I have a delima and would like your thoughts...
My wife wants me to replace my smoker because my old one is... really old. I currently have an old MES30 that probably 10 or 12 years old (surprised it lasted this long). The outside of it is rusty and the silkscreen cover over the controller came off years ago, so I'm looking at circuit board when setting temperature and all that stuff. Anyways, I'm ok with it as long as it works. My wife, not so much.
I found out that my wife and daughter were planning on a PB Vertical Pellet Smoker for father's day when I was looking at a PB Pellet Grill the other day. She started asking questions about it before revealing they were going to get the PB vertical smoker. I did a reverse seer steak on my MES30 and finished it on my gas grill and wife liked it, so she was asking if the pellet grill would be easier to do the seer than the MES or the PB vertical smoker. I think it will, but not sure. I've read that pellets dont put out a lot of smoke at high temps, so I would use my Amazn Smoke Tube to augment smoke generation.
I typically like to smoke pork roasts, tenderloins, turkey breasts, sausage, jerky, ribs, etc in my MES. I grill (on my gas grill) steak, chicken, fish, burgers, pork chops, etc.
So, the delima - could I really grill and smoke all the stuff I like using just a pellet grill and tube? In theory, couldn't I do the same on the PB vertical smoker (it gets pretty hot too). Do pellets grills do a good job with burgers, steaks, and chops AND can they really smoke as well. The thought of smoking and grilling a steak, burgers, or chops is very appealing to me, but only if it works well.
I told my wife I'd likely end up with both if I was not happy with the one she got. I really dont want both.
My wife wants me to replace my smoker because my old one is... really old. I currently have an old MES30 that probably 10 or 12 years old (surprised it lasted this long). The outside of it is rusty and the silkscreen cover over the controller came off years ago, so I'm looking at circuit board when setting temperature and all that stuff. Anyways, I'm ok with it as long as it works. My wife, not so much.
I found out that my wife and daughter were planning on a PB Vertical Pellet Smoker for father's day when I was looking at a PB Pellet Grill the other day. She started asking questions about it before revealing they were going to get the PB vertical smoker. I did a reverse seer steak on my MES30 and finished it on my gas grill and wife liked it, so she was asking if the pellet grill would be easier to do the seer than the MES or the PB vertical smoker. I think it will, but not sure. I've read that pellets dont put out a lot of smoke at high temps, so I would use my Amazn Smoke Tube to augment smoke generation.
I typically like to smoke pork roasts, tenderloins, turkey breasts, sausage, jerky, ribs, etc in my MES. I grill (on my gas grill) steak, chicken, fish, burgers, pork chops, etc.
So, the delima - could I really grill and smoke all the stuff I like using just a pellet grill and tube? In theory, couldn't I do the same on the PB vertical smoker (it gets pretty hot too). Do pellets grills do a good job with burgers, steaks, and chops AND can they really smoke as well. The thought of smoking and grilling a steak, burgers, or chops is very appealing to me, but only if it works well.
I told my wife I'd likely end up with both if I was not happy with the one she got. I really dont want both.
