Kamado grills and smoking

There are a few Kamando's at our local Menard's on clearance and was wondering myself how they really compare to The Green Egg's...

I use a small kamado-style cooker (see my avitar) that I restored last summer.  I also have a friend who has cooked with a full-sized one for decades.  They turn out some great smoked meat.

the one's they sell at Menards come from a company called Sunrise Ceramics LTD out of CHina...here is there website:  www.kamadochina.com

They seem pretty legit..and they do offer a 3 yr factory warranty on their Kamado's. I've spoken with them about including that info in the instruction manual, as it's not in there right now

Dan

I know that this is an old thread but what did you end up doing?  Did you get the Kamado?  

I personally have a Kamado Joe.  I looked around a bunch and there were several "cheaper" options but I have heard complaints about alot of them cracking and only having a 1 to 3 year warranty.  If you go with one of the bigger names, ya they cost a bit more but they also come with Lifetime warranty's on the ceramics.  Well worth it.

I smoke pork shoulders/ribs/turkey's ect... on mine and it is a wonderful smoker.  Not another charcoal smoker out there that you can put in 2-3lb's of lump, get it up to temp then leave and not have to touch it for 12-16 hours.  All on one load of lump.  They are amazing at holding temp's and since there is very little airflow, there is less moisture loss from the meat.