- Oct 29, 2007
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Hi! I'm Derek, and though I've smoked in the past it's been a while. Being a southerner I grew up on barbeque, and living on the Puget Sound means it's hard to get decent barbeque of any kind (though Famous Dave's ain't bad as far as mass market BBQ goes), let alone my beloved Lexington style.
I owned a cheap ass charcoal bullet smoker years ago, but gave it up because it was a massive pain to use. It was poorly designed to start with, and there was nowhere I could use it without getting smoke in the neighbors houses - and 'disturbing' them with my smoke meant threats of violence, if not actual attempted violence. (It goes without saying that with their gigawatt stereos that they did not extend the same courtesy to me!)
Well, we live in a much better neighborhood now - one where the neighbors are more likely to show up with plates in their hands instead of baseball bats. (As well as being less crowded.) For Christmas, the LOML gave me permission to buy a new smoker. When it comes to guy toys, she gives me a 3x5 card with the item written on it - she trusts me not to blow the budget. (And dealing with the hassle of buying the wrong thing and doing returns just got to be too much.)
So, after much research, today I pulled the trigger on a 24 inch CCSV - it was one of the few available locally that I could put my hands on to examine in person, it's currently on sale, and I litterally could not find a bad review of it online.
Now I just have to wait for the weather to suck a little less to give my new toy it's first run! (Living in the great Pacific Northwet, hoping for it to suck a little less is about the best you can do most of the years.)
I owned a cheap ass charcoal bullet smoker years ago, but gave it up because it was a massive pain to use. It was poorly designed to start with, and there was nowhere I could use it without getting smoke in the neighbors houses - and 'disturbing' them with my smoke meant threats of violence, if not actual attempted violence. (It goes without saying that with their gigawatt stereos that they did not extend the same courtesy to me!)
Well, we live in a much better neighborhood now - one where the neighbors are more likely to show up with plates in their hands instead of baseball bats. (As well as being less crowded.) For Christmas, the LOML gave me permission to buy a new smoker. When it comes to guy toys, she gives me a 3x5 card with the item written on it - she trusts me not to blow the budget. (And dealing with the hassle of buying the wrong thing and doing returns just got to be too much.)
So, after much research, today I pulled the trigger on a 24 inch CCSV - it was one of the few available locally that I could put my hands on to examine in person, it's currently on sale, and I litterally could not find a bad review of it online.
Now I just have to wait for the weather to suck a little less to give my new toy it's first run! (Living in the great Pacific Northwet, hoping for it to suck a little less is about the best you can do most of the years.)
