Smokers, grills, and BBQs. What are you cooking?

[ripvw]

anyone got experience with the Camp Chef Woodwind WIFI 36 Pellet Grill with Sear Box? Thinking about picking one up for my birthday.

I’ve had the smaller 24” version (minus the sear box) for the last 3 years. It’s been a solid, trouble free unit. I’d did upgrade the controller to the newer WiFi enabled version earlier this year. Totally worth it and one of the better controllers on the market. Let’s you control temperature and smoke levels independently. Very cool, and it actually works.

[bendtheski]

A co-worker gave me his lightly used Masterbuilt propane a few months ago. It’s been a good spring.

[unitofstuff]

I'm doing a tri-tip tomorrow. I'll report back, but I have a bad habit of eating it before taking pictures.

[Touring_Sedan]

What what pork butt.

[Thaleia]

So I've got a massive Cimmaran barrel style smoker but I'm using it less and less each year because I need to baby sit it and it uses tons of charcoal. Not a big deal for ribs or pulled pork, but a pain for any longer smokes.

Are any of the sub $300 cabinet smokers you see at the big box stores any good? If it runs on propane does it negatively affect the flavour of the meat?

Sounds like the biggest complaint about the cheap cabinet smokers are the doors not fitting tight. I'm assuming gasket tape could help, or maybe adding more clasps to keep the door tight?

[oftpiste]

Find a Traeger on craigslist. Get a good HOT grill. Two different tools.

[geo039]

Find a Traeger on craigslist. Get a good HOT grill. Two different tools.

This. Have moved to the two grill quiver. OG Weber 57 for the hot (and sometimes short smoke) and a low end Traeger for the smoke.

[schuss]

Just pulled the trigger on a Grilla, will report back with results.

[nickwm21]

9 hours is a good burn on one set of coals. Hell, that's long enough to get some real sleep on an overnight smoke. My 18" is good for 5-6 hours before it needs some more to get across the finish line. You do know you can open the side door and just pour more coals in, right?

Sure - the geometry is a little tighter on the 14, the door is mostly pointless, it would be better to just take the thing apart...


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[DJSapp]

Sure - the geometry is a little tighter on the 14, the door is mostly pointless, it would be better to just take the thing apart...


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I guess it truly is tighter. I've never had issue adding coals or water to the 18" through the door. Pour some coals in the chimney and use the door as a slide. Then take an old grill brush to push them around and distribute. My dad took a section of rain gutter and trimmed it to make a longer reaching chute.

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[nickwm21]

I guess it truly is tighter. I've never had issue adding coals or water to the 18" through the door. Pour some coals in the chimney and use the door as a slide. Then take an old grill brush to push them around and distribute. My dad took a section of rain gutter and trimmed it to make a longer reaching chute.

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Lit coals I assume?


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[DJSapp]

Lit coals I assume?


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Usually by the time I need to add coals, I've already wrapped, so unlit in that case. If I wasn't wrapped, they'd be prelit.

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[Gman]

I’ve had the smaller 24” version (minus the sear box) for the last 3 years. It’s been a solid, trouble free unit. I’d did upgrade the controller to the newer WiFi enabled version earlier this year. Totally worth it and one of the better controllers on the market. Let’s you control temperature and smoke levels independently. Very cool, and it actually works.

Is there any disadvantage to going with the larger unit if you're not going to use all the space all the time? Right now, it's just me, the wife and our 2 year old daughter but eventually I'd like to start smoking meats for get together's whenever those happen again. Also, I can get a pretty smoking deal on the camp chef stuff which negates the need to get a used Traeger.

[oftpiste]

This happened last night....

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drool

[schuss]

Just got the Grilla pellet smoker and it's pretty great. No wifi or any fancy stuff, but we'll built and we'll thought out. Not quite as smoky as my Weber smokey mountain on default settings (note that I added a ton of chips to the wsm) but great smoke and the push button-> walk away for hours is great.

[evasive_MT]

I did ribs for the first time last weekend. Indirect grilling on my 3-burner Weber Genesis.

[glademaster]

This thread is making me want to go out and impulse buy a charcoal grill after work today.

[phatty]

Did a couple pork butts this past weekend. Best pulled pork of my life.

[dan_pdx]

I did ribs for the first time last weekend. Indirect grilling on my 3-burner Weber Genesis.

Those look good! I have that grill; what temp did you use and how long? Did you use one of those chip pans to get some wood smoke going?

[AK47bp]

Did a couple pork butts this past weekend. Best pulled pork of my life.

Mmmm. Great color on those. Those dark bits are my favorite.


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[phatty]

Mmmm. Great color on those. Those dark bits are my favorite.


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Straight meat candy. I pulled a bunch off to the side to eat after dinner.

[rockcreek]

Holy shit this is a great thread. Goose pastrami? Are you kidding? Serious droolfest.
Wifey forced me to pick a grill this summer after hooking it up on 14” Weber charcoal job for almost a decade.
Went with a pit boss, and have had a lot of fun with it this summer. Learning something new with every protein/ baked good/ veggie prepared

[wendigo]

Venison roast currently at 91 - taken 2 hrs to get there. Hoping for 1 one more hour to 120 then reverse sear.

[Phall]

Some times I hit a plateau on the grill or smoker on venison, then it kicks up after and gets it done.


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