I’ve read through the thread and you got some great suggestions. But, I actually think you should back up a step and really work your way through this so that you end up with something you really want and like and enjoy for years to come
Here’s some guidelines to a good outcome that I have used when I was choosing both cookers that I currently own.
- What is my budget
- How long do I plan to own this
- How much cooking capacity do I need
- Is this a multi-purpose, do it all cooker? Or is it just for smoking, just for direct heat grilling, etc
- How complicated do I want things to be? Am I tending fire every 30 minutes? Or do I want to set it up and be able to leave for the day, come home and my food is done? Or something in between?
- what flavor profile do I enjoy? True live fire smoke? Charcoal plus smoke? Light or heavy on the smoke and fire taste?
- How much learning curve do I want?
- How much space do I have?
- what sorts of stuff do I want to cook on this? Straight forward backyard stuff like pork butt and ribs? Or am I doing brisket, hanging my own sausage, cold smoking fish, cooking pots of beans on it?
Once you’ve got that on paper, then help us help you by giving us that information, too. Maybe narrow it down to 3 or 4 cookers that you have researched and look like they may fit the bill. Someone here will have them and be able to chime in with information about the particular grill or smoker.
:-)
Here’s some guidelines to a good outcome that I have used when I was choosing both cookers that I currently own.
- What is my budget
- How long do I plan to own this
- How much cooking capacity do I need
- Is this a multi-purpose, do it all cooker? Or is it just for smoking, just for direct heat grilling, etc
- How complicated do I want things to be? Am I tending fire every 30 minutes? Or do I want to set it up and be able to leave for the day, come home and my food is done? Or something in between?
- what flavor profile do I enjoy? True live fire smoke? Charcoal plus smoke? Light or heavy on the smoke and fire taste?
- How much learning curve do I want?
- How much space do I have?
- what sorts of stuff do I want to cook on this? Straight forward backyard stuff like pork butt and ribs? Or am I doing brisket, hanging my own sausage, cold smoking fish, cooking pots of beans on it?
Once you’ve got that on paper, then help us help you by giving us that information, too. Maybe narrow it down to 3 or 4 cookers that you have researched and look like they may fit the bill. Someone here will have them and be able to chime in with information about the particular grill or smoker.
:-)
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