As some of you know, I'm having big fun learning to BBQ, and the quality of the food and my willingness to spread the BBQ joy has me cooking bigger and bigger gigs. I'm at two 22.5 WSM's, a 22 inch Offset (like a Yoder Witicha), and a commercial dryer converted to a smoker (not as easy to access and use).
I'm absolutely going to build a big offset to smoke brisket's and such on, but for the many times I'm not going to be up for staying up all night tending a fire (or hiring someone to do so), I'm looking for an insulated pellet cooker or gravity feed cooker. I'd like to have a pit that will that can handle a lot of food and fit sideways on the back of a BBQ Concession Trailer . I want to be able to cook for big parties and such, and the insulated cookers seem easier to use if I don't want to tend a fire the entire time.
I found this one for $1650, and it has piqued my interest. I'd love some feedback from my Pit Peeps who have had the joy of cooking a lot of food on a big gravity fed insulated cooker. Or can steer me off the cliff if I need to go another direction.
This one is local build, modeled after a Stumps XL Stretch, but a shade bigger. Owner/builder says it's got 2" insulation, water pans, 6' tall and 6 foot wide, 3' deep. He says that 20 pounds of charcoal will last 16 hours at 250. Charcoal chute can hold 60 pounds. He also says the firepan/ash box is large enough to burn as a stick burner as well. Comes with an automatic temp control device with a 50 cfm fan.
Here she is:

Top door open:

Both doors open:

Exit pipe side:

Feed box and air intake side:

I'd love some feedback, and any questions I need to have answered before I take the next step.
Thanks!!
paul
I'm absolutely going to build a big offset to smoke brisket's and such on, but for the many times I'm not going to be up for staying up all night tending a fire (or hiring someone to do so), I'm looking for an insulated pellet cooker or gravity feed cooker. I'd like to have a pit that will that can handle a lot of food and fit sideways on the back of a BBQ Concession Trailer . I want to be able to cook for big parties and such, and the insulated cookers seem easier to use if I don't want to tend a fire the entire time.
I found this one for $1650, and it has piqued my interest. I'd love some feedback from my Pit Peeps who have had the joy of cooking a lot of food on a big gravity fed insulated cooker. Or can steer me off the cliff if I need to go another direction.
This one is local build, modeled after a Stumps XL Stretch, but a shade bigger. Owner/builder says it's got 2" insulation, water pans, 6' tall and 6 foot wide, 3' deep. He says that 20 pounds of charcoal will last 16 hours at 250. Charcoal chute can hold 60 pounds. He also says the firepan/ash box is large enough to burn as a stick burner as well. Comes with an automatic temp control device with a 50 cfm fan.
Here she is:
Top door open:
Both doors open:
Exit pipe side:
Feed box and air intake side:
I'd love some feedback, and any questions I need to have answered before I take the next step.
Thanks!!
paul
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