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    What is your Dream Cooker???

    I know this is likely not the right channel to post this but wasn't sure where to post it, MODS please move if needed...

    If $$$ MONEY $$$ and other factors was not a consideration what is your dream smoker / cooker???

    #2
    For me it would be the BQ Grills Whole Hog Cooker...
    $ 7,600.00                          Standard Features Included 2- 304 Grade Stainless Steel Work ShelvesLed Tail-Light Kit / With Metal Guards – 4 Way Flat ConnectorHeavy Duty Square Tube Frame Chassis W/ Leaf Springs3500# 4″ Drop Easy Lube Rockwell American Axles13″ Aluminum Rims & 175/80R13C Radial Tire ComboSwivel Jack Wheel 1000# / Flips-Up for Travel2″ Ball Coupler […]


    My second choice would be the Outlaw Smokers "The Hoss"


    Third would be a custom Moberg...

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      #3
      Been dreaming of an offset stick burner for quite some time. Been researching all the brands and models, and even have a 20 line spreadsheet with all their specs and pricing. Finally pulled the trigger on the Workhorse Pits 1969. It just got delivered this afternoon.

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      • RonB
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        Congrats. That's a nice lookin' cooker.

      • Sweaty Paul
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        Outstanding! Congratulations! An offset is on my list!

      • Santamarina
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        Been following Workhorse since the beginning. They’re on my shortlist of dream pits.

        Looking forward to pics when you get it fired up!

      #4
      Nothing too awfully fancy. The LSG Adjustable Charcoal Grill. The LSG pellet grill would be nice too but I have my Recteq that’s been terrific.

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      • ecowper
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        the LSG Adjustable is an awesome grill from everything I’ve seen and read.

      • Sweaty Paul
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        Think the LSG adjustable would be quite a cooker. Just used my father-in-laws 12 yo Napoleon adjustable charcoal grill for the first time on Friday. Reverse seared some filets and lamb chops. Super fun.

      #5
      I have all my dream cookers. I am very grateful to have literally everything I want and need to cook.

      Franklin offset for smoking brisket, ribs, and pork shoulder. Stick burner
      PK360 for steaks, chicken, outside oven, charcoal and wood grilling
      AOG 36” Gasser (rotisserie, quick burgers, hotdogs, roasted corn)
      2 AOG side burners (very high heat, roasting peppers, cast iron pan searing)
      Portable induction cooktop - precise heat. Deep frying, BBQ sauces

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        #6
        I'm in the same camp as Johnny Booth. I have a Shirley Fabrication patio model stick burner and recently purchased a Hasty Bake 357 Pro. I also have a SnS Travel Kettle for small cooks and a small Blackstone Griddle with side burner with a deep fryer attachment. I am truly blessed

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        • ecowper
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          I love my Hasty Bake Gourmet …. I think that the 357 solves some of the issues the Gourmet had ….. not that it isn’t a great cooker, mind you. But everything can be improved, right?

        #7
        AS much as I love the Hasty Bake Gourmet (and it was my dream grill 15 years ago, have now had it for 13 years) ….. There’s some grills I’d love to get … the Engelbrecht Braten 1000, the LSG Adjustable Grill, and the AZ BBQ Outfitters Sedona BBQ Pit are on my list of dream machines

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        • Johnny Booth
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          I really like that Braten. Almost pulled the trigger on that several years ago.

        • ecowper
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          Johnny Booth If I didn't have the Hasty Bake, I would have bought the Braten quite a while ago. As it is, I still want it and come close to buying it about once a year.

        • Johnny Booth
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          ecowper - I still have the webpage saved, and look at it from time to time. 😁

        #8
        I have another one that is in progress...a cinder block pit...the lowest budget option on my list...

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        • ecowper
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          My wife gave me permission to build an in ground pit as long as i can make it look like a Hobbit Hole ….. yep, this is going to happen :-)

        • Johnny Booth
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          Too funny. I recently got rid of an old utility trailer. I now have a great space for a new patio. However, there will be a fire pit. You Know where this is going. I want to do a whole hog (not suckling pig) so bad, but never had the real estate. Hello bucket list!

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        Last edited by Alan Brice; November 30, 2025, 10:07 PM.

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        • fzxdoc
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          Blue

        #10
        I'm set.

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        • TripleB
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          ah, contentment. What we all look for.

        #11
        Without hesitation Francis Mallmenn style cooking. It’s a bucket list for me..


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        • ItsAllGoneToTheDogs
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          I feel like you could do that easily if you find one of those banned jungle gyms at a government auction

        • synodog
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          Thunderdome cooker? 😂

          10 pounds enters, 8 pounds leaves.

          Seriously though, those argentines have some creative cooking ideas.

        • Johnny Booth
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          Crazy but effective setup. Looks like they are cooking for a village.

        #12
        If money is no option, I'm not in my current house and have an outdoor patio with kitchen... A built in MAK 3 Star with the extra smoker box (for that model it's like a 3rd MAK 2 star without a burnpot attached to the end of 2 with separate burnpots), but add gas burners to the smoker box so it doubles as a gasser for my wife to use That would give me options to cook at least a decent size piggy if I ever decided I needed to do such a thing.

        At my current house, it would be kinda cool to have one of those high dollar stainless Argentina style grills with all the extra dodads. Last one I looked at that looked really cool, was also like $16K so that's never happening.

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        • ecowper
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          The Engelbrecht is only about $4500 with all the stuff :-)

        • ItsAllGoneToTheDogs
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          ecowper money is no option and I'm lazy, it doesn't have all the things either... gimmie stainless, gimmie 2 separate side by side grates with height adjustment, gimmie the leany thingies near the firebox, heck, gimmie a griddle over the firebox too! Urban Asado can custom make what I want, but $$$ Tagwood kinda makes what I want but $$$$

        #13
        Ole Hickory Rotisserie. $30,000+

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        • Sweaty Paul
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          Aggressive! Love it!

        #14
        I have all the cookers I NEED but if I were to expand my arsenal, I would probably get a good quality offset - a 24x48 patio model - and a higher end pellet smoker. But to be honest, I really don't foresee many more cookers in my future. What is more likely in my future is a gas or pellet smoker in a vertical format that can be operated as a holding oven at lower temperatures.

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        • jfmorris
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          And I will follow up by saying that I had an offset - something my Dad built - for 30+ years. I found I used it less and less, and handed it down to one of my nephews.

        • efincoop
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          A few years ago I found a Pit Boss Series 2 for $70 that I use almost exclusively for a holding oven.

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        • TripleB
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          You know, you'd just have to slip in a couple pellets and you've pellet grill. Just sayin.

        • bbqLuv
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          The beginning of pellet grilling.
          Pellet grill fetus.

        • Jerod Broussard
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          You know it's back in the day with Barbara Eden in that pic.

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