needing advice

[menace2sobriety]

ok so I think i may have done too much investigating and am over thinking this. I'm going to season my new smoker tomorrow. do I need to rub it down with oil first then do a burn or do a burn with out oil to burn off any chemicals from it being made, then rub it in oil and do another burn?

 

[gr0uch0]

One and done:  fire it up, burn off any crapola that's on or in the cooker, then (while warm) wipe down with veg/canola oil inside cook chamber and outside entire unit.  Then you're good to go--next time you fire it up will bake in the cooking oil.  Think of it in terms of seasoning a cast iron skillet:  similar principle.

 

[seenred]

Congrats on the new pit brother! Thumbs Up

Lots of good advice already given, so I'll just say have fun and enjoy your new addiction!

:yahoo:

Red

 

[SmokinAl]

Congrats!

Looking forward to seeing it in action!

Al

 

[tx smoker]

I'm on my second Old Country smoker and have zero complaints. Both have been outstanding quality and an excellent value. Like yourself, the first one took a bit of time to convince the wife that it was something we just couldn't live without. Don't remember the name of the first one (Pecos?) but it was the $400 offset version from Academy. By the time we started building the new house my better half was convinced that a good smoker was second only to God. During construction we sold the $400 one to a friend and bought the All American Brazos. They are the exact same size and configuration but the Brazos is much heavier gauge of steel and has the double sealed lids on the CC and FB. Both were converted via modified turkey fryers to heat with propane and I just use a small stainless steel dog's water bowl for my smoker wood and set it right on top of the turkey fryer. It works great, I get all the benefits of cooking with a real fire (versus electric), all the wonderful flavors of smoked.meat, and it's as close to "set it and forget it" that you'll ever get. I've done literally hundreds of cooks on both units and never so much as a glitch with either one. IMHO, without really breaking into a much higher price point, I don't think you can do much better than an Old Country smoker.

Robert 

 

[rabbithutch]

just out of curiosity the difference between the OC wrangler and the pecos cookers. I know they are different thickness and the dimensions are a little different, but that small amount in the thickness of the smokers is that a $100 difference or not? Im pretty broke so if for 399 I can do the same thing with the same amount of work as I can for 499 its hard to justify that extra hundred bucks.

If you buy your firewood, you will soon spend the extra $100. That difference in thickness means that the thinner metal will take more fuel and temps will fluctuate more. Now, if you cut and dry your own wood and don't mind fiddling with temp control a bit more, ...

WHOOPS!!!
Should have read the whole thread before posting. But, it looks like you did the right thing with that Wrangler. You won't be sorry for spending a little more.

:congratulation_graphics_2: