Grilling, Smoking, BBQ, etc. WAYCT (What Are You Cooking Today) Outdoor Edition
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I think @LewisStonehouse or @scarfmace might be,better,able to help you out. I got nothing.
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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.
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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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PS little bit of brisket flat I did on my joe jr the other day, the bark was epic
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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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@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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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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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).
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Speaking of bark…
I am also a hopeless kamado partisan for home grilling and cooking.
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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!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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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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@Alex I'd go with something from this place https://www.bbqmates.co.uk/product-category/bm-grills-smokers/
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Nice @Jett129 ! Lemme know how you like Jealous Devil. I am stuck working through a bag of BGE lump charcoal and it’s fine but I miss the premium stuff. Place I get it was closed when I was in need.
On the site @seawolf mentioned I like this one personally. You can tell the walls are thick and it’s a good design. But, again, for $200 and some high temperature sealant (or some welding), that Amazon choice I linked could be a heck of a bargain with its more vertical smoke flow.
Look forward to hearing what happens @Alex !
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Nice @Jett129 ! Lemme know how you like Jealous Devil. I am stuck working through a bag of BGE lump charcoal and it’s fine but I miss the premium stuff. Place I get it was closed when I was in need.
On the site @seawolf mentioned I like this one personally. You can tell the walls are thick and it’s a good design. But, again, for $200 and some high temperature sealant (or some welding), that Amazon choice I linked could be a heck of a bargain with its more vertical smoke flow.
Look forward to hearing what happens @Alex !
I'm a big fan of Jealous Devil. Best lump I've found, and I've tried lots of them. I've been using it in my kamado for years.
I like the same one on that site. Reverse flow, baby!
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I think he may go for the Char Broil, which I suspect means part of his issue with the Kamado was the price
He also enjoyed the train smoker @goosehd: "You could also start bbqs by saying all aboard the grill train. And if that isn’t worth 6k, I don’t know what is."
Many thanks from me and him for everyone's help
