I am unboxing & sharing first impressions of the Weber Summit Kamado E6 Charcoal Grill. From my First Big Green Egg to Kamado Joe comparison, no grill has been requested more than the Weber Summit Kamado so today we get started with some first impressions.
Chapters
00:00 – Weber Summit Kamado
01:39 – How does the assembly compare?
03:58 – Walk around & first fire
05:23 – First cook
07:44 – Results & Taste Test
09:01 – First Impressions
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For the price, you could buy a tricked out Weber Kettle AND a Smokey Mountain. I wonder if that’s a better call?
For the money, the best ceramic kamado is a Grilldome and no, I was not paid for that statement.
Best grill on earth. For reverse searing you can just bang the coals on one side and the meat on the indirect then bump the temps up and sear like a pro. I can tell you didn't let the grate come up to temp enough. Its a learning curve but you will manage.
Want to see the Weber Summit Kamado cooking pork shoulder and full brisket. Thanks !
The summit is so versatile. Great grill. Have had mine 5 years and would buy it again. I am a Big fan of the large vortex on the bottom rack.
About time. This is an awesome grill
As a longtime WSK owner, I’d recco you load the charcoal baskets with Jealous Devil lump and place them in a circle in the center of the coal grate while the coal grate is in the uppermost position. This way you’ll have high heat direct searing for the grilling portion.
Do your indirect cooking this same way, but just keep your protein off the direct heat for your reverse sear.
The WSK is the best cooker I’ve owned and used in my 30+ years grilling and smoking.
I went from BGE to a classic 2, then a junior which I all love. Just purchased the s6 with the cart with the low profile slow and sear and unfortunately haven’t touched my KJ’s in a month, not knocking KJ’s but this is so versatile that I had hot dogs going in 15 min. I’ve done everything but a brisket so far and I’m very impressed. Didn’t like cleaning the charcoal by hand when I wanted to switch from lower position to upper grilling position so now I don’t really do it anymore, just use the sns with the sns drip and griddle wrapped in foil. I keep the grate in the lower position to light my small chimney (with ignitior), with sns in place. Dump the lit coals in the slow and sear, install drip and griddle drip tray and main grate and you’re grilling or doing low and slow in minutes. It’s a kettle/Kamado that’s very consistent with my KJ’s as far as temp stability, and IMO a touch less inefficient which is a plus as I feel it provides a better bark and smoke flavour. Looking forward to seeing some more reviews and cooks on this from you. Funny…I said to my wife when I was researching this that I wish James had a review on this! Awesome grill!
Sooooooo will she let you keep it? B-)
Great video along with all of the others I've seenn on this channel. I have a Kamado and really like it as well but for me the PK is king, would love to see your thoughts and comparisons on a Kamado, PK, and Hastybake!!
Excellent video as always!
Have you looked at Hasty Bake Legacy? You mention cookers that do several things well (hot and fast, low and slow, etc) and the Legacy is fantastic as an all around cooker. The Legacy is a bit unique in that it has a small exhaust near/below the grate. This seems to keep temps pretty even and forces more "smoke" through the food you cook. But probably the best feature is the ability to raise and lower the heat source making it easy to go from smoking to searing. The firebox is also accessible from the side without disturbing the grates. And the cooking area is huge compared to other charcoal grills I've had. I can fit 5 racks of ribs laying flat, or if I were to use rib racks I'm sure I could do 10 racks easily.
Admittedly I'm a Hasty Bake fan but I think it would be great to compare against a kamado
Weber Summit Charcoal owner here.
For reverse sear, I find that removing the heat deflector and raising the grill grate before sear can be quite tricky (but do-able). My approach is similar to kettle: coal grates at the top level, no heat deflector, coals in basket and banked to one side. Once ready to sear, the charcoal baskets make it easy to slide them in/out of position, without losing to much coal. Also, the baskets keep the coals concentrated and raised towards grilling surface, which makes for an amazing sear. Remove cooking grate, let coals glow up (dome closed, full vent open). Once ready to sear, put cold cooking grate and sear: this avoids grill marks and creates real nice maillard reaction.
