Kamado Joe
Kamado Joe Classic Joe I
The entry Kamado Joe: an 18-inch ceramic grill with 250 sq in of grate, on a cart with locking wheels and folding side shelves. Series I keeps the two-tier Divide & Conquer rack and the slide-out ash drawer but uses a cast-iron daisy-wheel top vent instead of the Kontrol Tower, and has no Air Lift hinge — those are what the $500 step to Series II buys.
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Specifications
Features
Pros
- ✓$1,000 including the cart and folding side shelves, which Big Green Egg charges separately for
- ✓Two-tier Divide & Conquer rack ships standard, so two-zone cooking works out of the box
- ✓Slide-out ash drawer is faster and cleaner than scooping a ceramic base
- ✓Same limited lifetime warranty and 225-750°F range as the Series III above it
- ✓Stainless steel grates and a built-in dome thermometer at the entry price
Cons
- ✗Cast-iron daisy-wheel top vent is harder to set repeatably than the Series II Kontrol Tower and can seize when wet
- ✗No Air Lift hinge, so the full weight of the ceramic dome is on the wrist every time it opens
- ✗No SloRoller smoke chamber — that is a Series III and Konnected Joe feature
- ✗228 lbs on locking casters moves on a flat patio and nowhere else
- ✗Only 250 sq in for a grill this heavy and this wide once the shelves are out
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