Contest Cooker(s) vs. Home Cooker(s)

KC, have one custom built, one Big Q station on a trailer that has 4 chambers for cooking and 4 fire boxes, then just light how many you want to use. Pork and Briskett. Light 2 fires, 2 diffrent temps, 2 kinds of wood. In fact I have talked to Spicewine on something like this for our next BIG BBQ Trailer. I am sure he could hook you up.

Man, wouldn't it be cool if someone made a modular system?
Take off a couple of pieces and use it at home, add a couple and throw it on a trailer...

Oh man, that is a thought! Note to self modular system.

Scott--here is my nickle.
It seems to me that "most" of the serious contenders use one cooker. They are using the temp variations in the chamber to get different temps for different meats. And--just my opinion here--even though beef and pork may have an "optimum" temp, I think a compromise in the middle will work just fine.
I bet they kick the temp up some when the chickie goes on- but just guessing on that.

The major "national" exceptions that I know of are "Mad Momma..." and the new little "Top Chick" who compete with a fleet of WSM's.
There are others who use multiple cookers, but I think single cooker teams are in the majority.

Chad and I started with the Dera and WSM. Added a second WSM for variety. TOO DARN much to keep up with! Way too much going on!
Our goal is to adapt to just the KingFisher.
One cooker with stable and predictable smoke/heat is our goal here.

The dominate teams down here use one cooker. Kevin uses a Lang 84. Mike primarily uses a Southern Yankee, but has added a Stumps (I think it is a Stumps, at least that genre).

I do not see teams using different woods--maybe they do--but there is only one "stack" and it is all the same most of the time.

Chad and I are experimenting with different flavor woods for the Chickie.
All of the other meats are either in foil or past the temp to absorb smoke flavor anyway when the Chickie goes in. Easy to throw in some different flavor woods then. Still working on the details of that while we get ready for Dillard in Aug.

I am sure Jim or Ray or some of the more experienced competetors will check in to help with all of this.

Great topic!

TIM

BellyBrotherII said:

KC, have one custom built, one Big Q station on a trailer that has 4 chambers for cooking and 4 fire boxes, then just light how many you want to use. Pork and Briskett. Light 2 fires, 2 diffrent temps, 2 kinds of wood. In fact I have talked to Spicewine on something like this for our next BIG BBQ Trailer. I am sure he could hook you up.

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I'm not so sure I agree with BBII on this.......our pork butts and briskets have been doing quite well cooking together using sugar maple and cherry. By the time the ribs are ready to be added to the cooker, the butts and briskets are generally past the point of taking smoke, or already wrapped. At this point, switching to a different wood/woods combination really isn't an issue.

I'm a firm believer that the chicken needs to be cooked in a hotter cooker than what you would be doing ribs. So, maybe I could agree with two separate cooking units on a trailer, but I think you need the hot spot, or direct heat to firm up the skin before turn in. The second unit would almost need a removable water pan.

Don't throw the Blue Goose and the Uniflame out yet! We got POOPIE going on with them!! :lol: And, I got a lot much money tied up in them thar Spicewine thermometers!! :shock: :lol: :wink:

Oh Kick, I didn't think you would read it like that. I was letting KC know that if he wanted 2 woods 2 temps go for it. Now as far as throwing out Old Blue and the kettle, not for some time, heck if its not broke don't fix it yet and besides Spice needs to get his built first.

and besides Spice needs to get his built first.

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And he's got SweetT drawing pictures of vertical clone smoker almost nightly! :mrgreen: She's thinking HER (you noticed MY got left out) smoker will be the next one built.........just kidding, her's will probably be a winter project.

This might work as two pits in one. I dunno.

I think Sweet T just put the Her's in the My of Kick's Clone.

he's got SweetT drawing pictures of vertical clone smoker almost nightly!

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Are you saying that Sweet T has Designs for me??????