I have the Big Green Egg and love it. I've smoked pulled pork a few times for 12+ hours.
There are other similar ceramic grill/smokers (Primo, Komodo, etc), but the Egg has a big community and lots of "egg'cessories" ;) They're pretty big in the south (started in Atlanta), but people from other areas aren't too familiar with them. Maybe not as good as Chuck's $9k smoker though ;) Mmmm, meat On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> wrote: > A friend of mine is pretty big into smoking and he likes that egg thing. > Says it is easier to maintain a constant temp. > I myself have an oven. I set the temp and it just stays there. To each his > own. > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015, 10:15 AM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> I am currently working on a smoker that is similar to ones that sell for >> about $9K. I will tell you how it turns out... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Simon Westlake >> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 9:59 AM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: [AFMUG] Completely OT,but I figure there's some people here into >> BBQ.. >> >> I've been into smoking for a while, been smoking ribs, sausage and >> chicken on a cheapo, thin, Home Depot smoker for a few years. They turn >> out pretty good, but it's an all day affair of babysitting and hoping >> the weather is OK. >> >> I've been looking at some higher end smokers for a while and I'm torn >> between something like >> http://www.yodersmokers.com/ys640-pellet-grill.html and >> http://www.ssomd.com/backwoods-smoker-chubby, the biggest differences >> between them being one uses pellets and one is charcoal. >> >> I've always used charcoal but the convenience of the pellet smoker is >> pretty appealing to me as well. I've been reading reviews online and >> I've had a hard time finding info that seems unbiased, there's a lot of >> people against pellets on principle and a lot of people for them purely >> for convenience. Most of the BBQ forums are pretty religious places (in >> terms of their preferences.) >> >> The other problem is that, even if I pick one, there's tons and tons of >> manufacturers out there, and if I'm even going to remotely consider >> spending $1K+ on a smoker, I want it to be the best. So, anyone out >> there with experience with any of these types of units? >> >>
