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
1. How many cookers do you have? 10 (if I count each trailer as 1 and not 3)
2. How many do you normally use? 3
3. If forced to give up a cooker, which one would leave the stable? Large turkey fryer/crawfish boiler.
The OKJ Longhorn Combination. It was given to me by my son when he moved out of state. It is a terrible design. I’ve only used it a couple times.
Bonus: Remarkably, I have no wants regarding any additional cooker. For now, each cooker (except the OKJ) has a specific purpose. Together, they meet all my outdoor cooking needs.
I have 6: MAK pellet, WSCG, Weber Genesis, KBQ, and Weber Traveler. Also, a Cuisinart griddle I’ve never used and likely never will…I’m waiting on my brother to say if he wants it otherwise I’ll list it, just no more room on the patio. So, the goal is five.
I use the MAK, WSCG, and gasser a lot. The portable is for when we need it. The KBQ has been used only once. I found a deal I couldn’t pass on, but wasn’t ready for it yet. I plan to use it more in a couple years.
No plans to add any more nor remove other than the cuisinart. My MCS is currently in remission, so no strong urges to upgrade anything right now as they all do their jobs very well.
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Reason: Forgot a question
I have a sorry crew compared to some of you. A 22" Weber Kettle, a Weber Genesis gas, and a std Blackstone griddle. Then there is the aging smoker that looks like your old high school locker, nothing like the setups I see here, but does the trick and he and I know each other well. Keep in mind, it replaced an electric smoker, about 12-13 years ago, that I used nearly every weekend until it decided was fun to flip breakers in mid-cook. I also have a propane oil less turkey fryer which I, oddly, use all the time. I can roast two chickens in it, with a little hanging shelf, and I do that often to make chicken for salad/etc. work lunches. I use the carcasses for stock/broth, so don't want smoky flavor, and it works. My firepit gets the least use (it's a sauna here), but has had cooking done on it, so I guess it counts.
I use them all, though don't cook on the firepit generally. To add? Nothing, although I like the possibility of that Hasty Bake if I should win one....
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Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
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STEbbq I'd have to see if we have the results of that survey recorded somewhere. That survey was broken into 3 parts and the one of those 3 with the question 'how many grills/smokers do you own' I cannot find. I'd have to check with Clint, and I believe today is his mom's funeral so best to let this one go another day or three before I ask him.
Here's my answers:
1. 10
2. 3 (Grilla Silverbac, Yoder Wichita, 26" & 22" kettles)
3. If I had to, I'd prob part with the Masterbuilt 40" Digital Charcoal Cabinet, great cooker but I can live without it considering the other tools I have.
Bonus: My sights are set on a griddle as my next cooker.
My toys:
Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Center (WSCGC) aka Mr. Fancypants
Pit Barrel Cooker (which rocks), named Pretty Baby
Weber Summit S650 Gas Grill, named Hot 'n Fast (used mostly for searing and griddling)
Weber Kettle Premium 22" named Kettle Kid, eager to horn in with more cooks in the future
Camp Chef Somerset IV 4-burner outdoor gas range named AfterBurner due to its 30kBTU burners
Adrenaline BBQ Company Gear:
SnS Low Profile, DnG, and Large Charcoal Basket, for WSCGC
SnS Deluxe for 22" Kettle
Elevated SS Rack for WSCGC
SS Rack for DnG
Cast Iron Griddle
Grill Grate for SnS
Grill Grates: five 17.375 sections (retired to storage)
Grill Grates: six 19.25 panels for exact fit for Summit S650
gasser
Grill Grates for 22" Kettle
2 Grill Grate Griddles
Steelmade Griddle for Summit gas grill
Fireboard Gear:
Extreme BBQ Thermometer Package
Additional control unit
Additional probes: Competition Probes 1" (3) and 4" (1), 3 additional Ambient Probes. 1 additional Food Probe
2 Driver Cables
Pit Viper Fan (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Pit Viper Fan new design (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Thermoworks Gear:
Thermapen MK4 (pink)
Thermapen Classic (pink too)
Thermoworks MK4 orange
Temp Test 2 Smart Thermometer
Extra Big and Loud Timer
Timestick Trio
Maverick ET 73 a little workhorse with limited range
Maverick ET 733
Maverick (Ivation) ET 732
Grill Pinz
Vortex (two of them)
18" drip pan for WSCGC
Ceramic Spacers for WSCGC in Kamado Mode: 2 sets each 1/2", 1", 2". The 2" spacers work best with the 18" drip pan. The 1+1/2 inch spacers work best with the 14 inch cake pan.
