Weber Smokey Mountain

Pros

• Once I replaced the door with stainless and bought a new fire basket from Arbor Fabricating with the minion starter, I can run my WSM without touching it at least eight hours without touching it after it's set and steady.
• Coming from a pellet smoker but wanting real wood only two options I see are Weber smokey mountain (as mentioned) or the Masterbuilt gravity smokers.
• WSM is a great option because it lets you do two big pulled pork or several racks of ribs or a very large brisket low and slow without much fuss, using charcoal briquettes, or lump charcoal, along with adding a few wood chunks for the ac...
• Probably get a WSM
• One load of charcoal is enough for 8 hours or so in my wsm.

Cons

• been smoking on my WSM for ages so I'm excited to finally try my hand at an offset.
• On a WSM, which I was using at the time, it comes from the bottom.
• I’ve had some challenges on my previous 3 attempts at ribs on my WSM but think I’ve finally nailed it.
• I have a wsm. It’s too small for the amount I cook.
• I’ve done brisket three or four times on my WSM and I just can’t get it right. Always comes off looking promising, but then very quickly dries out.