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Comparing weber mini WSM to Home made

Started by LightningBoldtz, September 29, 2015, 06:38:12 AM

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LightningBoldtz

Purchased a Weber mini WSM over the weekend from Joel @jbenavidez2

Totally didn't need it, but at the price I couldn't refuse.

Here is the side by side
I am not a collector, but I do have a small collection.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want"

jcnaz

#1
I like it!
How about a head-to-head cooking/smoking comparison?
A bunch of black kettles
-JC

LightningBoldtz

I am not a collector, but I do have a small collection.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want"

charred

I haven't used my mini since finding a NIB 14.5 for $100 last fall. I should probably sell it.
hopelessly, helplessly, happily addicted to a shipload of Webers

Bob BQ

#4
Quote from: charred on September 29, 2015, 12:17:50 PM
I haven't used my mini since finding a NIB 14.5 for $100 last fall. I should probably sell it.

I picked up my 14.5 @ Target on clearance for $59.98 ($65 and change w/ tax). Sold my mini (minus the SJ; so it was just the IMUSA pot, 1 cook grate, and thermo) for $60.

I did love using the mini, but couldn't pass up the 14.5 @ that price, and didn't need both.... selling the mini pot essentially paid for the 14.5.
BBQ:it's what's for dinner. Grail: 18" Custom - "The Californian"

LightningBoldtz

I certainly don't need both but I got a great deal on it, who knows how I will use them.  I may do a side by side.
I am not a collector, but I do have a small collection.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want"

Bob BQ

Quote from: LightningBoldtz on September 29, 2015, 12:34:43 PM
I may do a side by side.

Would love to see the results of a side by side cook/comparison.
BBQ:it's what's for dinner. Grail: 18" Custom - "The Californian"

LightningBoldtz

I am not a collector, but I do have a small collection.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want"

swamprb

Quote from: Bob BQ on September 29, 2015, 12:50:51 PM
Quote from: LightningBoldtz on September 29, 2015, 12:34:43 PM
I may do a side by side.

Would love to see the results of a side by side cook/comparison.

Thats like comparing a 22" WSM to the Cajun Bandit Kettle Conversion.



I've done side x side cooks with these and out of the box the WSM has the advantage over the Cajun Bandit for low and slow cooks whereas the Cajun Bandit has the upper hand for easier to maintain higher temp cooks.

I don't have a 14" bullet, but do have a Cajun Bandit SJ Mini, one of only a few produced and I've cooked on it with SJS, SJG, a 3 vent SJ and a modified UDS type SJ bowl (which I settled on) with variable results. Weber has the WSM locked in and I would imagine it would be the winner an smackdown. The vents are higher in the bowl near the charcoal basket where the SJ's are below.



There is a reason Harry Soo can cook the 4 Competition meats on one 14" Mini-besides being a great cook you need fire management, which he achievs with great success hooked up to a Stoker
I cook on: Backwoods Gater, Lang 36, Hunsaker Smokers, Pellet Pro 22" WSM, BGE's, WSM's, Cajun Bandits, PK Grills, Drum Smokers, Genesis Silver C, Weber Q's, Cookshack 008, Little Chief, La Caja China #2, Lodge Sportsman...oh yeah! Weber Kettles! Kamado restoration and pit modification hack!

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