Customer Reviews for Weber Smokey Joe Premium 14 in. Portable Charcoal Grill in Black

Simple to use, very portable, and well made. If you clean and repack (in original packaging) after each use, it can be a pain constantly disassembling. Simple solution would have been to ship assembled in an oversized HD carton. The carry bag available looks nice, but not protective when unit is put in back of truck.

Made well of good material and does my steaks to perfection

I love this little grill. I have a barrel grill that I bought from home depot a couple of years ago. Its just to big when I am only grilling for myself. This is perfect.

Great size for 2-4 people. Easy to transport. Seals well when handle is snapped in place.

Cooks great food and easy to assemble and store. Excellent product

Easy assembly and position of air intake holes seem to facilitate less surface burning of steaks.

Excelente para ir de playa y camping. También es excelente para una o dos personas

I am happy with this product and the consistent quality of Weber products throughout my 25 years as a Weber customer. This Smokey Joe Grill would be ideal if it had an add on device to extend the length of the legs. It would make it outstanding in my opinion.

the bowl and lid are made well, the legs unfortunately get blistering hot and will burn whatever they touch. I put this grill on a table to and I had to move it mid cook to prevent a disaster.

It’s great when you don’t have a lot to bbq or you just need a little extra grilling space to serve a appetizer

I do not recommend unless you are looking for a cheap grill. I have a large Weber Deluxe Performance grill and wanted this when grilling for 2. I tried it once and now looking for someone to give it to.

This was a gift and he loved it. I’m glad I purchased it for him

My new Weber Smokey Joe grill was easily assembled in about 10 minutes & is the perfect size for 2 people. It will be a great addition to my camping equipment.

Best compact charcoal grill on the market. Weber products are always top notch

No complaints about quality of the the grill ,it's heavy duty and built to last, however it's a bad design. Lid is to shallow and bottom to deep , kinda backwards in my opinion forget about making a beer can chicken or anything higher than three inches.Also I have had charcoal go out even with vents all the way open, leave the lid cracked and it may stay going, good for hot dogs or hamburgers but not larger pieces of meat

We ALWAYS buy Weber grills. It’s the best cook ever. We bought this one for camping when we travel.

I already reviewed this once but Weber keeps sending me emails to review it so i'll modify my original review a little bit. This is a little grill--perfect for tailgating and camping if all you're going to grill is hot dogs, hamburgers or thin steaks. It's not built for "serious" grilling where you need the ability to grill with indirect heat because it's too small and, for example, will not accommodate Weber's grill baskets to keep the charcoal away from the indirect side.

This little grill is good for 4 burgers and other items that require fast grilling but it is too small to attempt indirect grilling and does not accommodate Weber's charcoal baskets--i thought i was buying the "Jumbo Joe" which can be used for indirect grilling and does accommodate Weber's charcoal baskets

Bought this a month ago for our RV was disappointed in its performance because it wouldn't draft and get hot very well because of the air vents being on the side instead of on the bottom like they have always been.

The legs are horrible and the grill tilts after 2 uses

Easy to use for 2 people on a trip to the beach or for camping

Je le traîne partout , soit en camping ou pour un pic nic !!! Très versatile et facile a utiliser.

Nicely made good price very good for slow Cooking Air vents are on the side instead of the bottom actually smokes more.

This unit as pictured has vents on the side and no ash pan below. But I just bought a Smokey Joe at a retailer and this Smokey Joe's design features the "old" style with bottom vents/damper and an ash pan that attaches to the tripod legs with bolt and wingnut. My unit has no cover retainer. For the money I think this is a high-quality product and great value for the money. Grates, bowl and cover all heavy duty and perfectly finished on my unit. (Have had several of these over the years and never a problem.) However, I would read those low reviews that mostly complain about the side-vent design and take that into consideration. The bottom vent design works great, in my opinion. Weber, did I in fact get an old model or did you cease the side vents in favor of bottom updraft vents? Thank you.

I was disappointed in the quality of the grill. While assembling paint came off of the side. Luckily it is hidden by the side bracket. I have had the larger Weber grills for over 20 years and always loved them.

The color is beautiful! It looks as vivid as shown in the pictures from the Weber website. I bought this little Weber for its appearance. It’s almost too pretty to actually grill on!

This grill was bought specifically to use while camping, and I used it almost every day of a recent trip. Firstly, the assembly was easy, and initial quality seemed good. That impression quickly wore off when I attempted to cook 2 porterhouse steaks that fit perfectly on the 14" cooking grid. I used my Weber chimney to light the coals, and when the top ones were starting to get gray, I dumped the red hot coals and started to cook. I noted right away that the cooking grid didn't fit properly on the lip of the grill. If it was 1/4" more in diameter or the grill 1/4" less, it would have been better. I put on the lid and opened all the vents 100%. I would have expected to turn the 1" thick steaks after about 5 minutes, but when I did, I noted a real lack of heat, and the steaks hadn't seared at all. I also noted that the coals were no longer red. All told I needed to add a 2nd layer to get the coals closer to the cooking grid. I needed to fan the coals quite a bit in order to get the top layer to light, but once I did, I was able to put the cooking grid back on. My total cook time, including waiting for the additional charcoal (the K brand) to get up to temperature was almost 45 minutes. I experienced the same problem when cooking a split chicken and hamburgers. Since hot dogs only need a couple of minutes, those were OK until the coals were choked from not enough oxygen. I now regret buying this grill, and it's the first Weber product that I've been unhappy with. If it wasn't used, I would have boxed it up and sent it back.