My wife and I are building a house in Belize, which will consist of a 2 BR and 2 bath guest house, our main house with 2 Br, 2 baths and a palapa between the two. In our palapa, we have designed a grilling area. I'm in a bit of a quandary about which of my grills and smokers to take down there. Keep in mind we're not totally moving, because we'll have to keep some kind of presence in California (as distasteful as that may be) for at least the next few years. We plan to sell our house, which is much too big for us and we plan to spend much of our time in our new (to us) motorhome seeing the great sights of America. We've already seen much of it from the back of a motorsickle, but our sons keep telling me we've outgrown that.
Anyway, since we'll probably be renting an apartment or condo for our fixed base and we already have a small grill for the motorhome, I'm left with several grills and smokers to either take or whatever. I'm kinda leaning toward taking my Grill Dome kamado smoker, since hardwood is really common in Belize, my Santa Maria grill, with the crank up and down grill grate, because hardwood is so available and my Rec Tec smoker, because I love it so much and rely on it a lot.
I was worried about how the pellets would hold up in all that humidity over a period of time, which is the reason I started this conversation. We live in central California (California's version of flyover country) where our humidity is really low. I store four different kinds of pellets in plastic dog food bins that I bought from a local PetSmart. But, then, when I started writing this, I realized that my Rec Tec came from Georgia (after being born in China), where the humidity can't be much lower than in Belize. I know smoking is a big deal all throughout the South and a lot of the smoking is done with pellets.
So, I guess it all boils down to me asking a really stupid question, about whether I should take my pellet smoker to Belize. I will probably have to take down a large supply of pellets, because they will not be available in the local markets. Do you think I'll have any luck storing them if I take reasonable steps to keep them out of standing water and things like that? I figure the plastic dog food bins would work with pallets to keep the unopened bags off the ground. Am I on the right track?
Anyway, since we'll probably be renting an apartment or condo for our fixed base and we already have a small grill for the motorhome, I'm left with several grills and smokers to either take or whatever. I'm kinda leaning toward taking my Grill Dome kamado smoker, since hardwood is really common in Belize, my Santa Maria grill, with the crank up and down grill grate, because hardwood is so available and my Rec Tec smoker, because I love it so much and rely on it a lot.
I was worried about how the pellets would hold up in all that humidity over a period of time, which is the reason I started this conversation. We live in central California (California's version of flyover country) where our humidity is really low. I store four different kinds of pellets in plastic dog food bins that I bought from a local PetSmart. But, then, when I started writing this, I realized that my Rec Tec came from Georgia (after being born in China), where the humidity can't be much lower than in Belize. I know smoking is a big deal all throughout the South and a lot of the smoking is done with pellets.
So, I guess it all boils down to me asking a really stupid question, about whether I should take my pellet smoker to Belize. I will probably have to take down a large supply of pellets, because they will not be available in the local markets. Do you think I'll have any luck storing them if I take reasonable steps to keep them out of standing water and things like that? I figure the plastic dog food bins would work with pallets to keep the unopened bags off the ground. Am I on the right track?
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