Long post, please bear with me.
I’ve been researching The Bull with the Grand Champion package (to include the Smoker Box) and I'm almost ready to pull the "propane plug" from my MasterBuilt and go pellet.
First overall question:
•To those of you who own Rec Tec's The Bull with or without the smoker box, how do you like it?
More specific questions:
•What is the temperature on the LO setting in the main grill?
I like to do a "half-smoke" on my salmon before I pressure can it. I need a low heat but lots of smoke. Can I achieve that in the main grill?
•I can't seem to find the dimension/volume capacity on the smoker box itself. Do any of you know what the square inches of rack cook space is?
That aside, I prefer to smoking 10 fish filets at a time and I just know the smoker box cannot handle that capacity.
My current Masterbuilt has about 700sqin, and barely fits 6 filets. I love the idea that The Bull, with extra racks, is 1300sqin.
There are times I do a full smoke so I can have nice filets to give as gifts. I usually vac-seal them and freeze. I still wonder how low I can get the main grill- for those of you who smoke fish, albumin is a ugly disaster and I pride myself on never heating the fish enough to cause it.
Again, on my current smoker, I have to leave the door wide open to keep the temperature down. I tent a large towel over the opening to try to keep the smoke in. I also have problems with flare-ups and rapid rising heat if I’m not watching the pan like a hawk. I’m so tired of babysitting the smoker.
I wanna set it and forget it.
Tell me please, is this too much smoker for what I want to achieve? I also do ribs, roasts and briskets, so, this would be lovely for that without all the mother-hen antics. Being able to replenish pellets and adjusting the temp via app while I’m at work sounds so fantastical to me. The smoker box sounds amazing to be able to smoke soft cheese and condiments too.
Having said all that, my forté really is my smoked salmon. That’s my main goal while hunting for a new large capacity smoker.
Help. :) Suggestions?
I’ve been researching The Bull with the Grand Champion package (to include the Smoker Box) and I'm almost ready to pull the "propane plug" from my MasterBuilt and go pellet.
First overall question:
•To those of you who own Rec Tec's The Bull with or without the smoker box, how do you like it?
More specific questions:
•What is the temperature on the LO setting in the main grill?
I like to do a "half-smoke" on my salmon before I pressure can it. I need a low heat but lots of smoke. Can I achieve that in the main grill?
•I can't seem to find the dimension/volume capacity on the smoker box itself. Do any of you know what the square inches of rack cook space is?
That aside, I prefer to smoking 10 fish filets at a time and I just know the smoker box cannot handle that capacity.
My current Masterbuilt has about 700sqin, and barely fits 6 filets. I love the idea that The Bull, with extra racks, is 1300sqin.
There are times I do a full smoke so I can have nice filets to give as gifts. I usually vac-seal them and freeze. I still wonder how low I can get the main grill- for those of you who smoke fish, albumin is a ugly disaster and I pride myself on never heating the fish enough to cause it.
Again, on my current smoker, I have to leave the door wide open to keep the temperature down. I tent a large towel over the opening to try to keep the smoke in. I also have problems with flare-ups and rapid rising heat if I’m not watching the pan like a hawk. I’m so tired of babysitting the smoker.
I wanna set it and forget it.
Tell me please, is this too much smoker for what I want to achieve? I also do ribs, roasts and briskets, so, this would be lovely for that without all the mother-hen antics. Being able to replenish pellets and adjusting the temp via app while I’m at work sounds so fantastical to me. The smoker box sounds amazing to be able to smoke soft cheese and condiments too.
Having said all that, my forté really is my smoked salmon. That’s my main goal while hunting for a new large capacity smoker.
Help. :) Suggestions?
