Interested in Smokers

[oregongal]

I'm from Oregon, a Mom who love to grill.  We have 4 children and they all like the outdoors. Daughter loves grilling and Smoking, so thought I'd check in here and find the perfect dbl door smoker for our Outdoor Son for his holiday gift.   Oregongal-

 

[jirodriguez]

Welcome to the forum, always nice to see fellow Oregonians here!

I highly suggest you talk to your son about the smoker first - the reason being that there are many differant smokers and depending on the person using them some work better for that person than others. Keep in mind things like type of fuel (gas, wood, charcoal, or electric), will you have to move the smoker a lot to get it under storage or is there a covered area for it..... You get the idea

 .... spend some time reading the forums on the differant smokers then ask question!

Now... that being said, I went the charcoal route and am the proud owner of a 22.5" Weber Smokey Mountain (WSM) smoker.

 I really wanted to get back to charcoal after many many years of natural gas grilling. Made the mistake of spending $175 on a cheap side fire box smoker that worked OK after making a bunch of modifications to it. I then sold that smoker for $80 on craigslist, and stepped up to a WSM - and have never looked back! The WSM is as close to set-it-and-forget-it as you can get with a charcoal smoker, and it holds a TON of meat!

 

[oregongal]

Thank you for your reply.  I spoke to him and we think that propane would work best for his needs. Seems like double door might be more convenient.  He hunts and fishes, so think he would get lots of use out of  it.  Oregongal

 

[s2k9k]

to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 40,000 members and over 800,000 posts so you should be able to find almost anything you want to know. Remember the search bar at the top can be your best friend for finding answers fast!

Would you do us a favor and update your profile to include your location, Thanks!

You might want to check out Jeff's Free 5 day E-course it will teach you all the basics and a whole lot more!

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Oregongal, welcome to the Party

. Gald you stopped in here,you'll not a friendlier forum.

As for the Smoker, once you have found the right one , go one size bigger, believe me , you'll be glad you did:

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A little overkill, but...worth it and you can do a lot more to freeze for later...

Have fun and...

 

[smokinhusker]

Hello and welcome to SMF! Great to have another Lady Smoker on board!

 

[scarbelly]

Hello and 

to SMF - glad to have you here 

 

[oregongal]

Wow! What a frendly group.  I'll get my California Daughter onto the forum.  She was given a smoker and is having a very good time with it.

She has been smoking salmon lately and is interessted in smoking cheese.  I've sent her some instructions.

When my Son and Daughte-in-law receive a gift soon of a smoker, they'll be onboard too.  Best Wishes, Oregongal

 

[mballi3011]

First off Welcome Girl to SMF. You'll really like it here for there are a lot of really good guys an gals that would just love to help you with just about anything to do with smoking meat. Some of the best smokers here are women. Look up CowGirl's Blog she's one of the best. Now if you need there is a 5 day E-Course that is very helpfull to newbies to the smoking world. Then you can always just ask question here and we will answer what ever you need to know. So the best thing to do next is go get something to smoke and if you need ring us up. Oh yea don't forget the Q-view or pictures. So after all of that.

Welcome To Your New Addiction.

Go Gators

 

[fielies]

Welcome Girl.

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Welcome to SMF, Oregongal!!!


~Martin