- Jul 26, 2017
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I am eyeballing a smoker for my B-Day. I've never really tried smoking meats before (Well, except eating it, LOL), and looking to get my feet wet.
I have a couple of front runners, but I can't seem to find out much about these "Bullet" style smokers (Which itself may be an indication not to get them, LOL.) Searching this forum for " Southern country smoker " is about as useful as searching for " and or the ".
(I'll call this the MBB)
(This is the SCS)
The MBB at $59 ... awfully temping. Maybe spend the difference on some good cuts of meat and woods?
The SCS is a little more at $109, but it also looks to have a larger overall size. It's near enough the MES price it seems I might as well just get one of those.
They both look to have larger elements than the ubiquitous MES smoker, and presumably may be able to reach higher/roasting level temps that would be handy for chicken. (The better I can smoke a chicken the happier the wife will be, LOL.)
I'm not sure they are so great on the low end, but I have a dual temp remote thermometer already so I could always do a mod with an SCR or PID Controller and manually adjust temps that way.
Getting going at $60 sounds good, but not if the thing is just an irritating, temperamental POS.
I'm probably slightly favoring just getting a MES, its popular, well documented and at least "decent."
Are there any others <150$ due significant consideration?
I have a couple of front runners, but I can't seem to find out much about these "Bullet" style smokers (Which itself may be an indication not to get them, LOL.) Searching this forum for " Southern country smoker " is about as useful as searching for " and or the ".
(I'll call this the MBB)
(This is the SCS)
The MBB at $59 ... awfully temping. Maybe spend the difference on some good cuts of meat and woods?
The SCS is a little more at $109, but it also looks to have a larger overall size. It's near enough the MES price it seems I might as well just get one of those.
They both look to have larger elements than the ubiquitous MES smoker, and presumably may be able to reach higher/roasting level temps that would be handy for chicken. (The better I can smoke a chicken the happier the wife will be, LOL.)
I'm not sure they are so great on the low end, but I have a dual temp remote thermometer already so I could always do a mod with an SCR or PID Controller and manually adjust temps that way.
Getting going at $60 sounds good, but not if the thing is just an irritating, temperamental POS.
I'm probably slightly favoring just getting a MES, its popular, well documented and at least "decent."
Are there any others <150$ due significant consideration?