What I like about stick burners!!

[Hawging It]

Preparing
Tinkering
Adjusting
Tinkering some more
Fire management
Paying attention
Adjusting again
Thinking
Adjusting again
Paying attention
Paying close attention
Watching, Watching, Watching
Drinking Beer!!
Seeing smiles on faces.

 

[kruizer]

Same here.

 

[banderson7474]

I like it as a hobby b/c it's def more to do but I also would like to have an electric pellet smoker for those cooks overnight or when I don't have the time for sticks.

 

[73saint]

Ain’t that the truth!

 

[HalfSmoked]

Yup its fun to have different ways to do smokes.

Warren

 

[banderson7474]

It doesn't help that my buddy just got a Rec Tec Bull either. The one thing mine probably beats his is a lot more smoke flavor

 

[Hawging It]

It doesn't help that my buddy just got a Rec Tec Bull either. The one thing mine probably beats his is a lot more smoke flavor

No doubt!!

 

[Hawging It]

Yup its fun to have different ways to do smokes.

Warren

No doubt about it. Thinking bout a UDS for the inventory. Not decided yet.

 

[HalfSmoked]

As said the other day easy to build your own.

Warren

 

[Hawging It]

I like it as a hobby b/c it's def more to do but I also would like to have an electric pellet smoker for those cooks overnight or when I don't have the time for sticks.

I agree. There are definitely advantages to something that will do an overnight smoke. My OLE Big Bertha will accomplish that however, I don't fire her up unless I'm smoking a ton of meat. She does whole HAWG very well.

 

[Hawging It]

As said the other day easy to build your own.

Warren

Yep! Already researching what I need.

 

[banderson7474]

I agree. There are definitely advantages to something that will do an overnight smoke. My OLE Big Bertha will accomplish that however, I don't fire her up unless I'm smoking a ton of meat. She does whole HAWG very well.

Oh yea you are right, I should have said I'm not willing to stay up all night and tend to a stick burner.

 

[SmokinLogs]

I started out with a COS, converted it to reverse flow with some other mods, and learned a lot about smokin with it. I think some of the best tasting Q is from a clean burning stick burner. I Had a lot of fun with it and a lot of good Q from it. It does take a lot of tinkering to run, which i enjoy, but with four kids under the age of 5 i had to do something a little more reliable. I built my UDS and love it. Its reliable for long periods of time without much tending, requires very little fuel, and even does great in freezing cold winter. Winter smoking was tough with my cheap stick burner. I recommend a UDS to everybody. I built it for CHEAP too. Its nice being able to go to bed and know the smoker will keep smokin. You should definitely add one to your arsenal!

 

[bbqbrett]

Great list! You might add on lighting the fire and of course the great smell of meat being smoked!

 

[motolife313]

I don’t do much tinkering besides splitting the wood and putting it in the chopsaw . My intake vent is wide open no adjustment and my exhaust is wide open. All I do is add wood to the fire as needed.

 

[Hawging It]

I don’t do much tinkering besides splitting the wood and putting it in the chopsaw . My intake vent is wide open no adjustment and my exhaust is wide open. All I do is add wood to the fire as needed.

Sounds really good. As for my rigs through the years, I can't load em up and walk away like a pellet deal. Got to make sure all is good. Take care.

 

[Hawging It]

Yo

Great list! You might add on lighting the fire and of course the great smell of meat being smoked!

u are spot on!!

 

[Hawging It]

I started out with a COS, converted it to reverse flow with some other mods, and learned a lot about smokin with it. I think some of the best tasting Q is from a clean burning stick burner. I Had a lot of fun with it and a lot of good Q from it. It does take a lot of tinkering to run, which i enjoy, but with four kids under the age of 5 i had to do something a little more reliable. I built my UDS and love it. Its reliable for long periods of time without much tending, requires very little fuel, and even does great in freezing cold winter. Winter smoking was tough with my cheap stick burner. I recommend a UDS to everybody. I built it for CHEAP too. Its nice being able to go to bed and know the smoker will keep smokin. You should definitely add one to your arsenal!

Thanks Brother! I want to add to my inventory and researching my UDS build. Gonna do it soon. Take care.

 

[DustyJoe84]

I like those things too! I love the challenge of maintaining a proper fire and getting that good TBS rolling. I was nervous about learning on a cheap offset but it's not as bad as some of the horror stories I've read. It's really hard to beat the flavor of a stick burner!

 

[Geos7812]

Well said OP. Some don’t get it. The end product is only part of the enjoyment for me.