Call me a sellout - going head to head with MCS

[FireMan]

Who’s kiddin who here! Yer like an Admiral of a fleet. So you jettison a few old ships & will eventually bring the navy up to speed with newer, up to date boats. We’ll be watching ya.

[FireMan]

That’s easy fer a bear to say!

[jfmorris]

Henrik nothing wrong with cleaning out the unused cookers - just surprised to see Rude Boy go, but if you don’t need that size anymore, the newer smaller smokers you are making will sure use a lot less wood.

Since I got the Performer in 2017 and discovered the SNS I barely touch my offset anymore. Since getting the flat top I barely touch the 2 year old Weber Genesis II anymore. I keep trying to get my son to take the offset, but if he won’t I am stuck with it sitting under a cover mostly unused, since my dad built it (or one of his welders did anyway). It’s not a smoker I could sell. I toy with selling the Genesis II but doubt I will, as there is sometimes need for a quick cook on an actual grill versus a flat top. With the new SNS Kamado I know the Performer will get used less and less - mostly for overflow cooking or the rotisserie.

[Henrik]

You mean like opening the lid on a grill to get temp down? :-)

[Steve R.]

Oh, Henrik ... I hope this works out for you, but I have seen this movie before. When you create a vacuum like that, it's only natural that it will need to be filled, and you may have just exacerbated the MCS problem.

[Henrik]

Exactly. Cleaning a grill that gets used is easy. Cleaning a dusty old grill that’s left in the back of the shed - not much so. I don’t mind having them, but then I want to use them too.

[Henrik]

Now that is a great strategy, gonna borrow that one!

[Donw]

Good plan. There is something invigorating in a fresh start. Many of us have had to face numerous moves in our careers and faced the problem of what goes with us, and what stays behind. Early on Kathy and I decided that, other than a few precious items, if it didn’t fit in a small U-Haul trailer it got sold on each move, and we have never regretted it.

[glitchy]

I can barely keep 2-3 as clean as I like and I tend to never use some if I get over 4, then when a year or two passes and I think I should, I usually find a nasty surprise inside like mice, wasps, etc. So, generally if I have a cooker sit 3-6 months unused it hits Marketplace now. So, I completely understand...and also understand keeping your kettle arsenal for teaching too.

[58limited]

Wish you lived closer, I'd buy the parrilla (and a new offset).

[Henrik]

Yes, a tough bout is about to go down. I need to make room. I also have too many grills, and they're not getting used much. So, I'm selling off these items:

1. My 70's green Weber kettle
2. My Big Green Egg (medium) kamado
3. My custom built Parrilla
4. My Santa Maria accessory for kettle grills (custom built by me, a carbon copy of the Gabbys Grills model)

I have already sold my 500 gallon custom built offset smoker 'Rude Boy'.

So, what's staying?

1. My eight (8) no name 22" kettle grills with an SnS in each. Used for teaching and bbq classes
2. My PK TX graphite gray grill. The ultimate steak machine.
3. My (soon to arrive) Kettle Joe by Kamado Joe.
4. One of my own Hank's True Smokersâ„¢ offset smoker.


I gotta say it feels good to clear things out.


PK Reasoning
I'm keeping the PK because I like the small size, cast aluminum and versatility.

Kettle Joe Reasoning
I'm looking forward to KJ's Kettle Joe because it really is a slightly new concept, and I like the marriage between a traditional sheet metal kettle and a Kamado grill.

No name Kettle grills
Well, hopefully this Covid situation will be less of a dread come summer, so I hope to be able to do bbq workshops again.

My Offset
Well, this one doesn't need motivation. It's an awesome stick burner, made by me. It's a keeeper!!!


Has anyone else of you guys and gals done a clearance like this? Have I lost my mind, or am I just making space for the future? One thing's for sure, I'm not giving MCS a walkover victory on this one