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This is my standard canned answer about 23" and 32's size.. First of all the 32"Big Bad.. is not Huge.. it's just not... heavy yes but as a work surface no. If you're going to be primarily low and slow cooking the 23" is probably going to cover all your needs.. 6 to 8 pork butts is 50-60 lbs of meat... more than most groups require and you can always cook two loads and have the first on holding hot in a cooler.. Now if you like to grill the 23" fills up very quickly especially if you want to grill some veggies at the same time as your meat. I'll say it again.. the 32" is a very large "Kamado" type grill but very conservative size for a rectangular gas grill.. when you open it up, it's really not that big. Remember it's not a 32" round grill but 32" wide and 22" deep.. any deeper and suddenly your cooking your arm and body when you try to reach the rear of the grate.. IMHO these 29" round grills are ridiculous.. who wants to be walking around while you cook.. I'm 5' 11"... if I stand in front of a 32" where I would be cooking, put both arms straight out from my shoulders, move my right hand a 1 o'clock and my left hand to 11 o'clock that's the 32.. without moving at all I can comfortably reach all of the grill.. I NEVER grill on my 23 anymore.. With the basket splitter at 50% it gives me a large shielded area which I can hide my hand over. This lets me play with my food/meat without cooking my hand. I can even hold a thick cut on it's side with tongs for as long as I want without gloves, I can also put a cup of baste with brush down on the shielded side of the grate. Throw 6 pieces of corn around the edges and you still have room to cook.. You can work your way thru grilling for larger groups on a 23" by doing reverse searing etc but if you have the room and funds the 32 absolutely rocks. I'm still entertaining building a larger KK for commercial / party use. I know I have more than 10 people ready to go.. While cooking in front of a 32 you can easily imagine another 10" in the middle.. I have to admit to having dreams of a 42" Serious BadBoy... LOL This is a shot of two small-ish tri tips on a 32" with the basket splitter at 50%.. As you can see it is a VERY reasonable size for "grilling"..

For every moment no pics are posted, the grill shrinks. Robert