Kettle, Drum, Or Twin Chamber Charcoal Grill?
I’m determined to get a charcoal grill…I’m thinking about a Weber, but I’ve seen some deals on other kinds of cookers. Pros? Cons? Personal preference? Thanks alot for looking.
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Let me start by saying, you can’t go wrong with Weber. They make quality stuff.
It depends on what kind of cooking you intend to do, mostly. If you open grill (in other words, high heat; direct, short cooking time) you’d be better off with a standard, drum-shaped grill (I think a “kettle” or “drum” shaped grill are pretty synonymous). If you like to barbecue, in the traditional sense, the same kind of grill would work just as well. You’d just have to adjust the charcoal piles and the ventilation, to make the grill burn lower and slower. There’s no “magic bullet”, in terms of all-around grills.
As for twin-chamber grills: fine, if you intend to do a great deal of smoking. I have a Weber smoker (kettle smoker, charcoal-powered) in addition to a Weber gas grill. I consider them mutually exclusive. You can easily put a “light smoke” on your food using any standard charcoal grill or {{almost}} any gas grill. You’d need to buy (or construct) a Smoke Box, which isn’t hard to do.