Hi all,
After much persisting my smoker conversion mission is finally a success. At first when the bbq repairman came over on Saturday morning, things looked abit glum as he couldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t find a conversion attachment, we then debated over how much it would cost to get the gas connector chopped off at the end of hose and clamp a new local one on… it would be a lot more which I handâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t bargined for – but it must have jogged something in his memory as he sed Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll be back in a sec and came back from his truck with a brass webber gas connector that he remember he had spare from an old webber bbq that had previously been converted – phew! What a relief. So as soon as he was gone (and after I paid $135 for the call out and part) I was off to the local bbq store to get a new 9kg gas bottle and a bag of hickory, another $90… so abit of an expensive wend along with the other stuff i got up to but im sure it will be worth it.
All up it has costed me around $500 australian to get the vertical smoker up and running ($300 for shipping and buying the smoker from the states + $200 plus for conversion and accesories). The cheapest model locally was an off-set style texas smoker (round $700 I think)… very big and takes up a lot of space which I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have in my small apartment block yard, then there was also the BGE which I was leaning towards until I found out the price $1099 for a floor model – ouch. So all in all im pleased with how things have turned out, but I guess I should wait to comment properly until my first real smoke.
Im at work at the moment, but when I get home I post pictures of the assembled smoker next to my current grill bbq.
PS – Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ve seen the term ‘seasoningâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji] used abit around here. Does that just re-fer to your first initial smoke? Or is it some process you do before to your smoker your first smoke. I hope to smoke a brisket this weekend along with some atb's :)
Cheers
After much persisting my smoker conversion mission is finally a success. At first when the bbq repairman came over on Saturday morning, things looked abit glum as he couldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t find a conversion attachment, we then debated over how much it would cost to get the gas connector chopped off at the end of hose and clamp a new local one on… it would be a lot more which I handâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t bargined for – but it must have jogged something in his memory as he sed Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll be back in a sec and came back from his truck with a brass webber gas connector that he remember he had spare from an old webber bbq that had previously been converted – phew! What a relief. So as soon as he was gone (and after I paid $135 for the call out and part) I was off to the local bbq store to get a new 9kg gas bottle and a bag of hickory, another $90… so abit of an expensive wend along with the other stuff i got up to but im sure it will be worth it.
All up it has costed me around $500 australian to get the vertical smoker up and running ($300 for shipping and buying the smoker from the states + $200 plus for conversion and accesories). The cheapest model locally was an off-set style texas smoker (round $700 I think)… very big and takes up a lot of space which I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have in my small apartment block yard, then there was also the BGE which I was leaning towards until I found out the price $1099 for a floor model – ouch. So all in all im pleased with how things have turned out, but I guess I should wait to comment properly until my first real smoke.
Im at work at the moment, but when I get home I post pictures of the assembled smoker next to my current grill bbq.
PS – Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ve seen the term ‘seasoningâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji] used abit around here. Does that just re-fer to your first initial smoke? Or is it some process you do before to your smoker your first smoke. I hope to smoke a brisket this weekend along with some atb's :)
Cheers