If you could choose one smoker....

[JC in GB]

If space is an issue, check out the stumps gravity fed smokers. They have a cooker for just about any situation. They aren't cheap though.

 

[Canadagrown]

If by 'mine' you mean an older MAK then there was a stand alone full grate add on for it.

I have a Camp Chef SE 24.

 

[gmc2003]

If I could only have one smoker then it would be my WSM. If I could only have one outdoor cooker then it would be my 26" kettle.

Chris

 

[TomCrump]

Is it possible to choose just one smoker ?

After much research, with an eye on choosing just one, I picked a Yoder Wichita.

It has the size to allow me to cook for the 20 people gatherings that we host, but it's small enough that it won't be overkill when I cook for just two people.

I'm still waiting on delivery (Sept 4 ship guestimate), however.

The problem is that while waiting, I pass the time viewing this forum and watching You Tube BBQ vids. This has provided me with just enough information to become dangerous. It also has me wanting a Lone Star Grillz Pee Wee cabinet cooker. LOL

I'm saving up for one, now.

 

[thebigman65]

I have a Horizon RD Classic offset Stick Burner.....take some patience to get it right but I love cooking with just wood and trying to keep it consistent with only controlling air flow. I really want an Aaron Franklin offset, but I don't think he has started selling them yet! :(

 

[Hawging It]

Bayou Classic stick burner works for me. I love it.

 

[jokensmoken]

WSM (or similar) all the way.
I have three "bullet" style...
An 18" and 22" WSM and a 22" trail embers dome, which is a cross between a WSM and a UDS...could qualify as either a "bullet" style or UDS depending on how you look at it.
I love them...can run all three if need be and smoke A TON of meat...I get a bit longer than an hour per pound of kingsford of 230°~250° cook temps...so 40 pounds runs all three low n slow for 12+ hours.

 

[drdon]

Whatever I can get my hands on.

 

[cmayna]

I think it really depends on which meat you smoke most of the time. Since 80% of my smoking is fish, in my MES40 Gen 1, I could never consider anything else. But that is just me with a lot of fish to smoke.

Other meats will probably require something else.

 

[noboundaries]

I think it really depends on which meat you smoke most of the time. Since 80% of my smoking is fish, in my MES40 Gen 1, I could never consider anything else. But that is just me with a lot of fish to smoke.

Other meats will probably require something else.

That's a great point. We're a chicken, pork, and beef family, in that order. RARELY do we do fish.

 

[uncle rick]

For instance. This past weekend I hosted a smoke off at my place with a bunch of buddies who enjoy smoking and about 50 people. There were two categories, ribs, and smokers choice. I did 4 racks of baby backs and that took up my entire grill so I couldn’t even enter the other category. And the 4 racks take THE ENTIRE GRILL. I’ve done this amount many times before and would like more room. I currently have a Camp Chef Smoke Pro SE 24 which has 480 sq inches. It has no second rack or anything. I love the smoker, it is perfect amount of space 90% of the time. I’m just being picky and thinking ahead at my next smoker.

BTW I won the rib category using Al’s method. Never fails. The other bozos were running around frantically the whole time and I sat on my lawn chair drinking beer with full confidence haha.

I got the jerky racks for my campchef and it gives you more space options, i really prefer to use the upper racks when smoking

 

[uncle eddie]

Since 80% of my smoking is fish, in my MES40 Gen 1, I could never consider anything else. But that is just me with a lot of fish to smoke.

cmayna - we do a lot of salmon (caught at Sam's) - prefer skin-on steelhead trout but will do other salmon if on special. I was wondering how you do yours?

We love it smoked (mesquite) and broiled...but mostly smoked. I am on my second MES40...

 

[Odysseus]

If I could only choose one, I'd want a Horizon or Gatorpit offset.