The 13th Round

stenchasaurous wrote:What's supposed to be the advantage over a traditional smoker?

stenchasaurous wrote:
Yeah, most smokers do too. I know Bill Burr talks about having one on his podcast and seems to like it, but from his description it's not like a real smoker in that you don't have a separate smoke box preventing direct heat, so it sounds like it's tricky to keep at just the right low level burn when smoking with it, whereas with a separate smoke box you can really fire it up and run a lot of smoke through there without burning the meat to shit.

stenchasaurous wrote:

hardcorebee24 wrote:

stenchasaurous wrote:What's supposed to be the advantage over a traditional smoker?

I don't know. It works as a grill too. It's ceramic. Was actually wondering what the advantages are.

Yeah, most smokers do too. I know Bill Burr talks about having one on his podcast and seems to like it, but from his description it's not like a real smoker in that you don't have a separate smoke box preventing direct heat, so it sounds like it's tricky to keep at just the right low level burn when smoking with it, whereas with a separate smoke box you can really fire it up and run a lot of smoke through there without burning the meat to shit.

stenchasaurous wrote: Actually never had it, the line is ridiculous. My sister-in-law does some shit where you call at like midnight or something and can place an order for pickup later. Most people I talk to who are actually from here originally and have had it say it's really good but not any better than the top places in Lockhart, Taylor etc., and while you have to drive a bit, you don't have to wait in a ridiculous line with a bunch of shitbird hipsters who'd convince themselves dog turds tasted good if food media told them it was and that the dogs had been fed exclusively on poached pig anus or something.

stenchasaurous wrote:
That's hilarious. Haven't seen the pie crust video yet but it came up on my Facebook feed. Got to see him live here not too long ago actually. I just have a propane grill these days. Fucking wife bought it for me years ago as a surprise present that I had to act excited about when I was really thinking in my head that she could have saved $200 and gotten me something I actually wanted if she'd just asked. I didn't have the heart to tell her after she told me how long she'd researched what the best one was and yadda, yadda, yadda. Have a buddy with a smoker and I just go over to his place pretty often and we grill, play darts, drink beer, etc. whenever we feel like making stuff.

stenchasaurous wrote: That's hilarious. Haven't seen the pie crust video yet but it came up on my Facebook feed. Got to see him live here not too long ago actually. I just have a propane grill these days. Fucking wife bought it for me years ago as a surprise present that I had to act excited about when I was really thinking in my head that she could have saved $200 and gotten me something I actually wanted if she'd just asked. I didn't have the heart to tell her after she told me how long she'd researched what the best one was and yadda, yadda, yadda. Have a buddy with a smoker and I just go over to his place pretty often and we grill, play darts, drink beer, etc. whenever we feel like making stuff.

hardcorebee24 wrote: I like my propane grill. No fuss no muss and it was free. It's a Weber Genesis series. Previous owner said it was broken. All I had to do was change the regulator and clean it up a bit and it's been great for 3 years. I get a ton of free shit since I moved out to the burbs. Lawn mower (spark plug), leaf blower (the guy didn't know how to prime it), hedge trimmer (throw in with some other shit I bought), two sick sets of patio furniture (friends got new ones as gifts no use for "old" ones). Do you prefer charcoal?

CageyVeteran wrote:

hardcorebee24 wrote: I like my propane grill. No fuss no muss and it was free. It's a Weber Genesis series. Previous owner said it was broken. All I had to do was change the regulator and clean it up a bit and it's been great for 3 years. I get a ton of free shit since I moved out to the burbs. Lawn mower (spark plug), leaf blower (the guy didn't know how to prime it), hedge trimmer (throw in with some other shit I bought), two sick sets of patio furniture (friends got new ones as gifts no use for "old" ones). Do you prefer charcoal?

Wow! You got all that stuff for free cuz people don't know how to fix, especially not knowing how to prime it! Lucky duck.

I know it was a hoax back in the day but I'm scared of propane, one of those cancelled news shows had a show of them exploding. The prep work for charcoal is a bit of chore, but you can just buy a bag , and fluid if you want and that's it. Isn't propane a little more involved than that?

stenchasaurous wrote:...I prefer ...wood.

stenchasaurous wrote: Propane's definitely convenient, but yeah, I prefer charcoal or wood.

stenchasaurous wrote:
Gotta be somewhere near you better than Rudy's LOL

hardcorebee24 wrote: People are stupid. Straight up. I figured if any of that shit didn't work I could take it to the junk man and get the scrap money for it.

CageyVeteran wrote:

hardcorebee24 wrote: People are stupid. Straight up. I figured if any of that shit didn't work I could take it to the junk man and get the scrap money for it.

Are those places easy to get to in New York? In my town there's only one place I know of that'll take almost anything and it's far. Everywhere else you gotta strip cuz they only want one particular metal and you gotta discard the rest yourself.

Cagiva9 wrote:Would this be considered cheating by "real" barbecue enthusiasts?
http://www.amazon.com/Masterbuilt-20072 ... ric+smoker

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