Orange Bronco at Home Depot

[FatboyStew]

Okay AR team, I just spent a good bit of time reading reviews and comparisons on the Bronco and PBC. I have the Branco with cover added to my Home Depot cart for $359. Reassure me before I pull the trigger.

[Panhead John]

You WILL NOT regret your decision. Congratulations and welcome to the Bronco Boys Club! Membership dues of $59.95 are payable to me at…….

Panhead John
69 Loser Lane
Houston, Tx.

[Allon]

Welcome aboard!

You won't be disappointed...

[Sid P]

Congrats!

[FatboyStew]

I just pulled the trigger! Can't wait to try it out!

[Allon]

Assembly is pretty straight forward.
Make sure you give everything an eyeball when you unpack.
I had no trouble flipping it over during assembly by myself.
Use high temp\ food safe sealant when you assemble the barrel halves.

There's a bunch of people with broncos. Don't be afraid to ask questions.

[FatboyStew]

Do you all recommend hight temp sealant ir lava lock for the joint if the barrel?

[Allon]

I looked at it this way...

I'm never going to get another chance to do it right...

[Bogy]

Compared to what you're paying for the cooker the sealant doesn't cost much to make sure it's done right, like Allon said.

[Steve R.]

It can't hurt. And this is a good opportunity to do it without having to disassemble later.

[Uncle Bob]

I'm no help here.......................

[Allon]

I love the 'racing' wheels!

[Murdy]

The Bronco is a great cooker. Menard's appears to have the black ones for $399

[Clawbear57]

I don't own one but congrats.

[nunyaz]

The Bronco was (okay, is!) on my short list - it seems to be a GREAT cooker AND smoker ... had a PBC, but gave it up because I didn't have this forum to help me get low n slow on it. When I reached out to PBC, their response was: "It's a Pit Barrel COOKER, if you wanted a smoker, you should have bought a smoker."
Enjoy that new cooker FatboyStew and thanks for reigniting my MCS - I'm sure there's a 12 step program for this

[Draznnl]

Step 1. See a new cooker.
Step 2. Research the new cooker.
Step 3. Buy the new cooker
Step 4. Use the new cooker.
Step 5. Use the new cooker again.
Step 6. Use that same, old cooker again.
Step 7. Hear about another cooker.
Step 8. Deny any dissatisfaction with that old hunk on the patio.
Step 9. Mention the other cooker in a post on AR.
Step 10. Read the responses to your post.
Step 11. Measure the spot on the patio to see if it will fit.
Step 12. Buy the other cooker already.

[FatboyStew]

Well, the orange is growing on me. Plus, I forgot my wife's favorite color is orange, and she loves it, so a plus there. I assembled it and found a small gap (1 inch long) where the barrels join. Not a big deal, used RTV to seal everything up, nice and tight. The drain cap was not machined precisely, but a very short time with a drill took care of it. Overall, assembly was very quick and easy. I will burn it in and season it this weekend. My overall impressions is that, despite a few machining and/or slight dissertation during shipment, I am impressed. The quality and sturdiness of it is impressive. I will update after burning it in, seasoning it, and smoking for the first time.

[Steve R.]

If you're old enough to remember the American Tourister commercials with the gorillas beating the hell out of suitcases in the airport baggage handling area, I think that's the same crew that loads the Broncos into the trucks for shipping.

[Bogy]

Steve R. That's definitely the team who loaded mine.

[Sid P]

Steve R. Bogy Same here. The box was so beat up I almost told them to keep it, but the Bronco was perfect.

[yakima]

Home Depot has Bronco back at $399.

[Uncle Bob]

That also includes the sturdy cover. With all the features it's still the best deal in this size smoker/cooker.

[HawkerXP]

$399.99

[smokenoob]

well now that the 🎣 was delivered, 🤔 I could finagle one of these 🤔