180 - Transform Your 18" Weber Kettle Into an Efficient Smoker

I travel for a living and have limited space in my RV to store non-essenital items. I certainly don't have room for a full size smoker. I do however, have room for a Weber 18" Kettle. This smokenator transformed my kettle! I have done a couple of smokes so far and this little gadget works great! I made the best salmon I have ever had.Most people find by experience or warnings on other reviews that the water pan is small and requires a lot of attention. The Excellente Jam pan is recommended. However, if you have the 18" Weber the 4 inch deep jam pan will be too high to allow your lid to close. The way to remedy this is to put the pan on the lower coal grate next to the smokenator. Some people, however, like to cook on that lower grate. The two inch deep jam pan works perfect for the 18" Weber. It can sit on the top grate and will still allow the lid to close.Some forums have suggested that fire bricks will do just as good of job. I don't know about that but I do know this item works perfectly. It isn't heavy like bricks, leaves more room for cooking area, is easier to store than bricks, and from what I have read it doesn't take as long to heat up as bricks. This is important to get a steady temp going in a shorter period of time.When I finally get home I am getting another one for my 22" Weber!Highly recommended.

I ended up with a half a pig, parts provided by a butcher in sections, including a pork belly. I decided to try to cure and smoke my own bacon. I have the smaller version of the Weber kettle bbq, and found this to fit it. I used a chimney to get a few charcoal briquets going and put them in this device to the side, then put wet hickory sawdust on them and put the bacon on the grill and placed a second layer above that. I had purchased a neat dual-thermometer for the internal temperature of the meat and the temperature in the grill, and I was able to watch it smoke for hours without having to open the hood. Turned out great. No need to buy a smoker or tons of other stuff for smoking.

This is really a great product. Very simple to use and the results are great. Tried a rack of St. Louis ribs on the first smoke and they turned out delicious. Next was 2 Cornish game hens and got the same results. You cant go wrong with this product. Bon Appetite.

You will not regret buying the Smokenator. Sure, it is fairly simple, and probably a lot of money for what it is, but I just made my first batch of hot smoked Salmon, and it was at least as good, maybe better than the salmon we smoke a while back using a friends full-size smoker, and already made the whole purchase worth-while. The booklet that comes with it is very helpful, although I would recommend getting a thermometer to monitor dome temperature, mine ran a bit hotter than expected, but still worked out great. Really smart design, a must-have for any Weber owner.

This did fit my neighbor's 18.5" standard Weber kettle grill, but did not fit either of my Weber 18.5" portable grills.bbqkettleaccessories did refund the purchase price responsibly and expeditiously. Should they make a version that will fit either of my portable 18.5" Weber grills, I certainly will consider buying it. I use my portable Weber grills while camping and fishing. It would be great to smoke some food on those occasions.

Little tough to get the temp up to 325 for chicken. In reality I should have just upgraded to the larger size Weber and got the bigger smokenator. That said, this item is awesome, fun to use, works great. It's extremely simple and if I had any clue how to cut and bend sheet metal I'd simply make it myself. Given, I feel like the item is a little overpriced, but it does a great job and I can't complain when a product meets my needs and I'm left with great tasting bbq.

This thing works well for smoking. Follow the instructions it comes with. Solid stainless steel. Thick. Not cheap.

Absolutely love this thing. Smoked pork butts, ribs, loins, briskets, and chickens already and all turned out to be the best I have ever eaten. Nice not having to have a dedicated smoker on top of all the other grills I have. Only mistake I made was I should have bought the larger size grill.