Hello great smokers of the innerwebs !
I currently have a offset smoker, it was the "cheapest thing you can buy" sort of deal , it is tiny, and thin metal, parts are broken, I have to use a old can lid as a chimney damper. I was able to dip my feet in to the smoking world, have done a few pork butts , handful of 1/2 briskets, and ribs. Made some really really bad stuff at the beginning. Learned a lot. I used lump and square charcoal, burning wood as possible. it was a pain to lite made easier by useing an old coffee can as a way to lite a bunch of charcoal. Pretty sure the thermometer on the front is useless.
I paid 70$ Canadian - that would be like 50$ USD I can sell it for 80% of that easy I am sure.
While I enjoyed learning this end of things, and hey , who doesn't love playing with fire ... I think it is time to move on.
loosely related, I am building a deck, and it doesn't yet have railings on it. The wind was crazy the other day, and my BBQ rolle dright off the end, and took a 5 foot plunge on to the concrete below - so that is not done for ( got 15 years out of it, for 350$ cnd.)
SO- that brings me to my questions.
I am interested in the pellet grills/smokers -- is htere really a difference in the terms used ( grill vs smoker?)
Can I pretty much always BBQ on these units, or do I need a special one , do they work very well at all for BBQing?
Is it worth proceeding with an all-in-one idea or do I really need both a BBQ and a smoker?
Is there a stand out great value smoker on the lower end, I a m not looking for a 1000$ + unit, I am looking in the bottom 1/3 of the market segment?
Love you hear your thoughts on this folks!!
Cheeers.
I currently have a offset smoker, it was the "cheapest thing you can buy" sort of deal , it is tiny, and thin metal, parts are broken, I have to use a old can lid as a chimney damper. I was able to dip my feet in to the smoking world, have done a few pork butts , handful of 1/2 briskets, and ribs. Made some really really bad stuff at the beginning. Learned a lot. I used lump and square charcoal, burning wood as possible. it was a pain to lite made easier by useing an old coffee can as a way to lite a bunch of charcoal. Pretty sure the thermometer on the front is useless.
I paid 70$ Canadian - that would be like 50$ USD I can sell it for 80% of that easy I am sure.
While I enjoyed learning this end of things, and hey , who doesn't love playing with fire ... I think it is time to move on.
loosely related, I am building a deck, and it doesn't yet have railings on it. The wind was crazy the other day, and my BBQ rolle dright off the end, and took a 5 foot plunge on to the concrete below - so that is not done for ( got 15 years out of it, for 350$ cnd.)
SO- that brings me to my questions.
I am interested in the pellet grills/smokers -- is htere really a difference in the terms used ( grill vs smoker?)
Can I pretty much always BBQ on these units, or do I need a special one , do they work very well at all for BBQing?
Is it worth proceeding with an all-in-one idea or do I really need both a BBQ and a smoker?
Is there a stand out great value smoker on the lower end, I a m not looking for a 1000$ + unit, I am looking in the bottom 1/3 of the market segment?
Love you hear your thoughts on this folks!!
Cheeers.