First Smoker Recommendation

tecfall

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Original poster

Jul 3, 2017

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• Jul 3, 2017

• #1

I have done quite a bit of reading on the MES. I have come across these two smokers on Amazon and was hoping someone could give some insight between the two models. Is the 20070910 just older than the 20078715? Any recommendations between the two?

20078715:


20070910:

 

shovelheadsteve

Fire Starter

Jan 22, 2017

36

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Central Mass.

• Jul 10, 2017

• #2

I've owned this one 20070910: Since Nov. 2016 and I have no complaints and payed about the same.

 

shovelheadsteve

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Jan 22, 2017

36

13

Central Mass.

• Jul 10, 2017

• #3

I also recommend getting the stand or a stand, it sits very low.

 

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mneeley490

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Jun 23, 2011

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• Jul 10, 2017

• #4

I also have the 20070910. It is the older, basic model, or as we call it around here, a "Gen 1".  It's a good starter smoker, and I've had no problems with mine for about 3-4 years; I still use it all the time. Some of the newer ones have had problems, though I can't attest to the other one you cited.

$139.99 is a pretty good price on it, too.

 

William conner

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May 14, 2018

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Lancaster ohio

• May 15, 2018

• #6

My very first smoker was tha chargriller all American barrel smoker got it for a birthday preasant 4 years a go sprayed the inside with rustolem hi temp 2000 degree paint and it’s still going strong today you can put a lot of meat on it and it’s big enough for parties I believe my brother paid 135 for it at Walmart I have even placed 4 th place with it out of 28 teams in a rib competition and beat out a lot of trailer smokers with it

 

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mneeley490

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• May 15, 2018

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My first smoker was the exact same. I just sold it a couple months ago. Have you put in any mods to make it smoker better? I found that that's the first thing I had to do.

 

William conner

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May 14, 2018

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Lancaster ohio

• May 15, 2018

• #8

mneeley490 said:

My first smoker was the exact same. I just sold it a couple months ago. Have you put in any mods to make it smoker better? I found that that's the first thing I had to do.

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Yeah I did about 4 firs I coated the insides with 4 cans of 2000 degree rustolum then I lined the bottom barrel with stove gasket to get the lid to seal all the way and I also put a stove gasket around the fire box and then I made a convection plate cutting it out of a drum lid and welded it in

 

William conner

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May 14, 2018

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Lancaster ohio

• May 15, 2018

• #9

mneeley490 said:

My first smoker was the exact same. I just sold it a couple months ago. Have you put in any mods to make it smoker better? I found that that's the first thing I had to do.

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Offset smokers is all I have ever used I eather use red oak or hickory I live in ohio and we have a lot of shellbark hickory here I am in the process of building a bigger one actually two my small one that will replace that one is two 55 gallon drums welded together to form a 110 gallon smoking chamber I am also working on a bigger one that is 2 110 gallon drums the spill containment ones and I am going to use that one for a spit hog roaster and bigger competitions both offset barrel design the big one will have two fire boxes on both sides