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re: BBQ pit shopping
Posted on 5/19/10 at 1:51 pm to RelientAA
Posted on 5/19/10 at 1:51 pm to RelientAA
Smoking on a cheap offset uses a ton of fuel and takes a lot of tinkering to get it right. I can take a Weber kettle out of the box and get smoke times over 6 hours with little to no fussing or having to add fuel.
You will find yourself messing with the vents on the cheap offset enough that you might just give up.
The Weber Kettle is the cheapest and most versatile charcoal cooker on the market. It also has a lot of toys you can buy in the future such as a smokenator, rotisserie and ribolator. I use mine about 5 times a week.
You will find yourself messing with the vents on the cheap offset enough that you might just give up.
The Weber Kettle is the cheapest and most versatile charcoal cooker on the market. It also has a lot of toys you can buy in the future such as a smokenator, rotisserie and ribolator. I use mine about 5 times a week.
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Posted on 5/19/10 at 1:53 pm to RelientAA
Mines a brinkman smoke and pit professional(whatever that means)....It has got to be about 20 years old and though I have replaced handles and the wood slat table it is bullet proof...mine just sets out in the weather...I spray a little pam on the rust spots and everythig is great...even the thermometer works perfect....I would like to buy the big green egg or the bubba keg but this pit just will not die.
Posted on 5/19/10 at 2:23 pm to RedHawk
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You will find yourself messing with the vents on the cheap offset enough that you might just give up.
Couldnt I close off the vent to the fire box if I dont like it and its the same as a regular charcoal grill?
Posted on 5/19/10 at 3:53 pm to RelientAA
You could do that. But, then you wouldn't be able to smoke as much as you would want.
With the kettle you can smoke or grill in one easy cooking machine. I do ribs all the time on my kettle by pushing a mound of unlit charcoal to one side and then topped with about 8 lit briquettes. I then put the ribs on the other side. By adjusting the bottom vent, I get well over 6 hours of burn time and once I get it settled into about 240 degrees, it will stay that way for hours while I'm doing other things around the house or running errands around town.
When I'm grilling, I light a full chimney of charcoal and then dump it onto one side again. I then put food over direct heat. I keep the one side to cool to use in case I just want to keep stuff warm or to finish indirectly.
You can do all this stuff on a cheap offset too, but it will take more time to learn how and be a lot more work and tending to the fire. It will also use up a lot more fuel adding to its cost overtime.
With the kettle you can smoke or grill in one easy cooking machine. I do ribs all the time on my kettle by pushing a mound of unlit charcoal to one side and then topped with about 8 lit briquettes. I then put the ribs on the other side. By adjusting the bottom vent, I get well over 6 hours of burn time and once I get it settled into about 240 degrees, it will stay that way for hours while I'm doing other things around the house or running errands around town.
When I'm grilling, I light a full chimney of charcoal and then dump it onto one side again. I then put food over direct heat. I keep the one side to cool to use in case I just want to keep stuff warm or to finish indirectly.
You can do all this stuff on a cheap offset too, but it will take more time to learn how and be a lot more work and tending to the fire. It will also use up a lot more fuel adding to its cost overtime.
Posted on 5/19/10 at 3:54 pm to JPBiscuit
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The problem with the offsets in the 150 range is simply that the steel is too thin to retain the heat
Bingo.
Posted on 5/19/10 at 4:04 pm to Martini
I think you guys and other reviews I have read online scared me away from a cheap smoker w/ fire box.
Posted on 5/19/10 at 4:13 pm to RedHawk
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pushing a mound of unlit charcoal to one side and then topped with about 8 lit briquettes.
So you just pile up charcoal and top it with some lit ones? Does this actually lite the unlit ones? If so does this affect the taste?
Posted on 5/19/10 at 4:18 pm to RelientAA
It's called the minion method. Here is a link to show you how it works. Almost every backyard BBQer uses this method. For the kettle, I use a mini-minion method with fewer lit as it doesn't have as much space to heat up as a ugly drum smoker or Weber Smokey Mountain cooker.
I highly recommend this site by the way. Go to the discussion forums and you can get all kinds of tips.
Minion Method
I highly recommend this site by the way. Go to the discussion forums and you can get all kinds of tips.
Minion Method
Posted on 5/19/10 at 4:20 pm to RedHawk
THanks for the help 
Posted on 5/19/10 at 4:49 pm to RedHawk
I only use the minion method with lump, and never with brickets. YMMV.
Posted on 5/20/10 at 1:42 pm to AlxTgr
I decided on the Masterbuilt charcoal gril.
Posted on 5/20/10 at 4:35 pm to Martini
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Weber Kettle. $84.00 dollars assembled at Lowe's
Agree on the Weber.. Drunken Chickens are great on em too.. they hold smoke well.
Posted on 5/20/10 at 4:42 pm to RelientAA
you can pick one of those up at Home Depot for about 170.
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