Posted: 3/11/2017 8:53:23 PM EDT
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I need a smoker what is a good one? Do not want to drop a grand maybe around $3-500.
Thinking about the Weber but want more opinions. |
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Weber Smokey Mountain. Â What I am thinking...like yours? What size do you have? 18.5". Â Yup love it. Â Plus you can remove the Middle and Top portions and put your cooking grate on the bottom section and use the WSM as a grill. Â The grate is close to the charcoal so you can get the heat high if you want. |
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22.5" Weber Smokey Mountain, with an aftermarket Cajun Bandit S.S. ring
& extra grates I added. I had an 18.5", but I "gifted" it to some relatives so I would have an excuse to buy the 22.5". A good friend at work has a Grilla pellet smoker that he really likes. Some of the beef jerky that came off of it tasted great. The pellet smokers are nice if you prefer the turn-it-on-and-walk-away for a few hours approach. WSM's are also that way, once you get a feel for how to regulate the temp (which is not difficult if you control the temp on the way up, rather than trying to cool them down). |
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I have a propane and I have smoked before. I am not a pit master but not a novice either. What's wrong with the one you have? Worn out, or do you just want another one to mess with? When I bought my smoker, I did some looking into the WSM because some of the initial reviews like you see here. Once I started digging a little further, a lot of people were rather unimpressed by it, especially for the price that you pay. Seems the biggest complaint was air leaks. I ended up buying a propane Masterbuilt for less than half of what the WSM sold for. My next one will probably be home built out of 304 stainless, propane fired and PID controlled. |
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What's wrong with the one you have? Worn out, or do you just want another one to mess with? When I bought my smoker, I did some looking into the WSM because some of the initial reviews like you see here. Once I started digging a little further, a lot of people were rather unimpressed by it, especially for the price that you pay. Seems the biggest complaint was air leaks. I ended up buying a propane Masterbuilt for less than half of what the WSM sold for. My next one will probably be home built out of 304 stainless, propane fired and PID controlled. I have a propane grill not a smoker. I want to get into smoking more right now I have been smoking with the neighbor on his. His has temp issues it is so hard to maintain a consistent temp and the wind here really drives it up quick. Really I want a smoker because I like cooking and smoking is one thing I do not get to do as much as I want and want to perfect it. |
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I have a propane grill not a smoker. I want to get into smoking more right now I have been smoking with the neighbor on his. His has temp issues it is so hard to maintain a consistent temp and the wind here really drives it up quick. Really I want a smoker because I like cooking and smoking is one thing I do not get to do as much as I want and want to perfect it. Ahh, OK. Here's a charcoal smoker: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Masterbuilt-Charcoal-Smoker-20060516/300687431?cm_mmc=Shopping%7cTHD%7cG%7c0%7cG-BASE-PLA-D28I-Grills%7c&gclid=CN3q0MDwz9ICFZqEswodRK4Hkw&gclsrc=aw.ds Here's a propane smoker: http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&pw=55963&ctc=j061lfozmy00zk8a0104w&mi=11469&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cabelas.com%2Fproduct%2FMASTERBUILT-SE-PROPANE-SMOKER%2F1934607.uts?productVariantId=4030448&WT.tsrc=PPC&WT.mc_id=GoogleProductAds&WT.z_mc_id1=04044693&rid=20&gclid=CLiomuzvz9ICFR6HswodIi4OfQ&gclsrc=aw.ds Here's an electric: https://www.google.com/shopping/product/17889179061594262916?lsf=seller:6498280,store:11191438134235819937,lsfqd:0&prds=oid:5976761119683188984&q=food+smoker&hl=en&ei=jazEWP_uGMGKjwSZmYZQ&lsft=gclid:CN3_jpPwz9ICFR1XDQodLlIHmg Here's a dual fuel, it uses propane or charcoal. This is similar to the one I use. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Masterbuilt-Pro-Charcoal-Propane-Dual-Fuel-Smoker-20050412/202904343 Do some research, I wouldn't recommend the Weber smoky mountain just because of the price. As you can see there are a lot of good, less expensive options. There are also a lot of good review sites out there, as well as plenty of mods for you to do. One thing that pretty much everyone agrees on is that you shouldn't get an offset side smoker, getting the heat in the right place is a pain in the ass with them. Much easier when you have physics (e.g. heat rises) working with you. |
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Quoted:I'd suggest a propane or electric. +1 When we throw parties I have the smoker running along with a pair of grills - one propane and the other charcoal. The electric smoker takes care of itself. I had a charcoal smoker and ended up giving it away ... hated it. We grill and barbeque year round and the charcoal smoker just needed too much attention and burned through too much charcoal. Next weekend I'll have 15 pounds of St. Louis spare ribs in the smoker, 20 pounds of Santa Maria style tri-tip on a grill, and the last grill open for my wife's shrimp and squid and the burgers and dogs for the kids. |
18.5" WSM with a Pitmaster IQ. Set it. Forget it. Eat glorious bbq.
https://pitmasteriq.com/ |
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Do you plan on smoking for just you and your family, or bigger parties and stuff.
For me, it's always less than 6 people, so I built a smoker out of a 14.5" Weber Smokey Joe gold and a Tramontina tamale cooker (this was before they re-released the 14.5 Smokey Mountain). It works fantastic for chicken and pork. Brisket I will smoke for 4-6 hours, then transfer to the oven until it comes up to temp. I really want to try a Traeger, but don't want to drop the $700 on the one at Costco. Not sure if those $400 Jr Elites are good or not. |
| Ez bake oven (electric smoker) like a MES (masterbuit electric smoker) Temps are exact, maintains humidity well, can buy cold smoker attachment for 60, or use amazeN pellet smoker to add smoke and cold smoke do you can do cheese/etc. The MES 40 holds a shitton of meat for its size. I switched over from a 8ft offset smoker I built and used for 20yrs and havent looked back. I could turn out slightly better product with the offset but the effort was monumentaly higher. |
