Smokers / Grills
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Lanx
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what i learned is that you might want to make the top half a bit thicker (in clock terms 11/12/1 o clock), b/c the way the chimneys bolts on at 3 and 9 oclock, it becomes bottom heavy and it sags an extra mm or 2 at 6 oclock.
i mean this is of course if you don't have ocd and make it so that smoke ONLY exits through the chimney, but it's easy to see when you grill at 10degrees and you see the smoke exit, heh.
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YEah how bout reading up on some history whilst smoking some meats?
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Nester
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some dudes misread the brochure and thought it was stuffing meats.
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rush02112
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How does your brother in law like his? I ended up getting the Gravity Series 800 which has the griddle option in it. So far I love it. Being able to smoke a ribeye at 225 then swap out to the flat top to sear at 700 is great. Thing really chews through charcoal which would be my only negative so far. Also it arrived with both grates broken in the same spot. Looked to me like a bad lot from casters since the break is in the same spot. Also back ordered till june for the replacements but at least the broken ones still function
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Lanx
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obviously you need propane, and at < $200, just get whatever special char-boil walmart has on special
maybe spend a bit more and get a more permanent looking grill
probably better cuz it'll stay in place
most of the < $200 ones have the wheels where you take em in and out of the garage
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thats why i bought a carving board, so the meats i'll be smoking will be oozing the juices on the board and not over it
BrutulTM
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The only thing that you can get at that price that won't be a complete piece of shit is a Weber Kettle. Maybe charcoal isn't an option but $200 gas grills are worthless.
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the renters would burn down his rental property
hell, i still remember just recently, idiots in texas were cold and wanted bbq in their house and burned downed the block.
Fire sparked by charcoal grill erupts in Houston apartment
A fire flared up in a west Houston apartment early Friday while a family tried to stay...
www.houstonchronicle.com
thats why he should also get a grill w/o wheels, cuz renters would probably move that grill around and melt his wall siding
BrutulTM
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BrutulTM
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the renters would burn down his rental property
hell, i still remember just recently, idiots in texas were cold and wanted bbq in their house and burned downed the block.
Fire sparked by charcoal grill erupts in Houston apartment
A fire flared up in a west Houston apartment early Friday while a family tried to stay...
thats why he should also get a grill w/o wheels, cuz renters would probably move that grill around and melt his wall siding
I used to live in a second floor apartment that didn't allow charcoal and my next door neighbors set their balcony on fire with a Weber Smokey Joe. They got kicked out but I thought it was a great idea and got one myself since the balconies had concrete floors and solid railings so no one can see what is on your balcony. I'm not a retard so it worked out fine. The people across the alley from my grandmother's house burned their house down with a gas grill by pushing it up against their vinyl siding so gas grills aren't retard proof either.
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I'd like to be able to smoke up to a turkey, but after looking around that seems like it might be asking too much for a homeowner-level smoker. Especially when I doubt I'd ever actually bother with turkey at all.
I was looking at some that were rectangular and had several shelves, which seemed like they'd be good for pork butts or similar.
Things some friends and I have talked about has been stuff like sausages, brisket, pastrami, etc.
I thought wood pellet brought a lot of convenience.
I don't really need one that is also a grill (we have a grill), but if there is one of the offset ones that can also be used as a grill, I don't think I'd balk
EDIT: my friends and I aren't BBQ snobs, like some folks in KC are. We're really wanting to try our hand at "Texas" style BBQ, which I guess is to say: we're wanting to focus on stuff that can stand on it's own, w/o needing sauce on it.
We've joked about getting a BBQ trailer, but we're also realistic and want to start out small to learn WTF we're actually doing. (and right now, none of us wants to park a trailer in the yard)
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Lanx
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my beginner smoker (w/ the sq in shown)
can smoke a 20lb turkey if i remove the top rack
really the only thing smaller than that is the davy crockett
idk if you were wondering if size was a limitation