As the author of a book BBQ, I asked all the time ... What is the best purchase BBQ Smoker? My answer usually leads in the right direction and give them some places to start your search.
I usually tell people to one of these BBQ smoker ...
Big Green Egg - this is an isolated vertical smoker. They start at about $ 600 to $ 700 for the large model.
Traeger Pellet Smoking - This is a barbecue smoker that burns wood pellets. The Lil 'tex starts around $ 695 Thedigital controls and large hopper are a bit 'more though.
Char-Broil Silver Smoker - This is an affordable, low offset-like smoking, but it is well constructed and produced some great D. She is down $ 159 at Home Depot.
Smoker strains - this is also a smoker isolated vertical gravity coal system. They start at $ 1,600.
Long Smoker - This is a traditional offset smoker. And 'good metal thickness, but not isolated. This offset BBQSmoking is unique because it has a metal plate that runs the entire length of the smoker directly under the meat rack. The smoke goes up the other end of the smoker, meat, and out of the chimney on the same side as the firebox. The Model 60 starts at $ 2,195 down.
Fast Eddy by Cookshack - This is a nice BBQ Pellet Smoker with a vertical style. Used by many of the top teams in the competition barbecue. It is about $ 3295.
Southern Yankee - these are the smoking BBQ grilland there are many models to choose from. They range from small train behind major concession grills trailer. They start at $ 3750 and from there on.
And ... must make its final decision for the rule with the following factors ...
Price - the amount of money that you spend on a BBQ Smoker ground to do with your decision. I think the most bang for the buck is the Traeger Lil 'Tex BBQ smoker - especially for BBQer courtyard. Although, many teams also use these barbecues.Whatever you do, do not go to Wal-Mart or Home Depot and buy one of these small offset smoker for $ 300 or less. They are very thin and ventilated metal fireplaces are not good. You will have trouble producing good BBQ on things.
Work needed - A traditional barbecue offset smoker takes a lot of work tend to focus. Some people prefer a traditional offset smoker for something that coal, pellets or burns propane. But I warn you ... I am very hackingWood to feed the hungry animal. You need to fire more than offset smokers every 15-30 minutes to check. The Yankees of the South are made of wood or coal. This can be very difficult to smoke for a long night. Big Green Egg Smoker and strains will run a very long time for just one bag of coal. Of course, the Traeger and Fast Eddy pellets are burned, the fed automatically.
Insulated - The insulated BBQ smoker allows burning a time, so little can be a closed eye for a long timeovernight brisket smokes. The Big Green Egg and Stumps are insulated and burn charcoal.
Size - Look at how many square inches of cooking space you get for your money. Traeger Lil' Tex's are nice BBQ smokers, but you'll need two or three of them if you intend to compete with them. Of course Traeger has many larger models to choose from including some commercial BBQ smokers.
Wood, pellets, or charcoal - What kind of smoke flavor do you like? Do you like charcoal or real wood? Or maybe a combination of both... usually, if you use charcoal for heat and throw some wood chunks on top for flavor, you'll get a good result. Lump charcoal and Duraflame's hardwood briquettes are other options that produce a cleaner and hotter burn. Of course, wood pellets are real wood and the results are similar to using real wood logs.
Type - You got your vertical smokers, vertical insulated smokers, traditional offset smokers (with the smoke stack opposite from the firebox), Lang offset smokers, pellet smokers, rotisserie smokers, gas smokers, and all kinds of combinations of all of these. What BBQ smoker is best suited to your needs or wants?
Once you decide on what BBQ smoker to get, you'll need to learn how to use it right. A good place to start is to get a copy of "Competition BBQ Secrets" and learn how the pro's do it on the competition BBQ circuit.
