This is a new section that I have to go to now since I purchased the Weber. I thought that I would just use this as a charcoal grill, but after doing a lot of reading on it, I know that I can also use it as a smoker. And, there are some interesting Add-On's that can be purchased to turn this into a Weber Smokey Mountain or a reasonable facsimile.
Since I am very much inclined to spend money these days in order to bolster the economy to do my part and buy American, I am going to purchase a product called the Smoke EZ. It is a conversion unit that turns the Weber into a smoker as well as a grill. And, because it is made to the precise measurements of the Weber, I can also put my new Weber Rotissierie on top of this product and use there as well. Whatever. Tim was right: this Weber is like having a Victorianox Swiss Army knife with the 43 different functions.
Here's a picture of the Smoke EZ.
And, this unit is designed with old people with limited mobility in mind as this picture illustrates and demonstrates that no bending is required.
It also comes with a device so that you can hang food products for smoking purposes just like in a drum smoker.
I am not sure that I would ever use this feature, but, it comes with the package. It has the opportunity to use two Weber shelves and a third can be added half way up the unit so that increased grill space can be acquired by simply adding 4 L-shaped brackets. That's a lot of Grill space for a small unit. From their facebook page, it seems that a lot of people have increased the size of the water dish to 18.5 inches by purchasing a stainless steel dish on Amazon.com and using this as a heat diffuser as well. This would be good when creating a fire ring around the unit to give it a slow burn which they say will last for 12 hours. That might be good for either a small pork butt or a small brisket. With my rotissierie, I can also add on the Rib-O-Lator and rotate and smoke ribs in this nifty contraption.
The cost is $199.95 including shipping from Firecraft.com.
I think that I might pull the trigger on Monday.
So what do guys think? Too many gadgets? Already have two smokers. I really like the idea of a good griller and rotissierie for chickens and roasts and that is why I picked up the Weber.
I'd be interested in your feedback.
Ed