Pitmaster IQ or WSM?

[Steve]

What's the price on a smokenator shipped in though?

There's also the Cajun Bandit conversion kit but after shipping you're getting pricey.

[Swindon_Ed]

I've just looked at my old invoice and shipped it cost $112 and i remember having to pay another £14 for import and customs. So roughly all together it was around £90 delivered.

Admittedly when i look at what it actually is (a bend bit of steel cut to fit) it was quite a lot of money but it does the trick, although i did still upgrade to a dedicated smoker not long after getting it.

[Steve]

Not as much as I thought then £90 isn't too bad.

What's a Frontier come in at these days £150?

[Swindon_Ed]

They've gone up now and are £180 new.

Looking at some of the deals available on WSM's, i'd prefer to spend the additional £80 to get a WSM as you get so much more compared to the frontier.

[Steve]

Agreed, but it's easy to say that when you've got the money to do it I guess. Unless I upgrade to a cabinet and spend serious cash I'll stick with my WSM's, they're very hard to beat.

[London Irish]

Many many thanks to all

I was confident that I'd get a structured answer to my question.

I've decided to save a few sheckles and buy a WSM when I've got enough (Birthday in October as well).

One last question, can a WSM be used as a portable using the base and the lid? This could solve my issue when we frequent the caravan.

Was toying with the idea of a Pro Q but being a 'tackle tart' as I'm known in the carp fishing circles, everything has to match otherwise it's uneasy on the eye. Therefore a WSM sat neatly next to my OTP will satisfy my obsessive desires

Thanks again guys and gals

John

[London Irish]

Last question..I promise (ish..)

Can a WSM be used as a portable, ie using just the base and lid?

John

[London Irish]

And PLEASE let the answer be 'yes', it's taken me ^%&*ing hours to come to this decision!!

[Swindon_Ed]

Sadly it's a no as the rim of the lid and fire bowl are rounded out so they don't fit securly together. You could buy a grill to place over the base of the WSM though to use as a grill if you wanted to do that.

I know some people will say that this is an area where the ProQ is better, but i did this with my Excel and melted the handle off

[keith157]

WOW , thanks for that warning Ed, I haven't used it with the lid on as a bbq, just tried it as a grill