The best Father's Day gift I've ever received. After 3 uses, I'm blown away by the flavor and quality of this grill. I highly recommend the Kamado Joe to any grill enthusiast looking for a high-quality and versatile piece of equipment.

Big Joe is truly the heavyweight champ of BBQ AND smoking meats! The multiple attachments and cooking zone accessories provide great flexibility for cook sessions large or small, either narrow windows of time or all-day cook sessions.

This was a gift from my wife and I love it. I'd been eyeing this grill for a few years, however never bought it. I own four other different kinds of grill. So buying this was a hard sell for my wife. I love it.

Bought this smoker over a month ago, wish I would have purchased it years ago. I am finally able to control temperatures within a few degrees. So far my longest cook has been 6 hours and temp never varied once set adjusted to 220 degrees.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] LOVE! Easy to control temperatures and I gave my Extra Large Green Egg away for free! When I can afford to purchase the larger Joe. I Will!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I've always been a charcoal guy but this is my first ceramic grill and I adore it - from grilling to using the slo-roller to smoke its so versatile and delivers on every thing I put on there. Did a 33lbs turkey spatchcocked for thanksgiving. Plus is looks great in the yard too

So I asked a relative who has a commercial smoking rig, what I needed to get to start smoking meat. His answer was unequivocal - Kamado Joe. So for father's day last year (yeah, right, we got it end of July) the grill is delivered. Life has not been the same. We got the Big Joe III, maybe a little much but when you start talking the top of the line, do you *really* want to get that one party or holiday gathering or whatever where you wish you would have just gotten the bigger one? Was not going to happen to me! The performance has been spectacular ... a few lessons learned on my part but if you just think things through and watch the 1000s of youtube videos on the subject, you really have no excuse for messing up. From chicken to pork to brisket - some of the best meals we have eaten ... and dial it up a notch to reverse seared ribeye and you cannot justify any expensive steakhouses again - its too good at home. Only downsides for me have been minor adjustments to the latch (but worth it cuz the seal is absolutely air tight) and the occasional spring popping out ... easy to put it back in. Also, I would love if somebody has a quick'n'easy way of dealing with the "sticky top vent" issue ... generally I take it off and drop it on the ground to get it loose : cleaning it is a beast but a must do to keep too much build up from accumulating. The other challenge is the weight of this beast : getting it in the garage when I leave the house for extended periods is not particularly easy. If you are getting one of the "big joe" models, plan on pretty much keeping it wherever you put it and not moving it more than a few feet, absolutely no rough surfaces.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] A very Happy Husband here. My wife bought this as a Birthday gift now 2 years ago. I have not gone one weekend without firing up my Joe III! I have learned to smoke all kinds of meats, and have become that "grill dad". The immense heat that can be built in this thing is amazing. Steakhouse searing for the ribeyes and strips, low and slow for pork butts, and the cast iron plate for smash burgers and seafoods. There is nothing negative to say about the grill, it is used every weekend, heck I even made bread and pizza during Covid days. I hear people say, "oh you have the expensive grill" well the price is paid back at the value and quality of the build and results of amazing foods! I even have gone as far as become a gardener and make smoked peppers and salsa, again, unless possibilities and I LOVE my Kamado Joe almost as much as the person who bought it for me. ;-) Happy Spouse Happy House lol

Great kamado. Great build quilt. Very high quality materials all around. Biggest complaint — the user manual is nearly useless. It's is about 250 pages, but doesn't even tell you how to put the grill together. 6 pages of some unhelpful drawings, with no assembly instructions. The remaining 244 pages are the same drawings, in different languages (but almost no words. Really bizarre). I literally had to use YouTube for assembly instructions. The manual does not even tell you how to use the various accessories, nor how to install them. Also, the installation of the ceramic “petals” in the fire box is super janky, They don't really fit together well, so all of the assemblies on top of the fire box are unstable and wiggle around when cooking. After I tho0ught I was done i had left over parts and no idea what they were for. In hindsight, assembly is involved but not terrible. I spent more time watching YouTube videos.

Purchased our Classic Joe series 3 at start of Nov 24. Always owned gas bbq's and have a gas stove in kitchen. Convenience of gas is unbeatable but when it comes to flavor, the Kamado Joe wins hands down. So far have cooked chicken, tomahawks, brisket, leg of lamb and veg all turned out better than expected for first attempts. Added a pizza stone today and had a crack at homemade pizza. Everyone wanted more but ran out of dough. Enjoying the learning experience and there's plenty of beginner tutorials online. If you know how to start a fire you can use a Kamado Joe. Once you get the hang of controlling the temperature and wait for it to fully heat up before starting to cook it's worth the effort. Can't beat the taste of food cooked over hot charcoal.