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Pit Barrel Cooker "Texas Brisket Edition"
Weber One Touch Premium Copper 22" Kettle (gift)
Slow 'n Sear for 22" Kettle
Weber One Touch Premium Black 26" Kettle (gift)
Slow 'n Sear XL for 26" Kettle (gift)
Weber Smokey Joe Gold
Weber Rapid Fire Chimney
Vortex
Maverick ET-732 White
Maverick ET-732 Copper
2- Auber SYL-1615 fan systems(Awesome!!!!!!!!)
Thermoworks Thermapen w/ Back light (gift)
Thermoworks Timestick
Cambro Model 300MPC110 w/ Winco SS Pans
B & B and Kingsford Charcoal
B & B Pellets
Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About meReal name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan- near Clare. (dead center of lower peninsula)
Occupation:
Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
CMON! I don't need anyone else making my pictures look second rate, Pit Boss, Ernest, et al already do that to me.
But seriously, congrats it's a nice tool. Look forward to your cooks!
Breadhead you're going to find the SnS useful for a lot more than just steaks... and I also think you'll be changing your mind about the BGE being a better smoker. Bread, sure, that's better on the kamado.
David Parrish hmmm... Are you insinuating that a kettle with the SnS is a better smoker than a BGE?
I like the fact that the brisket I cooked in my BGE and posted a while ago was a 16 hour cook and not once did it ever enter my mind that I might need to check how much lump I have left. Not once did my temp vary from 225° unless I opened the dome to peek, thanks to the DigiQ Dx2. Not once did I have to add chunks of wood for smoke flavor because of their strategic placement on the lump. Not once did I have to add water because a BGE doesn't need a water bowl. I'm so dialed in on managing a long low and slow cook on my BGE that for the quantity of food I cook I see no need to acquire another smoker. I've even done an 18 hour NO PEEK low and slow cook on my BGE before and posted about it here in the Pit. That takes a lot of confidence in your cooker and knowing how it works. I did that for no other reason than to see if I could pull it off. I wondered if I would have the discipline to go to 203° without looking.🙈
It just seems to me that a long low and slow cook on a kettle needs much more hands on effort. Adding briquettes, adding water, adding wood chunks. If I pull the trigger on a Kettle and the SnS it will be used mostly as a grill. I might smoke on it once in a while if I'm crowded for space on the BGE.😎
I'm sure the Kettle and SnS is a great smoking setup just by observing the comments in the Pit. I'm just very comfortable with my current setup and methods. You know how us old guys are.
I will say this... It is the Best Smoker setup in the World for under $200, by far!ðŸ‘Â
Last edited by Breadhead; September 26, 2015, 06:08 PM.
Mine has a pork butt in its immediate future. Assuming I receive it by Friday it'll be hard at work on Saturday smoking a 5 to 6 pound butt. Another Saturday shot smoking meat when I could be doing more enjoyable things.......cutting the grass, trimming the hedges, washing the window, etc. Ah well, such is life.
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