No credit to my smoking skills, but I bought a new smoker last month and no matter what I have smoked so far has been delicious.
Now perhaps I got a "one of a thousand." I don't know. But it is temp adjustable down to 175 degrees and up over 400 degrees.
Today is the biggest test... the first brisket.
In my view, this smoker works well in spite of not having real experience in smoking but I do know how smoke meats are suppose to turn
out from of enjoying superior BBQ done by professionals and experts from early childhood in Texas.
It is a vertical gas smoker, for convenience and ease of use; just not up to lugging logs and spitting them. Besides, that's men's work anyway.
I researched forums, articles, reviews, and comments for over a year as I struggled to make a gas grill try to behave like a smoker.
I went shopping at all the outdoor places like Cabala's, Bass Pro-Shops, etc for the one that popped out above the rest in my research of
the vertical smoker category and none of them even carried that brand. grrr
Decided to order one online and it was on back ordered everywhere, even directly from the factory. grrr
So, while waiting for the supply to return I happened to be shopping for an outdoor portable table and my sister pointed out their smoker
section. Jaded, I finally went over there just to prove to myself they didn't carry it either.
The first one in the line was my fruitlessly sought after make and model. Frankly I was shocked... and sticker shocked... almost $100 below
MSRP. Took me a moment to realize I had the smoker I had long sought in vein. This store was many many miles from home and had only learned
of it's existence just recently. Sportsman's Warehouse.
We got the guys at the store to put it in the car and used a dolly to get it into the house. Between my sister and me we managed to put it together
and find it a home in the backyard.
The rest is joy... I am smoking with a real smoker for the first time in my life and not wasting good money at BBQ restaurants that either can't make BBQ
or who's styles of BBQ is not that of Texas BBQ.
Now, I control the vertical and the horizontal and learning the way everyone else has... the hard way.
The smoker?
Heaven at last... a newbie proof smoker.
-CK
Now perhaps I got a "one of a thousand." I don't know. But it is temp adjustable down to 175 degrees and up over 400 degrees.
Today is the biggest test... the first brisket.
In my view, this smoker works well in spite of not having real experience in smoking but I do know how smoke meats are suppose to turn
out from of enjoying superior BBQ done by professionals and experts from early childhood in Texas.
It is a vertical gas smoker, for convenience and ease of use; just not up to lugging logs and spitting them. Besides, that's men's work anyway.
I researched forums, articles, reviews, and comments for over a year as I struggled to make a gas grill try to behave like a smoker.
I went shopping at all the outdoor places like Cabala's, Bass Pro-Shops, etc for the one that popped out above the rest in my research of
the vertical smoker category and none of them even carried that brand. grrr
Decided to order one online and it was on back ordered everywhere, even directly from the factory. grrr
So, while waiting for the supply to return I happened to be shopping for an outdoor portable table and my sister pointed out their smoker
section. Jaded, I finally went over there just to prove to myself they didn't carry it either.
The first one in the line was my fruitlessly sought after make and model. Frankly I was shocked... and sticker shocked... almost $100 below
MSRP. Took me a moment to realize I had the smoker I had long sought in vein. This store was many many miles from home and had only learned
of it's existence just recently. Sportsman's Warehouse.
We got the guys at the store to put it in the car and used a dolly to get it into the house. Between my sister and me we managed to put it together
and find it a home in the backyard.
The rest is joy... I am smoking with a real smoker for the first time in my life and not wasting good money at BBQ restaurants that either can't make BBQ
or who's styles of BBQ is not that of Texas BBQ.
Now, I control the vertical and the horizontal and learning the way everyone else has... the hard way.
The smoker?
The Camp Chef Smoke Vault 24' wide body.
-CK
