Cabinet Smoker Options and Considerations

[Hownottopetacat]

I have a Camp Chef DLX 24 Pellet Grill that the controller seems to be going out so I'm itching to upgrade.

I commonly find myself running out of room doing cooks for parties of something like 2 pork butts and 2-4 racks of ribs. If I had the room I could see doing a brisket too.

This has me leaning to a cabinet smoker for the more room.

The concern I have is for the smaller cooks I do a couple times a week, i.e., a side of salmon for dinner, the load won't be appropriate causing it to be inefficient or not work well.

The ideas of a stainless steal and insulated, a lot of Midwest winter cooks, sounds nice.

This seems to point me to the FEC100 from Cookshack.

Thoughts? Other Suggestions?

[Panhead John]

Your cabinet smoker sounds like a good idea, but I don’t have any recommendations for one though. What I would recommend for your smaller cooks though is a kettle grill. You can cook almost anything on one, low and slow, grilled, reverse sear, whatever. They’re the most versatile cooker there is IMO. Most of us here have at least one.

[DaveD]

What about a vertical pellet smoker? Cabinet form factor and all of the ease of use of pellet cookers. Easy to clean, too! Being able to sit in a chair and reach into the chamber for cleaning sure is a lot easier on my achin' back...

My Pit Boss Copperhead 5 has five shelves totaling just under a square meter of space, 1500-something square inches. Ten racks of SLC spares would run in there no problem, could probably fit four briskets, 8 pork butts, etc... I haven't done anything like that myself though, in fact tomorrow's cook of 3 chuck roasts will be the most I've put in there at once...

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[Jerod Broussard]

That FEC100 is no joke. Ask CandySueQ

I have a Smoke Vault 24 mainly for sausage.

[CandySueQ]

But the price of aFEC100 is about as costly as that CTO you were yearning for, Jerod Broussard!

[Jerod Broussard]

I already have a pellet and I LOVE gas fired wood smoking. CandySueQ

[hoovarmin]

I know that theroc texastweeter and Jerod Broussard all have the Smoke Vault. If I were looking for one that would be enough reason for me to buy that model.

[ofelles]

I have had the large insulated cabinet cooker from Lone Star Grillz for a couple of years. I run a fireboard controller and Pit Bull fan. Very easy to use close to set nd forget. Lots of capacity. Run charcoal and wood chunks in it and it is very close to a stick burner taste wise. I can get about 20 hours burn time no problem. I can't say enough about them.

https://lonestargrillz.com/collections/smokers/products/large-insulated-cabinet

Their Mini might also be a consideration for you. It comes with the separate fire box door also.

https://lonestargrillz.com/collections/smokers/products/mini-insulated-cabinet-smoker

[texastweeter]

I also gave 2 bbq vaults from pittmaker, then 2 more plus 2 sniper magnums from pittmaker.com on trailers

[STEbbq]

Backwards has some nice cabinets.

https://shop.backwoods-smoker.com/collections/frontpage

You can’t beat the Masterbuilt price though.

https://amazingribs.com/ratings-reviews/smokers/masterbuilt-40-inch-digital-charcoal/