I've never owned a Kamado, let alone a KK. I figure my first jump should be my last. That kind of moves me beyond the money argument.
I have some questions, and I'm sure I'll have more, that I wanted to ask folks about. I'll just start with this one and go from there.
1. The 32 is quite large, and I'm sure the charcoal basket holds plenty of charcoal. On the webpage for this beast, Dennis mentions that the basket splitter is a necessity for folks wanting to do high temperature sears/grills because it limits the charcoal you have to put in. I guess my question would be, I do mostly high temperature grilling (steaks burgers chicken, you name it) and less of the low and slow (pulled pork, etc). Would buying a 32 be a bad choice because I'm effectively going to split the basket (and hence the grill) down to 16? I'm not cooking for an Army, I have a family of four and entertain for a party of 8 a couple times a week. I've seen Larry on Youtube videos light up the whole 23 basket when he grills steaks, and uses height more than hi/low cooking zones to control heat. Perhaps that technique is not viable on the 32, say if you were throwing 10 T-bones on there and wanted all the grill space you can get.