Old Smokey #18 Charcoal Grill

Have used old smokey bbq for 40 plus years and we love them. I do have to rplace them about every 5-7 years. used to by at an outdoor box store but they no longer carry the line. Found it here on Walmart on line cheeper then the company website and free shipping. Ordered the 22", received in mimimal time, easyly assembled, and put it to use. Loved it.

I set it up for grilling - a load of charcoal in the middle of the grill, bottom damper wide open, and it quickly reached a hot grilling temperature. The height of the grill from the charcoal reduced flare-ups. Then I tried smoking, making a line of charcoal in a ring around the outside of the bottom grate and closing down the bottom damper. It stayed at 250F for 6 hours with very few adjustments, then I opened the damper up a nudge and the temperature rose and settled at 300F, another adjustment and the temperature went to 350F, measured at one of the top dampers. So very nice temperatue control. The third time I used it I laid the charcoal in a ring again then used the damper to control the temperature at 350F and used it to charcoal bake a chicken. I can imagine using a pizza stone to bake a pizza. It's big enough to easily cook a turkey and a regular sized oven's roasting pans fit easily onto the grill. The grill/smoker/oven is huge but still light and overall I am very, very pleased.