Thread: Which Kamado grill to buy?

I got the 24 inch Vision grill for 699. The BGE was more than I wanted to spend

Lowes has a "Komoto Joe" I have been looking at.
For the time being, I am still hanging with "Old Faithful".
I know a guy that swears by His home made version from an old Hot Water Heater Tank. 2 Cute little chimneys come up where the heating elements used to go in. Resourceful Guy right there.

Originally Posted by TheGrandPoohBah

Lowes has a "Komoto Joe" I have been looking at.
For the time being, I am still hanging with "Old Faithful".
I know a guy that swears by His home made version from an old Hot Water Heater Tank. 2 Cute little chimneys come up where the heating elements used to go in. Resourceful Guy right there.

If you are seriously looking then you need to check out the Kamado Joe, price it out completely then go to Home Depot and check out the visions, see what all you get with it and then compare the pricing. Think you will find the visisions a much better buy. I have looked at all of them over and over and wouldn’t trade my vision for any of them. Have been using mine for 2 years. Have a friend that had the BGE bought a visions to haul in his toy hauler for camping trips. After using it a few times gave the BGE away. The only accessory I had to buy was the ceramic diffuser plate which is worth the money in the long run. I use it every time unless I really want to sear a steak. I put it in after getting fire started and when smoking add 3-4 large chunks of pecan or apple then diffuser plate. I can crank temp down around 225-250 and it will hold for hours. Smoke butts, ribs, and chicken no problem. Crank that dude up and sear and cook a steak in about 15 minutes.

Dockshootinjack, if your interested KamadoJoe has a cool accessory I’m thinking about getting. It’s called a Joetissory. It is a heavy aluminum ring that fits on top of grill and formed where lid can close and seal. It has a rottissory motor and bar that fits into it to turn it into a rottissiory. My research says the large will fit right on the visions we have.

Kamado Joe JoeTisserie Rotisserie System For Classic 18-Inch Grills - KJ-TISSERIENA : BBQGuys

Been reading about the Joetissory and the knock offs. Roasted beef and chicken sounds good. I have a rack of ribs on now cooking

I have the Acorn Char-Grill as well. The metal lining that is on the inside is very thin and at the bottom rusted and no longer holds the bottom grate. We kept it cleaned and covered under our back porch and we are perplexed as to why it deteriorated so quickly (2.5 years).

I have had many grills rust out over the years. I have a pit boss pellet grill that is rusting on the diffuser baffle badly after a year. At this rate it will be rusted through in a year. I do grill/ smoke and cook a lot outdoors

Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

I have the Acorn Char-Grill as well. The metal lining that is on the inside is very thin and at the bottom rusted and no longer holds the bottom grate. We kept it cleaned and covered under our back porch and we are perplexed as to why it deteriorated so quickly (2.5 years).

Thin metal combined with heat from grilling.