Okay it's time, ladies and gentlemen, to pick your favorite cooker. If I missed your kind, sorry about that. I'm just really curious as to what everyone's number one choice is. Here's mine, for better or worse. Choose your #1, then post your list.....
1) WSM or other vertical smokers
2) Charcoal kettle
3) Stick burner
4) Pellet pooper
5) Gasser
89
Charcoal Vertical Smokers, Bullets or Drums
11.24%
10
Pellet Smokers
20.22%
18
Stick burners, horizontal or vertical
19.10%
17
Charcoal kettles like Weber, PK or other brands
31.46%
28
Propane gas grills
1.12%
1
Santa Maria style open pits
0%
0
Electric smokers
0%
0
Hole in the ground, camp fire pit cooking
1.12%
1
Ceramic style cookers - BGE, Primo, etc.
15.73%
14
The poll is expired.
Last edited by Troutman; October 29, 2018, 09:07 AM.
Only have a gasser and just recently acquired a kettle. Not much to choose from. Loved my Butt cook on the Kettle but the gasser is were I started. I just dont know.
I totally agree Spinaker. For convenience or ease of operation, a gasser or pellet smoker is the way to go. But for full on flavor and the satisfaction of maintaining a fire as God intended, a stick burner is hard to beat. It ain't for everybody, but I love the experience.
Weber Genesis S330 with GrillGrates
Weber Summit Kamado E6
Weber Performer with SnS, DnG and Pit Viper mod
Weber 26" kettle with SnS, DnG and Pit Viper mod
Traeger Flatrock Griddle
PKGO
Fireboard (2)
Thermoworks Smoke
Thermoworks MK4 (2)
Themoworks Thermapen ONE
jfmorrisklflowers I also got an adapter for the PBC I have yet to try the fan out on. For me I'm glad I started out with a pellet grill. I probably would have gotten too frustrated learning bbq and having to fuss with a bunch of vents at the same time. With the fan you can add another 10 minutes of so to your charcoal initial set up with having to plug things in and such.
jfmorrisklflowers It's also nice to have multiple options. Especially if something electronically or mechanically fails unexpectedly. Don't get me wrong though, it is nice to have a large pellet cooker for capacity and times when smoke flavor isn't in order.
For low and slow I light a Weber cube in the corner of the fire box, turn on the fan controller and walk away. Sometimes I’m even lazy and put the meat on at the same time since it takes maybe 20-30 minutes to temp up. (On kettle or pk)
Of course the pbc needs a half a chimney dumped in, turn on fan, walk away.
Lonestar Grillz 24x36 offset smoker, grill, w/ main chamber charcoal grate and 3 tel-tru thermometers - left, right and center
Yoke Up custom charcoal basket and a Grill Wraps cover.
22.5 copper kettle w/ SnS, DnG, BBQ vortex, gasket and stainless steel hinge kit.
Napoleon gas grill (soon to go bye bye) rotting out.
1 maverick et-733 digital thermometer - black
1 maverick et-733 - gray
1 new standard grilling remote digital thermometer
1 thermoworks thermopen mk4 - red
1 thermoworks thermopop - red
Pre Miala flavor injector
taylor digital scale
TSM meat grinder
chefs choice food slicer
cuisinhart food processor
food saver vacuum sealer
TSM harvest food dehydrator
Absolutely love my LSG stick burner. Second is tough. Kettle, Kamado, and the BlackStone are all really fun to cook on as well. Oh I almost forgot my R and V Works deep fryer.
@ Steve B the great thing is I get to borrow a stainless one anytime I need it...👍ðŸ»👍ðŸ». Plus I need the new Blackstone griddle or was it the PBC or the new vertical smoker....OH the MCS!!!!!!!
Weber Genesis S330 with GrillGrates
Weber Summit Kamado E6
Weber Performer with SnS, DnG and Pit Viper mod
Weber 26" kettle with SnS, DnG and Pit Viper mod
Traeger Flatrock Griddle
PKGO
Fireboard (2)
Thermoworks Smoke
Thermoworks MK4 (2)
Themoworks Thermapen ONE
Not sure how to respond to this one.
But.
Is your wife that hot she can cook anything or does she do all the cooking or do you want to cook her in anything? 😳🤣😳ðŸ˜
> Weber Genesis EP-330
> Grilla Grills Original Grilla (OG) pellet smoker with Alpha/Connect
> Pit Barrel Cooker (gone to a new home)
> WeberQ 2000 (on "loan" to a relative (I'll never see it again))
> Old Smokey Electric (for chickens mostly - when it's too nasty out
to fiddle with a more capable cooker)
> Luhr Jensen Little Chief Electric - Top Loader circa 1990 (smoked fish & jerky)
> Thermoworks Smoke
> 3 Thermoworks Chef Alarms
> Thermoworks Thermapen One
> Thermoworks Thermapen Classic
> Thermoworks Thermopop
> Thermoworks IR-GUN-S
> Anova sous vide circulator
> Searzall torch
> BBQ Guru Rib Ring
> WÜSTHOF, Dalstrong, and Buck knives
> Paprika App on Mac and iOS
Original Grilla pellet-pooper followed by the Weber Genesis EP-330 (sometimes with and sometimes without a large griddle steel) ... both often augmented by SV.
My Weber Ranch kettle is the best thing I have for brisket, and brisket is my favorite thing to smoke. So I'll have to go with Weber Ranch. It's the cooker I would choose if I could only have one. I do love to operate a stick burner, though.
I love cooking on my Ranch. I think because there is so much more air moving through the thing than a 22 inch kettle the smoke is a bit cleaner. The wood and briquettes are burning hotter to heat up all the area so it gives a cleaner combustion.
Yep! I even fitted mine with a PartyQ adapter and it runs the Ranch just like the 22", as far as maintaining steady temps. Once I learned not to use the lid rest, which lets all the hot air get away, it runs like a champ on long cooks.
I love campfire cooking with my Dutch ovens. I don’t get to do it as much as I like. There’s something to seeing them stacked up in a tower and watching the main course, sides, and desserts are all there.
Last edited by snowswamp; October 31, 2018, 07:03 PM.
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