Cooking with nothing but wood/smoke chips

[Luke]

Electric Smoker? I figured that was sacrilege. Do they actually work decently? I'm trying to make sense of how that would work.

I would like a big green egg too but the pricing is rediculous. I really don't see how the materials that go into one of those justify the price at all.

What about indirect smokers like this

If you have the space to keep it, an electric smoker is worth its weight. You don't need to go overboard price, or you could always cook indirectly on a grill.

[gtmtnbiker]

I would like a big green egg too but the pricing is rediculous. I really don't see how the materials that go into one of those justify the price at all.

The advantage of these cookers is that they can get much hotter temperatures than a regular grill.

I've been wanting a Big Green Egg or Kamodo cooker. If you think that BGE is expensive, check the prices on a Kamodo grill. (See http://www.kamado.com/)

In the summertime, I often use my gas grill as an oven. Works pretty well and beats heating up a kitchen.

[Jrecee]

I would like a big green egg too but the pricing is rediculous. I really don't see how the materials that go into one of those justify the price at all.

The advantage of these cookers is that they can get much hotter temperatures than a regular grill.

I've been wanting a Big Green Egg or Kamodo cooker. If you think that BGE is expensive, check the prices on a Kamodo grill. (See http://www.kamado.com/)

In the summertime, I often use my gas grill as an oven. Works pretty well and beats heating up a kitchen.

Those prices actually look to be about the same as the big green egg. The 15" eggs are about $500-$600 based on google shopping.

[MrPopo]

You guys have helped solidify the second thing I'll buy after I get a house (the first being central air).

[Limewater]

Another "Wordsmith".

Nah, not a wordsmith. Just being a jerk about regional dialects.

Actually, last summer I was in Maryland (as I am this summer). I turned down an invitation to a "barbecue" because I don't eat pork. Later, I remembered that they use the word differently up here.

Incidentally, if y'all haven't seen it, here is a great (musical) review of barbecue in the southern United States.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:18257 ... eedfetcher

I will take issue with their description of Alabama barbecue, though. Mayo-based barbecue sauce does not seem to be the norm in west or south Alabama. I think maybe they eat it in northern Alabama. However, given the rather coarse granularity of their review, I guess they kind of had to over-generalize to hit all the interesting points.

[Octopod]

Is Florida a southern state? No, it aint.


That mayo based sauce just sounds gross. That may be because I hate mayo though.

[CRTGAMER]

POST YOUR GRILL OR SMOKER
Surprise! Thread back from the smoker ashes.

A more durable burner cover
I had to replace the metal bars protecting the burners on my grill posted on the previous page. Not the grates on top, but the flattened angle iron underneath just above the burner pipes. Gahhh, the replacements at Home depot are expensive and very thin gauge. Probably would collapse from the heat within a year. Found a better replacement, this should work as well on other brand grills and smokers. Cheaper and heavier gauge material.

Crown Bolt Angle Iron
2" x 2" x 72" x 1/8" Thick
SKU 365904

Enough to make four pieces, though I only need to cover three burners. After hacksawing to size I took a grinder to remove the grey preservative coating. Don't need that paint adding to the flavor of the meat. A liberal dousing of cooking oil to start the gristle buildup.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Crown-Bolt-2 ... ZJ4IEYieeU


Right Click for a larger view. Replacement Angle Iron covering burners, already burned in.

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[fastbilly1]

We found a Weber Smokey Joe Silver in the shed at our house when we moved in, the previous owner said to keep it. So we use that occasionally. Soon I will be picking up the grill my grandfather made for his Labor Day parties. He designed it so he could cook seventy (70) steaks at once, so it is about six foot by three foot. And since we are going to start hosting pool parties/movie nights, well a big grill is needed. Both grills are charcoal based, but we could use wood chunks on the Weber, the big grill is just a tray made of metal with grills over it, no way to cover it.

I have wanted a Big Green Egg for years, their headquarters was around the corner from my church and the owner went to my grandfather as his doctor for many years. But the price is still out of what I can justify. However, at work my sales team is in a competition this month so I can win one, so here's hoping! My older brother has one and uses it weekly. It has dynamically changed how they cook.

[the King]

POST YOUR BARBECUE
Surprise! Thread back from the smoker ashes.

A more durable burner cover
I had to replace the metal bars protecting the burners on my barbecue posted on

That's a grill you posted, not a barbecue. Here are my outdoor cooking vessels.

A Weber Genesis Propane grill, a Weber Kettle and my Chargriller Barrel Smoker and grill holding my backup propane tank and charcoal chimneys

[CRTGAMER]

We found a Weber Smokey Joe Silver in the shed at our house when we moved in, the previous owner said to keep it. So we use that occasionally. Soon I will be picking up the grill my grandfather made for his Labor Day parties. He designed it so he could cook seventy (70) steaks at once, so it is about six foot by three foot. And since we are going to start hosting pool parties/movie nights, well a big grill is needed. Both grills are charcoal based, but we could use wood chunks on the Weber, the big grill is just a tray made of metal with grills over it, no way to cover it.

I have wanted a Big Green Egg for years, their headquarters was around the corner from my church and the owner went to my grandfather as his doctor for many years. But the price is still out of what I can justify. However, at work my sales team is in a competition this month so I can win one, so here's hoping! My older brother has one and uses it weekly. It has dynamically changed how they cook.

70 STEAKS AT ONCE?! Looking forward to a pic of this monster. Does anyone have a Big Green, curious what it looks like.

That's a grill you posted, not a barbecue. Here are my outdoor cooking vessels.

A Weber Genesis Propane grill, a Weber Kettle and my Chargriller Barrel Smoker and grill holding my backup propane tank and charcoal chimneys.

Nice set! I don't have room in my garage, but mine has held up pretty well in the patio. I coat it once in a while with cooking oil.

Okay I renamed my previous Reply. Also updated the picture of my Grill on the previous page.

LETS SEE SOME MORE GRILLS!