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Pit Barrel cooker vs Weber Smoky Mountain
Posted on 2/28/20 at 9:26 am
Posted on 2/28/20 at 9:26 am
I have a Pit Boss pellet grill and I do love it. Get up early, set the temp, throw the prepped meat on and go do something useful...or not.
But I have a hankering for a charcoal burner and I have narrowed my choices to a PBC or WSM. A side stick burner some day, but not right now.
From my research, seems the WSM is more versatile, yet the Pit Barrel gets rave reviews, and I do find the hanging meat idea intriguing. Anyone with experience with these two cookers have any insight, or serious cons about either one?
But I have a hankering for a charcoal burner and I have narrowed my choices to a PBC or WSM. A side stick burner some day, but not right now.
From my research, seems the WSM is more versatile, yet the Pit Barrel gets rave reviews, and I do find the hanging meat idea intriguing. Anyone with experience with these two cookers have any insight, or serious cons about either one?
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Posted on 2/28/20 at 9:42 am to Broken Coyote
i've got a 14.5 WSM I use when I want a change of pace from the green egg. not much bad to say about it. seal up the door with some hi-temp gasket and put a better thermo on it and youre good to go.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 9:43 am to Broken Coyote
Pit Barrel has been great for me. You can grill on both, so I'm not too sure why the WSM would be considered more versatile.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 10:00 am to Broken Coyote
I have the 18" WSM and have been cooking on it for years. I make mods depending on what I am cooking.
I love it. Always produces really good food.
I love it. Always produces really good food.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 10:51 am to Broken Coyote
You might want to check out Oklahoma Joe's Bronco Drum Smoker. It got a Platinum rating on AmazingRibs.com.
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it's in the same price range as a PBC or WSM.
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it's in the same price range as a PBC or WSM.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:01 am to Broken Coyote
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From my research, seems the WSM is more versatile, yet the Pit Barrel gets rave reviews, and I do find the hanging meat idea intriguing.
Ignore the PBC reviews. I've got one and as a smoker, it's terrible. It produces an acrid grease fog and that really taints the meat you're smoking.
Now as a high heat roaster for half chickens and hanging mass quantities of wings, the PBC is fantastic. I love it for that. Crack the lid and you can get temps easily over 400 degrees. But as a smoker? Like I said, terrible.
With the smokey mountain, you can do all that and hang meat. There's an accessory you can get that will allow it. Best of all. No disgusting grease fog with the WSM.
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 11:02 am
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:04 am to Broken Coyote
You don't want anything where the meat fat drips directly into the coals. It produces an acrid, nasty, greasy smoke. THE PBC does this.
High heat roasting though at temps in the 400 degree range, the grease fog doesn't matter. The meat isn't cooking long enough to take on a foul taste.
High heat roasting though at temps in the 400 degree range, the grease fog doesn't matter. The meat isn't cooking long enough to take on a foul taste.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:21 am to Broken Coyote
WSM owner here and it get's my vote. There are hanging rack abilities for the WSM, just do research and read this Forum-Virtual Weber Bullet, look under Mods.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:34 am to Pandy Fackler
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Pandy Fackler
Noah must have fricked your girl. Your hatred for the PBC is hilarious
Posted on 2/28/20 at 12:20 pm to Rip N Lip
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Rip N
Damn, that Bronco looks very interesting. Time for more researcher. Thanks for the link.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:09 pm to LNCHBOX
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Noah must have fricked your girl. Your hatred for the PBC is hilarious
Look, the PBC is a shitty smoker that produces shitty BBQ. Like I said, as a high heat roaster it's terrific but that's all it's good for.
No need to take it personal. You didn't invent the thing.
Who's Noah?
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:30 pm to Pandy Fackler
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Look, the PBC is a shitty smoker that produces shitty BBQ
Your minority opinion is noted. The entirety of the internet doesn't agree with you.
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No need to take it personal. You didn't invent the thing.
Your irrational hatred just humors me.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:41 pm to LNCHBOX
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Your irrational hatred just humors me.
You're making this so weird.
The guy asked for an opinion and I gave him one.
How is my opinion "irrational?". I own one. I love it. I use it all the time. It's just a shitty smoker, that's all.
It's just a big metal drum made by someone other than you my man. There's no personal affront here. I'm not slamming a product you invented.
If you like that funky BBQ it produces, then eat up and enjoy. The WSM though produces a far cleaner, far superior flavor.
And who's Noah and why is he fricking my gal?
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:43 pm to Pandy Fackler
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You're making this so weird.
The guy asked for an opinion and I gave him one.
How is my opinion "irrational?".I own one. I love it. I use it all the time. It's just a shitty smoker, that's all.
It's just a big metal drum made by someone other than you my man. There's no personal affront here. I'm not slamming a product you invented.
If you like that funky BBQ it produces, then eat up and enjoy. The WSM produces a far cleaner flavor.t
Any thread about a PBC you go on these rants that you have to google to find a couple people that agree with it. Either you're doing something wrong, or just like most all your other posts, you're trolling.
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own one. I love it. I use it all the time. It's just a shitty smoker, that's all.
That's irrational. You can't tell me you get nothing but shitty food from it then tell me you use it all the time and love it.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:44 pm to LNCHBOX
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Your minority opinion is noted.
You can also note mine as well. The WSM is superior to the PBC.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:45 pm to Centinel
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You can also note mine as well. The WSM is superior to the PBC.
I didn't say one was superior over the other. What Pandy is saying is just nonsense.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:51 pm to LNCHBOX
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Any thread about a PBC you go on these rants that you have to google to find a couple people that agree with it. Either you're doing something wrong, or just like most all your other posts, you're trolling.
I think this is the second time I've discussed this in maybe the last year and a half or so.
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That's irrational. You can't tell me you get nothing but shitty food from it then tell me you use it all the time and love it.
Man scroll up and actually read what I've posted.
You're coming off as a little unhinged man. Especially when you attach that chuckling emoji to it all.
I'll try again.
I didn't say "you get nothing but shitty food".
Just re-read things calmly and with a clear mind, ok.
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:53 pm to Pandy Fackler
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Man scroll up and actually read what I've posted.
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Ignore the PBC reviews. I've got one and as a smoker, it's terrible. It produces an acrid grease fog and that really taints the meat you're smoking.
That's a clown opinion that the vast majority of anywhere disagrees with.
ETA: And upvoting your own post the second you make it is way more unhinged than anything I'm doing here.
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:56 pm to Centinel
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Your minority opinion is noted.
You can also note mine as well. The WSM is superior to the PBC.
I made a sorta white trash WSM with 50ft of 20 inch rolled aluminum flashing and a 18 inch weber kettle.
That thing is far superior to my PBC. And what makes it superior is that I can fit it with a heat diffuser, so the the meat fat doesn't drip into the coals. That acrid fat smoke ruins the charcoal and wood flavor. It just overwhelms it.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:57 pm to Pandy Fackler
Another post of your with an immediate upvote You've got to be more subtle if you're gonna try that
You've got to be more subtle if you're gonna try that
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