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Also making your own would be significantly cheaper than buying one. Below is a link that I referenced when I was building mine. I made some modifications and added a table on the side of mine plus I used an old Weber grill lid as my lid instead of using the one that came with my barrel. I...
Alan, a PBC is also referred to as a UDS for those that actually build one themselves. I have one and I absolutely love it. I use solid wood chunks mixed in with lump charcoal as my heat source and smoke source. You shouldn't have any issues using wood with the PBC. I love this smoker method...
I was thinking about doing that but wasn't sure. Making sure everything stayed cool and didn't warm up helped a lot. Here's it finished, forgot to get sliced pictures but it was pretty darn good.
Thanks Al, it definitely turned out better than I expected. I'm doing a cheeseburger one for dinner with my family this evening, So far it's going a lot better than before. I made my corrections and feel more confident with this one. I used a gallon bag instead of the 2 gallon bag this time...
Thanks Red. I did read that post and was hoping to use the saran wrap but I was having too much trouble with it falling apart to even transfer it to Saran wrap.
Here's the finished product, letting it rest on foil for a few minutes before slicing it.
I have a breakfast fattie on the smoker right now. After seeing all of the pictures and posts I decided it was time to give it a shot. So far I have realized I need to learn from my mistakes when I do a cheeseburger one for dinner tomorrow. I read a number of posts and thought I had a pretty...