I am happy with the product with one exception. There is no hardware fastening the base to the upper section. The smoker is tall & narrow & if you move it, it tips readily, falling apart & spilling ash everywhere. When I suggest hat Weber add a clip or other hardware to secure the sections, th.e answer was that it wasn’t really meant to be moved.

I have the 18 inch and bought a 14 inch for travel and it holds its temp just as well as the bigger one. Love it for smaller smokes and for transport.

This is great design and works well. The double stack design makes it hard to baste or make additions diring the process. The 14" is a little small but I can get 3 racks of baby back ribs in it if I cut them each in 3rds. It is a hard to keep heat for 12hrs for a pork shoulder, and adding coals is difficult. This probably not an issue with the larger sizes. Will be doing a pork belly this weekend.

This grill is a great size for 2 people, and its perfectly capable of producing some great BBQ! I think if you are just starting, this is a good size/price. After about 3-4 hours of cooking, I find that the grill has a difficult time staying hot even with the dampers fully open, and it also just doesn't hold a lot of charcoal, so for really long smokes, you will need to add more in the middle. This is where the size becomes a problem for me, because it fills up with ash so quickly, after adding a second batch of charcoal the airflow is very limited unless you also empty it mid-smoke. Overall though, i have been very happy, and the meat i have smoked on this has convinced me to upgrade to a larger model. Also, when I bought the grill, it initially came with a defective part that made the grill unusable. However, Customer service was very helpful, and they got me the replacement part within a couple of days.