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re: What type of smoker do you prefer?
Posted on 1/8/19 at 7:06 pm to Btrtigerfan
Posted on 1/8/19 at 7:06 pm to Btrtigerfan
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I run a WSM
Good smoker. 18" or 22"? I have a few of them, and on a couple I run them dry. Quick and inexpensive mod for you....go to Academy, and buy the replacement charcoal disk for an Ole Smokey. Place it on the tabs for the bottom cooking grate as a heat deflector, and go with no water pan at all. Less fuel consumption, and will cook similar to a stick burner. You can also go with no deflector at all, and cook some awesome chicken on the top grate over the coals.
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Posted on 1/8/19 at 7:16 pm to Crawfish From Arabi
I have the 18, but it's about 10 years old. This spring, I'm going for the 22. Great idea on the disk. I hate cleaning that water bowl.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 7:24 pm to Crawfish From Arabi
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and will cook similar to a stick burner
Do you use wood or charcoal with this mod?
Posted on 1/8/19 at 7:43 pm to Btrtigerfan
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I hate cleaning that water bowl.
Who does? Lol. Line it with foil.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 7:46 pm to heatom2
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Do you use wood or charcoal with this mod?
Both. You can use either briquettes or lump, and some wood chunks, chips, or pellets. I use B&B Charcoal, and mix up the different types. Go with a filled basket of unlit, layered with whichever wood product that you use, and a little lit charcoal over the top.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 7:46 pm to Crawfish From Arabi
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Line it with foil.
Son. Of. A. Bitch!
Now you tell me.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 7:49 pm to Btrtigerfan
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I'm going for the 22
Before you buy one, do a little research on a UDS. Fun project, and a hell of a smoker.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 8:21 pm to Crawfish From Arabi
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do a little research on a UDS
I will do. Thanks.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 8:39 pm to sml71
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I personally don’t see the point of an electric. If you’d rather “set it and forget it” and enjoy “convenience”, just go get some takeout. Smoking is an art to be enjoyed in its own right. You can get serviceable Mac and cheese from the freezer isle and pop it in the oven and have tasty food. But it’ll never be as good as grandma’s Mac and cheese made from scratch. Same for smoking. You can set and forget an oudoor electric oven and get serviceable smoked meat, but it’ll never be like grandpa’s stick smoked meat. Learn to do it right
This is dumb, I know how to use a stick. I also know what I like, but I don’t feel like messing with a stick. I can get damn good meat from a pellet. You should try smoking on a good one, not something cheap.
Takeout won’t use the rub and type of wood I want. I can’t pick the meat especially in an area with not much brisket options for takeout like Tenn. Lots of reasons to still smoke it yourself but want ease of use.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 10:21 pm to Saskwatch
I have a wsm 22 and a primo oval xl
My granddaddy would be a baby xl gravity feed from stumps smokers
Would look at a Cookshack if going pellet smoker
My granddaddy would be a baby xl gravity feed from stumps smokers
Would look at a Cookshack if going pellet smoker
This post was edited on 1/8/19 at 10:33 pm
Posted on 1/8/19 at 11:11 pm to Crawfish From Arabi
Crawfish - this is the one that I've seen recommended: LINK
It's wider than the box I've been using.
It's wider than the box I've been using.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 11:58 pm to Bill Parker?
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Crawfish - this is the one that I've seen recommended
Are you set on getting a gas smoker? For that price range, capacity, and ease of use.....I'd maybe consider one of those pit boss cabinet pellet smokers.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 12:10 am to Crawfish From Arabi
I've found that smoker for much cheaper than the website's MSRP.
About a hundred less, l think. Saw a pit boss at Lowe's tonight. Will look into them.
About a hundred less, l think. Saw a pit boss at Lowe's tonight. Will look into them.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 12:16 am to Bill Parker?
Then that wouldn't be a bad price.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 12:22 am to Crawfish From Arabi
$269 was the price. I can still get one like my old one for less than $200.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 6:45 am to Crawfish From Arabi
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Both. You can use either briquettes or lump, and some wood chunks, chips, or pellets. I use B&B Charcoal, and mix up the different types. Go with a filled basket of unlit, layered with whichever wood product that you use, and a little lit charcoal over the top.
Yeah that's how I use it now, was just trying to see what you meant by saying it cooked like an off set.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 11:16 am to Crawfish From Arabi
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Are you set on getting a gas smoker? For that price range, capacity, and ease of use.....I'd maybe consider one of those pit boss cabinet pellet smokers.
I had a gas smoker and I hated having to refill the wood chips every hour or so, which prevented me from doing overnight smokes. Also didn't like not being able to control the temp. Those were both key for me upgrading to the GMG.
Posted on 1/9/19 at 11:21 am to Dam Guide
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This is dumb, I know how to use a stick. I also know what I like, but I don’t feel like messing with a stick. I can get damn good meat from a pellet. You should try smoking on a good one, not something cheap.
Yep, an arse ton of comp teams use insulated verticals with temp controllers now that can blow grandpa's stick bruner out the water. It is as set it and forget it as an electric. I personally would not buy an electric as I think you get the same functionality and better product with a vertical smoker with a temp controller or a pellet smoker, but the idea that it's either a stick burner or take out is absurd.
This post was edited on 1/9/19 at 11:24 am
Posted on 1/9/19 at 11:31 am to NOLATiger71
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I have a Backwoods Chubby! It’s great at bbq. I was looking for something easy to cook without a water pan more dry for smoking sausage and jerky.
If you are just looking to get into sausage and have the space, I would consider building a DIY smokehouse. They are pretty easy. I would do one if I had the space to hide it somewhere.
You can also cold smoke in the BWS. People use one of those little pellet trays in the firebox and fill the water tray with icewater if it is hot outside.
This post was edited on 1/9/19 at 11:37 am
Posted on 1/9/19 at 12:31 pm to NOFOX
Neva wanted a smoker of my own I have several friends in town with big homemade smoke houses and its fun to go visit and any of them would hapily smoke any thing I wanted. That said SiL gave me this for Christmas.
Little chief
It's small so I'll set it up outside and give it a try seems good for a small smoke or to give that smokey taste to chickens for gumbo and such. May make a batch of grandpas jerky for ole time sake
Little chief
It's small so I'll set it up outside and give it a try seems good for a small smoke or to give that smokey taste to chickens for gumbo and such. May make a batch of grandpas jerky for ole time sake
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