Weber Summit 24-Inch Kamado S6 Charcoal Grill Center - 18501101

If you're looking at a Kamado style grill you can stop here. All the shortcomings of a Kamado have been solved. The heavy weight, the ash problems have been solved. The snap-jet ignition is super convenient. So far, I'm in love.

Great grill! Superb temperature control and functionality. Low and slow ribs one day and grilled burgers and wings the next. If the weather is good, we will not likely use our oven this summer. Some quality issues out of the box: I had an issue with the enameled coating on the lower bowl. Contacted customer service and they sent me a replacement in less than a week. Great customer service. All in all a great grill! It looks great on my patio. It has made me a better griller.

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The perfect grill for an aspiring pitmaster looking to perfect charcoal technique with more forgivability than ceramic kamados (no worries on overshooting temps) — but with versatility to do it ALL. Low and slow ribs and brisket to 600 degree steak sears to wood fired pizza, this baby is amazing. Have owned for two years now and so easy to clean that it looks like new.

I love this grill. It is spacious, versatile and can hold temps as well and any kamado on the market. Once you learn how to use it, setting the right temp becomes as easy as programming your kitchen oven. Good job on this one Weber!

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I've only had the chance to use it twice so far and everything turned out great.

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This thing is so fuel efficient compared to the Smokey Mountain and gives off great flavor and offers the flexibility for long smokes to fast and efficient grilling. Very happy with my purchase!

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Love it so far. Only wish the top damper didn't move when lifted.

Love it so far, have owned many Weber products over the years this one is by far my favorite. Have done a few 10+ hour cooks with great success. I use this grill 3-4 times per week as a regular grill and i love the size of the cooking grate when setup for indirect cooking. It was a slight learning curve from a regular kettle (mainly how to setup for the type of cook you want). For the first cook I had a really hard time keeping the temp I wanted, I think it just needed to be seasoned a bit (and me to figure out how the grill cooks) after 2 cooks the temp seems to settle in and stay steady for longer cooks. I learned the hard way to not use the diffuser for high temp indirect cooking without a drip pan. The moment I lifted the lid the grease from grill fried thighs I was making ignited immediately and burned them a bit. This grill gets hot fast! Been experimenting with different lump charcoal and wood chunks for different flavors. Even though this is a crazy expensive grill I think it is woth it. Maybe it should come with a free gym membership as im eating very well!

This grill is almost perfect. I love that it can do low and slow and high heat grilling. The attached table is wonderful to use, and I'm overall very happy with it. There are only a few things letting this down from being a perfect grill. The first, and biggest one, is that you can't get a version without the Snap Jet starter. I truly don't understand why a premium charcoal grill would include this feature; no one I know is interested in it, I don't see anyone seriously using it, and the new stand-alone version doesn't have it. I'd have loved to see a version of this without it, both because it's a feature I'd never use and it takes up a lot of under-cart space. The second is the accessories. The diffuser plate was changed from the previous version and no longer includes hinges, making it incredibly hard to add more fuel for long cooks. The included charcoal baskets, while they work, are very small, each holding about 1/2 chimney of lump charcoal. This makes it harder to attain high heat or and recover when the lid is opened. I'd have preferred one larger basket or, if two were still included, two larger ones. While I like the bag over a plastic container for the charcoal, it doesn't hold 20lb of lump charcoal like it claims to, and the bottom straps are positioned 90 degrees in the wrong direction, directing you to pour from the clips instead of the middle of the bag. Finally, there's a plastic cup? scoop? that comes with the grill that I think is meant for portioning charcoal but doesn't seem to be useful for lump if that's its intended purpose. Ultimately, I absolutely recommend the grill for the grill, but a number of papercuts keep it from being perfect.

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As advertised. I have been a long time Kettle user and I BBQ at least 3x a week. I was a bit concerned that I would have to adjust my grilling style for this but it is pretty much like grilling on a Kettle. Smoking has ben absolutely amazing. The Kamado is incredibly stable. Once you set your temp, you only need to make micro-adjustments on the top vent to maintain that temp for hours and it is very efficient. I have not dialed in the exact charcoal amounts yet but for each one of my long cooks (so far 6 hours, 3.5 hours, and 2.5 hours), I have been ended up with 15-20% of unused charcoal and I have yet to fill the charcoal area even half-way. Very different from the Bullet--which you need to constantly feed. This is a great grill. Expensive but I not regretting spending the money.