Posted: 10/13/2014 9:41:02 PM EDT
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I went in to buy a smoker. I was looking at one that had a fire box when several people suggested I pick one of the electric ones. They explained that you don't have to keep an eye on the temp like the charcoal or wood burning models. Since I have never smoked before, I am asking the great smokers of ARFcom to enlighten me and steer me in the right direction. |
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Dumb it down for me 
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Make your own UDS or buy a decent COS on craigs to fix up. Dumb it down for me
What is UDS and COS? Ugly drum smoker (think oil drum on its side, the DIY version of what I referred to as a barrel smoker). Not sure about COS. |
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Quoted: I have a Big Green Egg. If I ever buy another smoker, I'll get a barrel type with an offset smoke box. Electric takes all of the challenge out of smoking and turns it into something different. Does it affect the meat or is it just an automated way of smoking (The electric Smoker)? |
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Does it affect the meat or is it just an automated way of smoking (The electric Smoker)? Quoted:
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I have a Big Green Egg. If I ever buy another smoker, I'll get a barrel type with an offset smoke box. Electric takes all of the challenge out of smoking and turns it into something different. Does it affect the meat or is it just an automated way of smoking (The electric Smoker)? Would you replace your participation in sex with a dildo? The electric models take the skill out of it. Yes, the food tastes good, but you didn't have to conquer fire and control it to make it happen. You just had to put the meat on, dial in a temperature, and wait the prescribed amount of time. Smoking is an art, and the electric smokers are like coloring by numbers. |
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Quoted: Would you replace your participation in sex with a dildo? The electric models take the skill out of it. Yes, the food tastes good, but you didn't have to conquer fire and control it to make it happen. You just had to put the meat on, dial in a temperature, and wait the prescribed amount of time. Smoking is an art, and the electric smokers are like coloring by numbers. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I have a Big Green Egg. If I ever buy another smoker, I'll get a barrel type with an offset smoke box. Electric takes all of the challenge out of smoking and turns it into something different. Does it affect the meat or is it just an automated way of smoking (The electric Smoker)? Would you replace your participation in sex with a dildo? The electric models take the skill out of it. Yes, the food tastes good, but you didn't have to conquer fire and control it to make it happen. You just had to put the meat on, dial in a temperature, and wait the prescribed amount of time. Smoking is an art, and the electric smokers are like coloring by numbers. I'm just a beginner so I'm open to all options  |
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I'm just a beginner so I'm open to all options
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I have a Big Green Egg. If I ever buy another smoker, I'll get a barrel type with an offset smoke box. Electric takes all of the challenge out of smoking and turns it into something different. Does it affect the meat or is it just an automated way of smoking (The electric Smoker)? Would you replace your participation in sex with a dildo? The electric models take the skill out of it. Yes, the food tastes good, but you didn't have to conquer fire and control it to make it happen. You just had to put the meat on, dial in a temperature, and wait the prescribed amount of time. Smoking is an art, and the electric smokers are like coloring by numbers. I'm just a beginner so I'm open to all options
Do you want to learn a new skill or do you just want to eat smoked food? |
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Quoted: Do you want to learn a new skill or do you just want to eat smoked food? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I have a Big Green Egg. If I ever buy another smoker, I'll get a barrel type with an offset smoke box. Electric takes all of the challenge out of smoking and turns it into something different. Does it affect the meat or is it just an automated way of smoking (The electric Smoker)? Would you replace your participation in sex with a dildo? The electric models take the skill out of it. Yes, the food tastes good, but you didn't have to conquer fire and control it to make it happen. You just had to put the meat on, dial in a temperature, and wait the prescribed amount of time. Smoking is an art, and the electric smokers are like coloring by numbers. I'm just a beginner so I'm open to all options Do you want to learn a new skill or do you just want to eat smoked food? In true ARFcom fashion.... Get both! |
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Do you want to learn a new skill or do you just want to eat smoked food? In true ARFcom fashion.... Get both! Get something that uses charcoal (lump charcoal!). Make sure the heat is not radiated toward the meat (offset / side / disconnected firebox). Learn the old fashioned way. Even your mistakes should be tasty, and it gets better with time. |