Simple tools can be a blessing or curse. Sometimes companies streamline entry-level products to offer the best core features at a lower price. The second time they add the experience so much that it becomes a barrier. With smoke (pronunciation “smoke”), Weber wants to give reliable performance for less money than its more versatile Searwood series and potential pill grillers for basic smart features. Finally, the company provides adequate capabilities to the initial and expert backyard pitmasters equally, although smoke is not as much value as it was a few months ago.
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The cheapest smart pellet grill from Weber is a reliable barbecue machine, with enough smart features to appeal equally to both early and experienced backyard cook.
- Simple control
- Reliable performance
- Wi-Fi connectivity
- New Cook Chamber Design
- No storage without upgrade
- Smokbost works only at 180 degrees
- No fuel monitoring
$ 799 in Weber
Original, functional design
Smoke may look like a small searwood on the outward side, but there are some notable differences. First, this model has a simplified controller, like its predecessor, only operates with a knob. The small LCD panel is easily read from a distance, and this grill can show temperature, food check temperature and timer information. Catch limited real estate can only display only one of those data at a time.
This is not a problem if you have a Weber Connect app, but what item you want to leave on the screen, if you are planning to keep an eye on progress from across the deck. The company is really hoping that limited onboard control will encourage grillers to use the app on their phone during the process. This is not a far-flung landscape because smoke is more to smoke and fry more than high-summer cooking, but I will find it a little bit.
The other main difference between Smoke and Serwood is under the cooking gates. Weber replaced his trademark flavorizer bar with a grease sheet that is distinctive in most pill grills. There is a big bar in Searwood, while Weber’s gas grill and smokefires are going in front of many of them. The company opted for vents instead of a solid sheet of metal, and their cover is originally a mini flavise bar. This means that you still achieve the effect of infecting the taste in foods when Greece and the juice collides with warm metal and ceasel, although on a small scale. And they provide better airflow facilities around the vent cook chamber, which means circulation of efficient smoke.
Smart Grilling Features
Weber Connect, a trademark feature of Weber’s smart pellet grills, is available on smoke via Wi-Fi. Once your grill sinks with your home network, mobile software can be used from anywhere to monitor the environment and food temperature. It is easy if you run out of pellets if you have time to hit the school Carpool line before you are bristed. You can set the timer, activate smokebost mode, add a temperature alert and start a shutdown process from the app.
For beginners, or only for cooks in search of inspiration, Weber Connect app also provides a treasure of dishes. They come with step-by-step instructions, and the software provides readiness alert so that you do not overcome those prices of meat. All these software features have been a staple of Weber’s smart griling lineup since the introduction of the platform in 2020. The company has very refined for years, and Weber Connect is now as easy and reliable as Traigar’s Wifire Tech, which I first considered the gold standard.
Cook
Talking about credibility, Smoke has a barbecue work in the backyard. Weber promises preheat preheat on the grill less than 15 minutes, and this is true. In fact, most of the time will reach the desired temperature before smoke. Every time I use it, I am surprised how quickly it preheat, heal from the lid and adjusts at high temperatures. All of this is thanks to the rapid react tech in the controller, an upgrade that appeared on Searwood for the first time.
During cooking sessions, Smoke also placed his temperature reliability. The Weber Connect app consists of gradation for various temperatures, and the ambient grill temperature trajectory almost always has a straight line. Certainly, you will see opening the dips at any time, but you will also see a sharp inclination that indicates how soon the grill returns to the set temperature.
Like Searwood, the smokebost feature that is designed to add more smokey taste to your food works only at 180 degrees Fahrenheit. This you want to cook things like brisks or pork shoulders, so you have to plan an additional cook time for 1-2 hours in a low setting. However, you do not really need to use all this. Smoke provides lots of taste made of wood from pellets at proper cooking temperature. Ribs, pork butts, wings and chicken kabobs were all smoked enough during my tests – even though the latter two items were first cooked at high temperatures without using smokebosts.
A useful feature you will need to decide whether you can live without smoke, manual mode. Weber introduced it on Searwood and the tool allows you to cook with the lid for things like direct-flame searring and flat-top grridling. This makes that pill grill more versatile, undoubtedly, but we are talking about a more economical, more streamlined model with smoke. As a result, it is not available here.
Competition
Both Weber and Treasure have taken an interesting approach to their new smart grills in 2025. Companies have made options that are more cheaper than previous devices, and the cheapest models from both begin at $ 800. Smoke was initially declared at $ 699, and Trager now lists Woodries for $ 900 when it is not on sale (it is currently). Given the current global economic prediction, it is no surprise that the two companies have raised their prices since their January announcements.
The Woodriies of Trager also excel on the basics and will help you brainstorm some delicious smoked meat. However, temperature fluctuations occur during cooking on that grill, so I give a slight lead to Weber in head-to-head matchup for my rock-sleed stability. And given the fact that smoke is now $ 100 cheaper at full price, they can go towards additional goods.
Wrap
With smoke, Weber proves that an original grill does not have to offer a sub -experience. This model offers reliable smoking and roasted performance with smart features in the company’s app for less than its more strong Searwood model. Smoke is also available in two sizes, so there is an option if you need more than 594 square inch cooking space on the unit I tested. Weber actually hit her strid with pellet grills with servants last year, and smoke is evidence that the company has more compelling views in the hopper. Thankfully, it saves you some money without a Pak results.
Weber says that the 22 -inch smoke is now leading to retailers and will be available in $ 799 on its website in early June. The big, 36 -inch model is coming in mid -summer for $ 999.
