Weber Smokey Mountain Cookers are purpose-built charcoal smokers rather than conventional kettle barbecues. Alfresco Outdoors & Heating carries the three core sizes — 37cm, 47cm and 57cm — giving customers a straightforward choice based on cooking capacity, physical footprint and the amount of food normally prepared in one smoking session.
The 37cm Smokey Mountain Cooker is the compact model. Weber uses a porcelain-enamelled water pan inside the smoker to help maintain low, even cooking conditions, while smoke and steam move upward through two cooking racks. The 47cm model keeps the same vertical cooking concept but increases capacity, making it a useful middle option for customers who want more room without moving to the largest cabinet. The 57cm Smokey Mountain Cooker provides the greatest capacity and is better suited to larger cuts, multiple racks of ribs or entertaining where several foods need to cook at once.
All three are designed around controlled charcoal smoking rather than fast direct grilling. Adjustable dampers regulate airflow, and the water-pan system is part of how the smoker manages a long cook. The vertical design also means the smoker uses outdoor floor space efficiently compared with a wide horizontal cooking chamber.
Choose the smoker size by the amount of food you genuinely expect to cook, not by assuming the largest model is always necessary. For charcoal, briquettes and smoking wood, use BBQ Fuel & Smoking. If you want conventional charcoal grilling as well as smoking, compare the wider Weber Charcoal Range.