It may be tricky to light using built-in igniter (older model), since coal grate is at top position. I like to use the chimney: put 1-2 chunks of wood at the bottom of chimney, then fill 1/2 to 2/3 with charcoal, and light per usual. I find putting wood chunks at the bottom accelerates the time to create clean blue smoke.
Would love to see more videos regarding weber kamado.
Yes! I love my Summit Kamado. Can't wait to see what you can do with it! Also after a couple cooks the top vent will gunk up a little bit and keep your settings when you open/close the lid. Brand new it spins quite freely. Looking forward to more content with this grill.
I love Weber. Especially my WSM. Very versatile.
Major pass….I'll stick with my Kamado Joe….That , along with my Blackstone grll, and my restored New Braunsfel offset smoker (not made anymore) keeps me more than happy….It would have to be something really special to deviate from what i have now and all these things are just to darn expensive to go out and buy what i reallly dont need…
Nice video! I have one for a year and since then I didnt touch my two other barbecues, which I really liked. The Weber Summit is extremely versatile, efficiency is JUST in tbe right spot for clean smoke every time, easy to control and quick to reflect changes. The size is a big deal also, you can do a lot of food in it and even in the same level you can several different heat zones. Additionaly, there a lot of accessories from other branda that fit and the Weber GBS all fit. Plus, the steel will never crack. It is lighter, easy to move, etc etc etc. I live in Europe and paid 1049 euros, while Big Green Egg, Kamado Joe, Primo, Monolith or Bastard on equivalent size would be from 2600 to 3000 euro. The Weber Summit has unbeatable value and it does at least everything the others do. I recommend to anyone.
Thank you for doing so much research that helps so many people!
I have KJ Classic and Weber summit. I find weber to be more fuel efficient.
I love my Weber Summit Kamado!
I have a Summit and it’s on my channel. Nothing can beat it everything considered for that ‘sports utility’ BBQ.
I use the Big Joe accessories for a great divide and conquer set up (shown on my channel) so you already can do that . That’s the best way to do a reverse sear. The new Big Joe fancy steel plancha fits exactly. The Big Joe Flexible Cooking rack does apparently. Slow and Sear does. The Summit is the best, I’m interested to see your cooks going forward.
The Summit has no problems with ‘too much’ insulation. It cooks almost identical to a ceramic, but overshoots are easier to manage.
Let’s see a brisket and a pulled pork.
Have been a huge fan of the channel for a while now and excited to see you review the Summit – I've had one for coming up on 2-years now and absolutely love it. As others have mentioned, many of the KJ grates/accessories will fit the Summit (not the rotisserie though – have to get a special one from Holland (Spit on Fire)). I've had great experience for steaks using a KJ standard grate and soap-stone on the bottom level, directly above the charcoal, and then a KJ big joe half moon on the other side of the cooker – allows for 2-zone cooking for a reverse sear and leveraging the great crust you get on the soap stone. One thing I'd love to see is if the Slo Roller fits on the Summit and if its an improvement over using the standard diffuser for something like a brisket. Cheers!
I just received mine, and on the first cook noticed a massive smoke leak aat the back hinge. Weber customer service was of no help. Hopefully it is correct ed soon, I feel like this will be a great grill otherwise
Add the vortex in the middle and its a chicken cooking machine! Love my summit! Nice review and first impressions video!
I have a summit Kamado and a custom made 150 gallon offset. The kamado is absolutely amazing and I use it almost daily.
I have a Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Station I bought a few years ago. I use it more than any off my other grills. It’s a great grill.
Pls give us tips for the first 5 or so cooks – like you did w the Kamado Joe. Temp management is a little different than KJ
I want to see anything and everything you can do w this grill. How quick to get to temp for hot and fast vs Kamado Joe vs propane? How quick you can bring down the temp if you overshoot? How well does it hold temps for low and slow? Rotisserie options. Ease for cleaning. Taste comparison? Accessories. All of it. So happy you are trying it