LOL---Boxing squirrels---Machine gunning squirrels!Well said Wingman! This is not the place to be throwing any punches.
for that matter, as of yet any other american auto maker either... specially govt motors...i drive an F-350 and no foreign auto maker can even come close......and never will!
Yea but he did have his pit bull lickin my leg just to keep me in checkwow........and your in the biz of selling things? granted there wasn't a ticker tape parade for yer arival but that's not going to work.
and i am friendly.........just ask scarbelly, i even let him out from being pinned behind the table last time he was over!
Great point Dale!Here are a couple the things I would like to see in reviews.
What is the construction? I've been unable to tell from pictures of the ProQ if it is solid sides, wire mesh, or stainless steel with air holes like the AMNS.
What is the cost of the sawdust? I can look at Todd's web page and see dust sold in 1 lb lots and in 5 lb lots. He passes on the shipping cost of US Priority mail without additional cost. Hence 1 lb dust is 4.49 + 10.70 = 15.19 and 5 lb dust is 10.95 + 10.70 = 21.65 (ordering in 5 lb lots is a no-brainer choice). The web page (www.smokinlicious.com) that handles the US market for the ProQ sells sawdust. It charges 10.90 for a 5-6 cup bag, including shipping. I'm not sure, but I think that a pound of sawdust would be ten cups or more. I see no option for reducing shipping cost by ordering larger amounts from Smokinlicious. Of course, one cannot judge the two dust products by cost alone. It would take a head to head comparison to see if both are the same quality and produce the same results.
todd........laugh my f'n arse offLMFAO!!!!! = What's this mean?
Still learning lingo
Thx!
Todd
Maybe you could fill out your profile?Guys I think this has gone way too far...
The original question was "Has anyone had hands-on experience with both of these smokers? I didn't see anything in a search and hoped for a direct comparison" to which there were several (13) replies promoting the Ams, the only mention of the ProQ was regarding shipping costs. All I did was rectify that.
I now sincerely wish I had never posted on your forum, but it's too late for that.
Bearcarver, please see the image below of one of my 1st prototypes, which I made back in around June 2009, hence my remark on your "cheese" post. If what Todd says is true (and I believe he is right about the possibility of 2 people coming up with the same idea from different sides of the world). The reason I did not go with this original design, was that it only gave me around an 6 hour burn and I was aiming for 8 - 10, as that's the time I like my Lox to smoke for. I, like Todd, sent out units for people to try (I guess I've sent out around 40 for free so far).
I have thought long and hard about this and have decided to honor my agreement to send units out to MossyMO and Dave54 for them to try. I honestly do not care if they write reviews or not, I'll leave that up to them to decide... I do know that 2 weeks ago enquired about advertising on this site, quite expensive compared to other similar forums, decision was going to be made this coming week, but hey you've all made it for me.
Thanks to all of you for listening and sorry to the OP for the way this thread has turned.
Ian McKend
Hey Todd you mentioned earlier that you grind your own dust. Can I ask what you use to grind it with? curiosity has got me wondering.
I missed seeing that picture before in this thread. That try did not fare too well! Which brings me to the quote I just put into another first cheese post about experience coming from mistakes.
Bear
The sawdust comparison is something that is independent of the smoker -- I think. See no reason that either dust could not work in either device. OTOH, I think I'll continue to dance with my original partner:-}}