EX4 Headroom

[BobJ]

Can someone with an EX4 measure the headroom when trying to get something in the door of the smoker? I have a Rec Teq 340 and find it's 6.5" to low for some of the foods I want to cook.

 

[Lew Newby]

11.75" and that's at the top of the curve just like the 340. The only dimension that's different in the EX4 and 6 is the width of the grill.

 

[BobJ]

Thanks Lew, that's a big difference.

 

[Lew Newby]

I had a Rec Tec mini (RT-300) and this thing is cavernous in comparison. The 340 is a 15" round barrel and the SF is about 18" in diameter top and bottom but an elongated oval which gives more headroom.

 

[Jon Tofte]

The EX-4, I think, is more directly comparable to Recteq's RT-590:

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It looks like the RT-590 has 9 inches of headroom, so still advantage Weber. Recteq would have to make a "short" RT-700 to be directly comparable.