Nice setup
Big Green Eggs, too versatile to pass up as a backyard must.
Quality smokers are expensive. I paid $400 for mine.
If I saw one of those new in store for $400, it would be mine!
Good looking unit Harry.
I recently sold this Horizon smoker. Total cost of this one was $1400, it's true a quality smoke cost some money. I now wish I hadn't sold it but I really wanted something I didn't need to babysit. View attachment 600453View attachment 600454
You sold a Horizon???.
That's a Klose that I've had for about 10 years.What is the brand name for the one in the picture?
I don't know if it's the same thing, but I have a friend who has two Kamado Joe cookers and swears by them (and that they are at least as good as the Big Green Egg).Interesting...
I keep looking around and saw a Char-Griller 6719 AKORN Kamado Kooker which is half the price of a green egg (if not more). Now, I know that the cheaper I go, the quicker it will fall apart (well, I think). Anyone tried that one?
A lot depends on the volume you will be smoking.
When I built our patio I made a dedicated place for a built in smoker/grill/direct-heat custom but the wife convinced me that we would never consume 20 racks of ribs or 10 briskets at a time so now that space sits empty and my Charbroil gas grill sites there.
What I wanted to do was a vertical with a rotating rack with a firebox to the right with a lift up lid to double as a firebox and direct heat smoker or grill depending on whether the lid was up or down.
Talked to these folks about customizing one of their pit boss models with a side fire box instead of a rear one but they were just too far away for the customization I was after
As made this is not a bad smoker for large volume smoking with a small foot print (8 rotating rack holds LOTS)
http://www.americanbarbecuesystems.com/Pit-Boss.asp
Not to hijack your thread but this is what I built to hold my custom smoker set up(that never happened). It would have a metal cover/roof over it so all weather smoking possible. Fire box at the far right of the wall, smoker box to the left
Yeah, but most people don't have a welding machine laying around their house.You can make your own:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/how-to/a778/3372796/