Weber BBQ: WSM or Kettle

[85Carrera]

I currently have a Weber Q series gas barbecue and cheap old kettle barbecue.

I was about to buy a WSM when I had a rethink, unsure of how much use it would see.

Am now thinking of a 57 cm kettlle with something like this - http://www.barbecuestacker.com/index.html - to give more flexibility.

Any thoughts on the kettle arrangement from the BBQ experts here. Will it work as a smoker?

Thanks

[rsbmw]

I use a Weber kettle as a smoker, works fine. I don't have the stacker, but did a 4kg brisket and 4kg pork shoulder at the same time, came out great. Probably a bit more work than the wsm to keep temp regulated, but it's an excuse to buy a maverick thermometer and keep going out to poke it.

[Nick Grant]

Maybe consider a ProQ bullet smoker, a bit cheaper than the WSM but similar build quality.

http://www.macsbbq.com/

[scottri]

rsbmw said:

I use a Weber kettle as a smoker, works fine. I don't have the stacker, but did a 4kg brisket and 4kg pork shoulder at the same time, came out great. Probably a bit more work than the wsm to keep temp regulated, but it's an excuse to buy a maverick thermometer and keep going out to poke it.

+1

I started on a kettle and as i got into it more ended up with a ProQ smoker. Kettle will do pretty much everything you need but it will require a lot more attention than a dedicated smoker.

ProQ smokers are good but you would have to get the Elite version of it to be on par with a weber build quaility.