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DrBigLu
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 Posted: Mar 20 2008 Post subject: advantages and disadvantages |
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I am new to the forum and have tried looking through the post to help me with this question but have not found the answers yet. What are the advantages or disadvantages to the different smokers....I see smokers with fire box on the side, smokers with fire box on the side and what looks like a vertical smoker on the other side, cabinet smokers, bullet smokers, smokers that look like a bbq that the fire box is under not on side. I would like to get a smoker I have an electric brinkman but am limited to using their wood chip coins and would like to try my hand at using other woods....I do know the cost can be one difference but I am not too worried about that....
any help would be greatly appreciated...
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gordo
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Many types of pits out there...and all can cook some great BBQ....
advantages...pick one and learn it well...
dis-advantages...trying to pick which one is right for you.. 
Lot depends on how much you need to cook...
How much space do you have for the pit...
Whats the climate and weather where your located....
How much $$$ can you spend...
Others can add to the list of things to think about when looking for a smoker...no right or wrong answers...
Good Luck  and Welcome to the forum..!!!!
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graybeard
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| You didn't mention where you are located. For me personally, I went with a gas fired smoker and use pellets for smoke. Good smoking woods a not something I have easy or ready access to and pellets give me a choice of flavors. |
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DrBigLu
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| thanks guys...i am from indiana....i have quite a bit of room....I dont have large parties probably cook for 10-15 people at the most....under $2000 |
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DawgPhan
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| DrBigLu wrote: | | thanks guys...i am from indiana....i have quite a bit of room....I dont have large parties probably cook for 10-15 people at the most....under $2000 |
backwoods party or whatever you can afford...the backwoods is probably going to be your best bet though... |
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SoEzzy
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| DrBigLu wrote: | | thanks guys...i am from indiana....i have quite a bit of room....I dont have large parties probably cook for 10-15 people at the most....under $2000 |
Welcome to the forum DrBigLu!
As others have mentioned a lot of the answers to this question come down to personal choice based on the following criteria:
1) The numbers you want to cook for?
A) 10 - 15 people
2) What sorts of things do you want to cook?
A)
3) What do you like to do more, set it and forget it or be busy with it while it cooks?
A)
4) What sort of price range?
A) Up to $2,000
5) What part of the year do you want to cook in? The spring / summer / fall or all year?
A)
6) What are the winters like where you live?
A)
7) Do you ever want to compete?
A)
 Do you ever want to cater for 50 +
A)
9) What are you looking for as the fuel, electric, propane, natural gas, charcoal, charcoal & wood, wood only?
A)
As a bargain basement entry you could buy a WSM (Weber Smokey Mountain), under $250 delivered, and ready to cook good bbq with charcoal and wood chunks, an hour after you take it out of the box.
Every other answer will depend on how you answer one or more of the questions above.
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bbrewer
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| I own a vertical gas/water smoker. It produces a good smoke but after sampling bbq from a horizontal smoker that burns only wood, I know I cannot get that from the smoker I have now. Last night I read from "Smoke and Spice" that when you burn logs as the fuel as opposed to propane, electric, etc., you get a much smokier flavor in your projects, especially brisket. I am only refering to what I have read and eaten, not what I have done although I am in the process of changing smokers. Take my word with a grain of salt. From here on out I will always use a smoker capable of burning logs. |
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