Gas grill

[ramsfan]

I know we're all die-hard charcoal fans here, but does anyone have or use a Weber gas grill? If so, has anyone ever used one of those V-shaped smoker boxes that lays in between the flavorizer bars? I was curious as to how well these things worked? Specifically, do you have to get the grill really hot before it will smoke?

I have a Weber Genesis gas grill with the burner knobs on the side so the burners are situated left to right. I have the optional smoker box that Weber produces for this particular grill, but the smoker box is lays in there front to back - oppposite of the burners, so the burners only make contact with a small portion of the smoker box. In order to make it smoke, I have to crank the heat full blast to get it hot enough. The high temperature required to make it smoke makes it impossible to cook "low and slow" for bbq.

[Grillingtome]

I cannot get my Genesis to cook hot enough to satisfy myself . Slow to recover from lid openings etc. I have called Weber a couple of times with no help.

I guess when you boil it down I just prefer the charcoal.

Sorry, I cannot help with your problem.