"Tom Newton" wrote in message
1. The larger surface (three 25k btu burners instead of 2)

Depends on the size of your family or frequency of parties.


2. A smoker tray with its own 3500 btu burner (no smoker in the 30"), and

It will be good for when you cook a chicken or pork roast to add smoke
flavor. I don' tknow that it willmake what we refer to as barbecue though.


3. Better grilling grates (fancy two sided grease control ones, versus
regular steel tube grates in the 30")

That is worth something but hard to put a price tag on.


That doesn't sound like much for $1300.

It is a #13200 upgrade today. It is a $3000 upgrade next year should you be
unhappy wihtt he smaller grill.


But before I decide, I wanted to get
some feedback on the value of an integrated smoker tray. I have never used
a
smoker, but I'd love to learn. Can a smoker tray allow the grill to cook
certain foods, steaks etc... so they taste as though they were cooked over
charcoal? or are these just used to create beef jerky and other stuff like
that?

It will add some smoke flavor. How much? Never u se the DCS so I can't
say. Steaks are usually coooked over very high heat with the lid open.
Ed

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