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    Grilling, Smoking, BBQ, etc. WAYCT (What Are You Cooking Today) Outdoor Edition

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    • JDelageJ
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      @setandsetting - It kinda depends what you want to do with it. Is it a specialized or a polyvalent machine you want?

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      • setandsettingS
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        Thanks everyone! And especially thanks @mclaincausey for that extensive writeup! I am looking for a charcoal grill, not gas. The Primo Large sure looks like an endgame piece that I probably will never need another grill in my lifetime.

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        • mclaincauseyM
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          That's how I feel about mine. My wife bought it for me as a birthday present and I feel like she will never be able to top it.

          I love Jealous Devil lump coal for it. My large + Smobot has kept 225F steady for over 20 hours before and there were still coals left.

          Think it, be it.

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          • AlexA
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            One of my friends is looking for an offset smoker, any tips on a good brand that he could find in the UK? @seawolf @mclaincausey @Jett129  and others
            Thank you!

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            • J
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              I think @LewisStonehouse or @scarfmace might be,better,able to help you out. I got nothing.

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              • mclaincauseyM
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                https://prosmokebbq.co.uk/products/16-long-horn-7-in-1-smoker

                This looks cool, but would be even cooler with reverse flow. Need it to have thick walls which this reputedly does. All I can say is that cheap ones really suck and have dramatic temperature gradients from the firebox to the exhaust and tend to leak, complicating the cook (can’t maintain steady temperature without constant attention) and wasting fuel. Offsets have become regarded as kind of “manly” or something so people will buy them for the wrong reasons. To get a good one that is worth the money is an expensive prospect as far as I’m aware.

                My experience with them was that I bought a cheap one and hated it. Friends I have who use them have commercial grade ones that they either purchased or fabricated from propane tanks.

                Think it, be it.

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                • DmartD
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                  I don’t personally own one, but have seen and eaten the results from a Traeger smoker. They should be sourcable in the UK. Great smokers!

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                  • LewisStonehouseL
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                    @Alex I believe the Char Broils are decent for the price, but I’ve never had my hands on one. Joe’s and Yoder for something more premium (again haven’t used them but hear good things). I’ve used a Traeger which isn’t quite an offset smoker. Great results but it was all a bit automated for my liking, depends how hands on your pal wanted to be with it.

                    If it were me I’d just ditch the offset idea altogether and get a big joe with a sloroller, wayyy more versatile, but I’m fairly biased.

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                    • LewisStonehouseL
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                      PS little bit of brisket flat I did on my joe jr the other day, the bark was epic

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                      • goosehdG
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                        Following with deep interest.  I’ve been torn between a Komodo style grill and an offset smoker for years.  Keep the suggestions coming…

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                        • LewisStonehouseL
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                          @goosehd offset is a bit of a one trick pony (obviously it does that trick better than anything else). You can cook anything from pizza to epic brisket on a kamado. I would buy an offset, but only because I’ve already got a kamado

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                          • AlexA
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                            @LewisStonehouse i have already tried to convicne him to go Joe & Slo Roller as we have at work, but to no avail  ::)

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                            • LewisStonehouseL
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                              Doh - odds on that he’ll spend a sleepless night tending a fire, cocking up an expensive piece of brisket on the first outing, immediately lose faith in it and it’ll then sit rusting in the garden for all eternity, incurring maximum spousal wrath

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                              • mclaincauseyM
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                                This one if you were to seal up the inevitable gaps that would come with a $200 smoker might be a good option. It’s not going to have thick walls, which is a shame, but has a more practical form factor than most offsets, since hot air wants to rise (which is one reason I prefer reverse flow in traditional offset designs).

                                Think it, be it.

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                                • mclaincauseyM
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                                  Speaking of bark…  😛

                                  I am also a hopeless kamado partisan for home grilling and cooking.

                                  Think it, be it.

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                                  • K
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                                    @Alex:

                                    One of my friends is looking for an offset smoker, any tips on a good brand that he could find in the UK? @seawolf @mclaincausey @Jett129  and others
                                    Thank you!

                                    Depending on budget honestly I’d look for one in the us and ship it. Mill scale has shipped a bunch of 94’s over. They used to build the pits for Franklin and many others… https://millscale.co/

                                    If that’s not in the card take a look at Yoder, they make a great pellet grill (I have one and love it) and many offsets. The offsets are made very well, if I was in the market for an offset I’d look at them pretty hard at them. Here’s a distributor in Europe https://www.bbqeurope.com/product-category/grillsmokers/

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                                    • J
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                                      Those look magnificent,and they’re my BBQ goal for this season. Recently received a 35lb bag of Jealous Devil charcoal. Can’t wait! @mclaincausey

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                                      • seawolfS
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                                        @Alex I'd go with something from this place https://www.bbqmates.co.uk/product-category/bm-grills-smokers/

                                        “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

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                                        • AlexA
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                                          Thanks for all the suggestions guys!

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                                          • goosehdG
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                                            @seawolf That's a cool website and…so freaking geeky cool 😎

                                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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