Good evening, y'all! First, let me introduce myself and give a little background...
My name is Holly, and I am in and from Houston, TX. I have very fond memories of my dad's home-built big (like, 6' tall, 3' deep) brick smoker. Brisket was divine, and Thanksgiving turkeys were started on Wednesday nights. Nothing but charcoal and small logs of mesquite. Fast forward 30-something years, and here I am with my own family and (finally, as of 2 years ago) a house of my own. Convinced the husband that we needed to build a patio in the back yard, and so with a lot of sweat equity, we now have an awesome 13' x 13' raised up patio, and a 10' x 10' patio at its feet. Only thing missing is some means of cooking outside.
I'd thought about a full-on outdoor kitchen with an island, but man those things are expensive... and it seems like most of the options are gas grills. I'm more of a charcoal gal. Then I looked at the Duo 5050 and thought that looked good for the versatility, but my heart really wants to get into smoking more than just grilling (got a little portable for that, which works for now). So, a little more research and I've narrowed it down to one: a WSM. Most likely the 18.5" model.
So, what I'm hoping you more seasoned vets can help me out with is... is this something which seasonally goes on sale? I'm hoping so. After the patio we're on a little tighter budget than I'd like (rather just go get one NOW, but why spend more than you have to), so... what say y'all? Does this typically show up on Black Friday sales, or "summer clearout" or "hey, it's football and grilling season" type sales?
I've registered at SlickDeals.net to get notified of stuff that others see, and I check online occasionally as well.
Anyhow, I'll be a novice smoker myself, and am totally inspired by the fatty throwdown this month. Wow, nice!
Hope to hear from folks soon :)
My name is Holly, and I am in and from Houston, TX. I have very fond memories of my dad's home-built big (like, 6' tall, 3' deep) brick smoker. Brisket was divine, and Thanksgiving turkeys were started on Wednesday nights. Nothing but charcoal and small logs of mesquite. Fast forward 30-something years, and here I am with my own family and (finally, as of 2 years ago) a house of my own. Convinced the husband that we needed to build a patio in the back yard, and so with a lot of sweat equity, we now have an awesome 13' x 13' raised up patio, and a 10' x 10' patio at its feet. Only thing missing is some means of cooking outside.
I'd thought about a full-on outdoor kitchen with an island, but man those things are expensive... and it seems like most of the options are gas grills. I'm more of a charcoal gal. Then I looked at the Duo 5050 and thought that looked good for the versatility, but my heart really wants to get into smoking more than just grilling (got a little portable for that, which works for now). So, a little more research and I've narrowed it down to one: a WSM. Most likely the 18.5" model.
So, what I'm hoping you more seasoned vets can help me out with is... is this something which seasonally goes on sale? I'm hoping so. After the patio we're on a little tighter budget than I'd like (rather just go get one NOW, but why spend more than you have to), so... what say y'all? Does this typically show up on Black Friday sales, or "summer clearout" or "hey, it's football and grilling season" type sales?
I've registered at SlickDeals.net to get notified of stuff that others see, and I check online occasionally as well.
Anyhow, I'll be a novice smoker myself, and am totally inspired by the fatty throwdown this month. Wow, nice!
Hope to hear from folks soon :)