Customer Reviews

Weber 9879 Steam-N-Chips Smoker

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I got my first Weber (Genesis B) and had to get the smoker and try 'er out. Kinda wishing I saved my money and just got the smokey mt though... here is why:
I got my grill at home depot so I would have the nice Cast Iron porcelin enamel coated grates. When using the smoker you must remove one grate and replace it with a supplemental smaller grate so that the smoker will fit on the side. This grate does not sear like the cast iron!!! Weber also does not make a cast iron to fit this size, so when using the smoker, you only get 1/2 of a grill to make nice sears on.
However, I havn't taken it out since I bought it over a week ago, so I guess the flavor is worth it. ;-) In regards to the previous review, I have had no trouble smoking a pork sholder for 5 hours, and the smoke was thick and rolling the whole time. I think the key is to soak the chips for a minimum of 30 minutes (i'll let them soak for hours if i think ahead). Make sure you load up enough chips - I pretty much filled the tray up. SHUT THE LID OF THE SMOKER!!! That part is key! Especially when heating up the grill. When heating on high I've found it takes slightly under 10 minutes to start to smolder, turn down the grill now! Before it starts a full on smoke!! I wasn't going for "low and slow"... but wanted to maintain a 325 degree oven for the entire time. I checked the internal temp at 3, 4, and 5 hours getting the pork up to an internal temp of 182 (figured it would rise another couple degrees after I took it off). The pulled pork was AMAZING! Plus I got the pink ring!!! It was my first smoking experience and I fed 10 people with the recipe from Weber nation (i doubled it). So long story short... if you already have the gas grill and don't want to invest another $300+ in a smoker... try it out! It may not be as great as the smokey mt. but it really SMOKES!

first off let me say, i love weber. this smoker is a kit that contains a small box and a replacement grate. both pieces are enameled and the smoker box has a stainless steel lid. very easy to install and use but not really very useful. i fired mine up using hickory and prepared it to the manufacturers specs, (pre-heat on high until it smokes) and then adjusted my grill for low-and-slow indirect cooking. it barely smoked at all, certainly nothing like adding those chips to a charcoal grill and they stopped smoking after about 35 minutes at which point i needed to stir them to get them going again. that's just not going to work if you're trying to smoke a brisket for 6+ hours. save your money, if you want to smoke something get the smokey mountain cooker/smoker by weber.

i'm new to the world of smoking, and ordered this for when i dont feel like doing the whole charcoal thing. it works fairly well and the flavor is great, but not quite as much as you get from using a charcoal grill. i think it was designed to be placed on either side of the grill...i've opted to slide the grates to the sides and place the smoker in the middle...it seems that less smoke escapes the grill this way. a worthwhile purchase.

This kit includes the chip box, which has shaped grooves at the bottom to fit above the flavorizer bars, and a hinged lid, and a replacement porcelain grate.

The replacement is because the box takes up some of the cooking space, so you need a shorter grate. If you have the fancier stainless steel grates I don't know what you're meant to do - take a saw and cut one of your grates to size I imagine.

In use it works well. But you have to soak the wood chips for a few hours, and then light the BBQ well before you start cooking since it can take 15-20 mins for the woodchips to start burning. Once they start they will burn until they burn up - and yes, they truly do change the taste of the food. Try the different wood types for different flavours.

As you can imagine opening the lid while the chips are smoking means you'll get a face full of thick smoke so you must be careful.

THESE SMOKERS DO NOT FIT ALL WEBER GAS GRILLS!
LIKE NUMEROUS OTHER ITEMS THE SPECS AND OR WHAT MODELS THEY FIT ARE NOT LISTED.