I discovered the website while I was researching smokers last weekend. Now that I bought one, I figured I would join the fun. I used a Brinkman charcoal smoker that my brother gave me for Christmas about 6 years ago. It's just me and my wife so it worked well for us. I supplemented it with a Weber Kettle for grilling. I came home form work one day this winter and saw the poor ol' Brinkman had fell over and died.
Yeah, I know it was a cheapie, but it worked great for six years.
I decided to go with an offset firebox unit and purchased the Chargriller Pro Smoker. I got the smoker assembled and seasoned yesterday. I did a brisket and chicken today. I was aware that the unit needed mods when I bought it so I performed the basic mods during assembly. It performed well with the exhaust extension, inverted SFB grate, and inverted main charcoal grate. The food was cooked in the expected time frame and it tasted wonderful. That said, I learned a lot today and still need to make more mods. The biggest issue I had was the build up of ash in the SFB resulting in a lot of work to keep the temps up near the end of the process. I think I need to find a charcoal basket for the SFB so that I can empty the ash while cooking. All in all, it seems like a good unit for $139.
Anyways, I have some questions about the unit but I will post to the appropriate forum. Glad to be here!
(Oh, obligatory smoked meat photo from today)
I decided to go with an offset firebox unit and purchased the Chargriller Pro Smoker. I got the smoker assembled and seasoned yesterday. I did a brisket and chicken today. I was aware that the unit needed mods when I bought it so I performed the basic mods during assembly. It performed well with the exhaust extension, inverted SFB grate, and inverted main charcoal grate. The food was cooked in the expected time frame and it tasted wonderful. That said, I learned a lot today and still need to make more mods. The biggest issue I had was the build up of ash in the SFB resulting in a lot of work to keep the temps up near the end of the process. I think I need to find a charcoal basket for the SFB so that I can empty the ash while cooking. All in all, it seems like a good unit for $139.
Anyways, I have some questions about the unit but I will post to the appropriate forum. Glad to be here!
(Oh, obligatory smoked meat photo from today)