- Jan 13, 2012
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I'm new to the forum here, so hope you guys will be patient if I screw something up, post something in the wrong area, etc...
My name is Mike, and I live in the northwest part of the state of Arkansas..
Right now, I have a very basic CharBroil vertical water smoker. After putting more effort into smoking/BBQ and reading the posts here on this forum, I'm starting to get much better at the whole smoking thing.......and my friends and family (not to mention myself..) are benefiting from it. I know how to brine and smoke the Thanksgiving turkey pretty well, smoke lots of pork chops, and especially like to put "additional" smoke on those watery "smoked" hams and turkeys you often see in the store. Lately though, I'm wanting to take it to the next level and learn how to smoke brisket and pork ribs. Seems to me that in order to smoke something like that the best thing to have would be a horizontal smoker........probably with an offSet firebox.. That's what I'm looking at anyway.. Most of the ones I've looked at online get ripped to shreds in the comments section by many customers (also in this forum)............mostly talking about leaks around the doors of the smoker and firebox both........among other things.
Just wondering if you guys have anything in mind that's pretty good out of the box with no modifications (or very few), when you consider all of the above.. As you can tell, I'm still kind of a "newbie" right now........but want to take it to the next level. Asking you guys for your imput on this. Thinking of spending $300-400 max at this time....
Thanks in advance for any comments, corrections or suggestions you might have....
PS I'm wondering where the "email notification" setting is located.. Want to make sure I'm notified when I get a response to my post.. Thanks!