Two Joule Sous Vide devices
3 Lipavi Sous Vide Tubs with Lids: 12, 18 and 26 quarts
Avid Armor Ultra Pro V32 Chamber Sealer
Instant Pot 6 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Instant Pot 10 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Charcoal Companion TurboQue
A-Maze-N tube 12 inch tube smoker accessory for use with pellets
BBQ Dragon and Dragon Chimney
Shun Classic Series:
8" Chef Knife
6" Chef's Knife
Gokujo Boning and Fillet Knife
3 1/2 inch Paring Knife
1. Five: PBC, WSGCC, Weber 22" Kettle, Summit 600 series gasser, and a Camp Chef Somerset Outdoor Gas Range (since you listed your turkey fryer)
2. I use 'em all!
3. Not a one of them.
Bonus: I'd so love to have a KBQ, but we live in a forested area on the side of a mountain, so I'm too respectful of flying sparks to purchase one. Ditto with a Santa Maria, although maybe the Gabby Grills SM insert for the 22" kettle might not be a bad thing to try.
I keep sidling up to and backing off from getting a pellet cooker. Every time Huskee makes a pitch for one, I head off to the Grilla or Weber websites and load up the cart. Then I walk away from the computer until the MCS gentles down. It's that low smoke flavor feature reputed for pellet cookers that keeps me walking away.
Thanks for the recommendations, WI Bubba . I'm sort of limited for space, which is why I was considering the OG Grilla. Then someone here warned me away from it, so I started looking at the Pit Boss Copperhead that Dave D uses so much. What I really like is the Weber Smoke Fire. I'm just not sure how I can fit it in the space I have available.
I'll look at the LSG and MAK, though. I'm in no hurry, and am still not convinced I need a pellet grill, though. Time will tell.
I'm on the other side of this discussion, still working on my arguments to increase from the lowly 1 that I have.
1) 1
2) 1
3) none to get rid of.
4) want to add a pellet and a griddle (or, preferably, the Camp Chef Pro 16 with 1,2,&3 burner griddles)
After we replace/expand the deck in the next year-ish time frame I should be able to get at least one of them. Don't actually have the space currently, although the Camp Chef may get brought in for camping if we manage to go more often.
1 - 6; PBC, Weber Kettle, GMG Trek, Meadow Creek PR42G, Blackstone, OKJ Bandera (kept at a friends house)
2 - Each one serves a specific role so they get used as needed
3 - OKJ Bandera
Bonus Question: Planning to build a block put I would love to get a BQ Grills Pig Roaster.
Pellet: 6 ranging from pull behind minihog down to Trek in the van
1 22" pellet fire system that works on 22" WSM and 22" Kettles
Offset: 1 Jambo backyard on Geer trailer
Weber: 2 WSM
3 kettles
1 Jumbo Joe
Drum: 2 Gateway, 50 and 33 gallon models
Misc: Cobb portable grill, Hasty Bake Ranger, Hot Box portable grill, turkey/fish fryer
That's 20 outdoor cooking devices!
I have given away 3 in the last couple of months -- RecTeq Bullseye and a GMG Daniel Boone and GMG Davy Crockett.
Have your wife get in touch with me...........................I'll make you look good..........REAL good.
I don't count the turkey fryer or the SM attachment for the Weber, or any attachment/accessory for that matter. All that qualifying leaves me at 18. I've gotten rid of about a dozen others over the past 5 or so years.
3-4 get used with some regularity in the cooking rotation. Some get rolled out for specific styles as each has something it does "best" compared to the others. When my bride cooks outside she prefers the gasser.............probably her not wanting to to futz with charcoal/wood, so that could make one more in this category.
I keep looking at offsets, mostly out of curiosity, but then, curiosity is why I have many of the others. While there's a lot of peer driven affinity here toward the LSG (I'd get one in a heartbeat if I were ready and it were the best deal of the moment), there are a lot of alternatives built here in Texas so the choices are near endless. Oddly it's size/weight that stands in my way. If I'm going to "play" with an offset I have no interest in the box store lightweights that are not quite the "real" offset experience. But, the more substantial ones are going to weigh in somewhere 600-1000 lbs, and I'm just not sure I want to deal with that kind of bulk (20-30 years ago wouldn't have balked at all). Combined with the wood storage mambo, I guess I'm getting lazy.
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