- Mar 9, 2015
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Hey guys,
I've been smoking for 2-3 years on my Smoke Hollow Pro 44 Propane smoker. It was the first thing I bought and it has been okay. I have made some good BBQ with it but the more I am smoking now the more i see it has become far too fidgity for a Propane smoker. The temp swings too much, I have to constantly refill wood chips each hour and on a long smoke that isn't feasible. I have and use the Amazin pellet smoker but in my smoker it goes out often probably due to air flow or the propane eating up air, who knows.
So I want to step into pellet smoking. I have looked up a few products, figured I want to spend around 500-600 dolllars. I usually smoke 1-2 racks of ribs or 1-2 pork butts or a 14 lb turkey, so I don't need a giant smoker but I assume the smaller sized ones would be too small.
I am looking at the GMG Daniel Boone & the Camp chef Smokepro DLX. I know both models get good reviews and roughly the same price and was wondering if anyone had opinions about 1 vs the other? I know the Traeger lil tex is in the price range also but I read a lot of people complain about the quality reduction and the lack of features for the price compared to the other 2 models.
Is there anything I might be missing going form the propane to the pellet smoker? Some things I seen are that the smoke is on the light side but the feature on the Camp Chef to increase the smoke output seemed interesting. Any help, advice or opinions are appreciated, as I'd like to not foolishly spend $ on the wrong product.
I've been smoking for 2-3 years on my Smoke Hollow Pro 44 Propane smoker. It was the first thing I bought and it has been okay. I have made some good BBQ with it but the more I am smoking now the more i see it has become far too fidgity for a Propane smoker. The temp swings too much, I have to constantly refill wood chips each hour and on a long smoke that isn't feasible. I have and use the Amazin pellet smoker but in my smoker it goes out often probably due to air flow or the propane eating up air, who knows.
So I want to step into pellet smoking. I have looked up a few products, figured I want to spend around 500-600 dolllars. I usually smoke 1-2 racks of ribs or 1-2 pork butts or a 14 lb turkey, so I don't need a giant smoker but I assume the smaller sized ones would be too small.
I am looking at the GMG Daniel Boone & the Camp chef Smokepro DLX. I know both models get good reviews and roughly the same price and was wondering if anyone had opinions about 1 vs the other? I know the Traeger lil tex is in the price range also but I read a lot of people complain about the quality reduction and the lack of features for the price compared to the other 2 models.
Is there anything I might be missing going form the propane to the pellet smoker? Some things I seen are that the smoke is on the light side but the feature on the Camp Chef to increase the smoke output seemed interesting. Any help, advice or opinions are appreciated, as I'd like to not foolishly spend $ on the wrong product.