22" VS 26" Weber Kettle Gold 4 Beginner BUDGET?

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knightsilver

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Mar 19, 2013
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Redneckville Arkansas
For grilling and smoking!

Im still new here, and green on the smoking.

Im looking at getting a Weber Kettle Grill, will also be using for indirect smoking (the lower 200F's)

Do I go with the 22" $150, would it give me enough room? My budget is $300/under, not counting the other hardware ($60-$150) Im needing, and still havent got. Or do I bite bullet and spend the $300 on the 26" Weber Kettle?

KS
 
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The 26" would be great.  I have a 22.5" because I have the WSM for big smoke cooks.  I guess it depends on how much you plan to smoke.  I can do one rack of ribs flat on the grate (more in a rib rack), a small butt, a chicken, a turkey, a rib roast, a brisket flat, etc using the smokenator or just banking coals.  You can do more in a 26".  If I wanna do a big butt, multiple racks of ribs, a packer brisket a big turkey, etc I use the WSM.
 
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