Weber 22.5'' Smokey Mountain Cooker Smoker
Price Range $400

22.5 Smokey Mountain Cooker Smoker, model 731001. Want authentic smokehouse flavor? The Smokey Mountain Cooker smoker is the grill for you. With two heavy-duty, plated steel cooking grates, you can barbecue ribs and a turkey at the same time.

Porcelain-enameled bowl, lid and water pan.
cooking area= 726 square inches.
2 Heavy duty plated steel cooking grates.
Lid thermometer.
No-rust aluminum fuel door and 4 air vents.
Weber cookbook.
Assembly Required: Y
Model No.: 731001
Shipping Weight (in pounds): 82.0
Product in Inches (L x W x H): 24.0 x 23.0 x 48.5
Instruction Manual: Y
Instruction Languages: English, Spanish, French
Assembled in Country of Origin: USA
Origin of Components: USA

Reviewed By ColdWeatherSmoking, Chicago,
Lots of room, 03/08/2009
This smoker is much larger than I expected. Much more room than the 18" WSM. There is plenty of foom for eight 8# pork butts. You can also cook racks of ribs without having to pinwheel them. One of the main reasons I purchased is I was looking for a smoker with a longer burn time so I could get a little sleep on over night cooks. I have a stick burner and it requires tending every 1.5 hours. I also have a hard time keeping my stick burner up to temp on cold Chicago nights in the winter.

On the first WSM cook, it was 14 degrees outside and very windy (20+mph). I had no trouble maintaining a steady 225 degrees. It did burn much more fuel than I expected, 30+ pounds of Royal Oak on a 12 hour cook. I hope it becomes much more efficient once I get the smoker seasoned well and the weather outside starts to warm up a bit.

Over all I feel the pit is very well made. The only complaint I have is the thermometer reads 15 degrees low (checked in boiling water). I will call Weber about that and I am sure they will send out a new one.

So far, based on one cook and other Weber products I own and the customer service I have experienced from Weber, I will recommend this product.

Reviewed By Fatbellybbq, MA.
Great Price, Super Fast Shipping site to store, 03/05/2009
This thing beats all my expectations, its alot larger than I thought. I compete on the BBQ circuit and use WSM as my secondary cooker, but now I may reconsider with the larger capacity now. The 22.5 WSM is great and all the new improvements this thing is much better than the older WSM. I could not beat the price, I should have purchased two.

Reviewed By LilrockBBQ
WSM - Playing with BBQ, 06/16/2009
I'm having fun learning to use my new smoker. Trying to control temperatures for BBQ is not easy. Need more practice with the dampers. The internal temperature gauges is about 15 degrees hotter than what the thermometer reads. Would definitely recommend to anyone wanting to cook BBQ.