- Feb 23, 2009
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Howdy sMFr's,
I could best be described as a "Newbie" to the art of smoking. Now that's not to say I haven't slow cooked my fair share of meats. I make one heck os a Boston Butt in the oven with a simple dry rub of paprika, garlic powder, dry mustard, a little salt, and brown sugar cooked at 300 for about 6-7 hours and pulled appart and served with Foy's BBQ sauce (Hot, none of that mild stuff please).
Now a good friend of mine came into possession of a very nice pull behind unit and he's entered a couple of BBQ competitions. He pulled it down for during our annual trip to the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and we brined and smoked a couple of butts and they were to die for. So now, I've had the itch to invest in a smoker.
I learned a little bit from him and learned a lot from reading these forums. My 33rd Bday just passed yesterday and I was given the OK to buy myself a smoker. I've spent the last week reading about all the different types, shapes, sizes, models, etc. Thrice I had decided on a what smoker to get and I'll go to the store and they won't have them in stock.
I had wanted something that wouldn't take up much space in the back yard, so I was looking at vertical water smokers. I looked at the ECB's and didn't much care for them. I've seen mention of "$170 WSM's" but I've not found one in my $200 price range yet, the cheapest I've seen is $299 and no one around here carries them. Then there was the post about the GOSM look alike in all stainless steel at Academy but my Academy was sold out. I've gone back and forth between gas and charcoal about 10 times the last few weeks. I thought about the itty bitty American Gourmet but then bailed because I thought it would be too small.
Right now the top three in no order I'm looking at is the GOSM BiG Block at a local Wal Mart, a Perfect Flame vertical gas smoker at Lowes, and the Charbroil Silver Smoker/Brinkman look alike at Home Depot.
In the meantime I'll continue reading the forums and gathering more information. I March there is a BBQ comp near here and my buddy will be pulling his trailer down and I'll be helping him out with it. I'm sure you guys will see a post or two from be between now and then
I could best be described as a "Newbie" to the art of smoking. Now that's not to say I haven't slow cooked my fair share of meats. I make one heck os a Boston Butt in the oven with a simple dry rub of paprika, garlic powder, dry mustard, a little salt, and brown sugar cooked at 300 for about 6-7 hours and pulled appart and served with Foy's BBQ sauce (Hot, none of that mild stuff please).
Now a good friend of mine came into possession of a very nice pull behind unit and he's entered a couple of BBQ competitions. He pulled it down for during our annual trip to the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and we brined and smoked a couple of butts and they were to die for. So now, I've had the itch to invest in a smoker.
I learned a little bit from him and learned a lot from reading these forums. My 33rd Bday just passed yesterday and I was given the OK to buy myself a smoker. I've spent the last week reading about all the different types, shapes, sizes, models, etc. Thrice I had decided on a what smoker to get and I'll go to the store and they won't have them in stock.
I had wanted something that wouldn't take up much space in the back yard, so I was looking at vertical water smokers. I looked at the ECB's and didn't much care for them. I've seen mention of "$170 WSM's" but I've not found one in my $200 price range yet, the cheapest I've seen is $299 and no one around here carries them. Then there was the post about the GOSM look alike in all stainless steel at Academy but my Academy was sold out. I've gone back and forth between gas and charcoal about 10 times the last few weeks. I thought about the itty bitty American Gourmet but then bailed because I thought it would be too small.
Right now the top three in no order I'm looking at is the GOSM BiG Block at a local Wal Mart, a Perfect Flame vertical gas smoker at Lowes, and the Charbroil Silver Smoker/Brinkman look alike at Home Depot.
In the meantime I'll continue reading the forums and gathering more information. I March there is a BBQ comp near here and my buddy will be pulling his trailer down and I'll be helping him out with it. I'm sure you guys will see a post or two from be between now and then
