
The chicken thighs all seasoned up.


On the grill


About halfway through.....I threw on a couple of sweet taters


All done, ready to eat




Sorry, no pics of the food on the plate.
 
How many people are you cooking for? I just cooked 13lbs of pork shoulders and 2 racks of ribs on the 18.5 yesterday.
 
Great looking cook T. For the 1st year I used my my 22.5 One Touch for all of my smoking needs and it works just fine. It takes a lot more attention but the food always turned out great. I too wasn't sure if the 22.5 WSM was overkill
but after reading many opinions on these boards I realized that with a 22.5 I could always cook less but with the 18 there were more limitations along with having to coil ribs at times. If the cost isn't an issue, I'd go
with the 22.5. Either way you'll be very happy. Good luck.
 
Excellent looking cook, great color on the chicken. It's easier to cook small on a big WSM than to cook big on a small WSM.
 
I'm with James and hence my purchase of the WSM22.5. I do smaller smokes on it for just me and the CEO all the time. But when I want to lay out six full St Louis cuts flat is does that very nice. And If I am having a big shin dig it lets me cook a lot of butts, ribs and sides.
 
Bill Schultz said:
I'm with James and hence my purchase of the WSM22.5. I do smaller smokes on it for just me and the CEO all the time. But when I want to lay out six full St Louis cuts flat is does that very nice. And If I am having a big shin dig it lets me cook a lot of butts, ribs and sides.
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I agree that you need the 22.5. Your cooking many pounds of meat, and the 18.5 won't be enough. An alternative would be to buy the Cajun Bandit stacker, which will greatly expand your cooking volume and surface area.
 
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