Does anyone here own one of these? If so, would love to hear your thoughts on it, doesn’t appear to be much info out there. Wondering if it might be a worthwhile replacement for my PBC once the rusting bottom reaches the point of complete failure. It doesn’t appear to be of spectacularly robust construction, although it does purport to have stainless grates and appears to be more versatile than the PBC in most regards. I do really like the accessibility to both the food chamber and the fire, and thinking primarily in terms of having the food at a high level directly above the fire, like the PBC. Thanks.
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Thanks folks for all the suggestions, much appreciated. I have looked at and am intrigued by many of the cookers suggested, but they are not quite what I’m looking for in my particular situation. The aspects of the Broil King smoker mentioned above that are interesting to me are (1) a cabinet configuration that enables easy front access to both the food chamber, and separately, the fire chamber, (2) a basic charcoal smoker utilizing no electronics, and (3) a vertical smoker that allows for hanging food at a high level directly over an open fire while also having additional shelves and a low water pan / heat deflector for added versatility. To be honest, a smoker having these characteristics seems surprisingly difficult to find. What am I missing here?
Looks good to me and the price isn't bad. The cooking chamber however seems a little vertically challenged. You have a schematic with dimensions?? IMO if you enjoyed the PBC the Bronco is a better PBC.
Can’t find a full schematic but the height is 48.5”, compared to the PBC at 36” and the PBC Jr at 33”. Can hang from the top rack spot, which looks to be further from the fire than the PBC for sure. Cross sectional area falls between that of the PBC and the Jr. That Bronco does look great, but still couldn’t access food and fire from the front and it’s a little heavier than I want to deal with. I do have several other quality cookers already, so volume and variety of cookers to choose (con’t)…..
…from are not issues in my situation. Most cooks are just for myself, so not large volume. Just thinking this might be a good option to replace the PBC when it finally does go, while adding some nice versatility that isn’t currently in the arsenal. And of course, Spring is coming and MCS is banging down the door again. 😵💫
I can't address that particular smoker, but I have had 2 Broil King gassers that I've found to be quite good for the price, so I would endorse the company.
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