Ok, not actually a babe, unless 50 something middle aged white dudes are your thing. But I digress. Just really a babe in terms of knowledge. So thanks up front for your patience with someone pretty new and clueless.
Have had a nice built in gas grill forever, but being at home decided to do some long cooks. Did a brisket, which turned out not terrible as long as you aren't married to your meat being very smokey. Same with some pork ribs.
Here's the situation. I successfully negotiated with the better half to buy a decent smoker. Her counterpoint is it has to be built in to an existing outdoor kitchen. My counterpoint was if we were going to build it in, we had better do a decent one. After a brief stare down, we arrived at a deal. We'll be buying a smoker that we can build into an existing island (have a contractor friend that's doing that - it doesn't have to fit an existing hole as there's masonry involved regardless). But somehow I feel like I actually came out on the winning side here and also got approval to buy a really nice one. Either that, or I really lost but haven't yet figured out how. I've been married a long time - that happens more often than I'd like to admit too.
The outdoor island is L shaped, but only one side is being used with an existing gas grill. The idea is we are going to have the smoker built into the other side of the L, which is actually the longer side so size isn't an issue. We are going to keep the existing gas grill where it is because it works, is good for making simple stuff.
Given all of that, I was thinking about buying a Memphis Pro for a smoker. We don't have giant parties, and the Elite seems like overkill. I don't really know other brands very well, other than the Traegers don't come in stainless and don't really look like they're built to be used as a built in.
Anybody have any recommendations on this? What would y'all do? Any other products or brands I should check out? Any input on the Memphis Pro? Really truly appreciate any help - I look forward to learning from everyone here and hopefully having something to contribute one day.
Have had a nice built in gas grill forever, but being at home decided to do some long cooks. Did a brisket, which turned out not terrible as long as you aren't married to your meat being very smokey. Same with some pork ribs.
Here's the situation. I successfully negotiated with the better half to buy a decent smoker. Her counterpoint is it has to be built in to an existing outdoor kitchen. My counterpoint was if we were going to build it in, we had better do a decent one. After a brief stare down, we arrived at a deal. We'll be buying a smoker that we can build into an existing island (have a contractor friend that's doing that - it doesn't have to fit an existing hole as there's masonry involved regardless). But somehow I feel like I actually came out on the winning side here and also got approval to buy a really nice one. Either that, or I really lost but haven't yet figured out how. I've been married a long time - that happens more often than I'd like to admit too.
The outdoor island is L shaped, but only one side is being used with an existing gas grill. The idea is we are going to have the smoker built into the other side of the L, which is actually the longer side so size isn't an issue. We are going to keep the existing gas grill where it is because it works, is good for making simple stuff.
Given all of that, I was thinking about buying a Memphis Pro for a smoker. We don't have giant parties, and the Elite seems like overkill. I don't really know other brands very well, other than the Traegers don't come in stainless and don't really look like they're built to be used as a built in.
Anybody have any recommendations on this? What would y'all do? Any other products or brands I should check out? Any input on the Memphis Pro? Really truly appreciate any help - I look forward to learning from everyone here and hopefully having something to contribute one day.
