jjdbike
Full Fledged Farker
So I've been "wanting" a new smoker for the past couple of years, and a small part of me has broken down and admitted that a pellet smoker is not a terrible thing :wink: but what I've really been leaning towards is a stick burner.
Do I need one? no, especially since I'm not a competition cook and it's just down to the wife and I at home, as well as the occasional groups of family or friends coming over, but there's that primal urge to take my skills up a notch and master the fire on the stick burner.
Next week I'm expecting a sale at one of our local stores that carries the Horizon 20" smoker and I know I'll be over there lusting for it, and because I haven't treated myself to any real toys for several years, I know I'll try to rationalize the purchase.
I know it'll take some time to master, and that I'll probably ruin some expensive cuts of meat on it, and that it'll take up more room on the patio, and that I'll be nursing it a lot more than my UDS, yet that all seems unimportant....
So... with all of this running through my head, why am I still considering one? I'm writing this partly as a way of confirmation that I've made the right choice, but it'd be really helpful if some of y'all with some common sense would confirm that I'm perfectly happy with my drum smoker before I go send this money! :grin:
Thanks!
David
KBQ, small, light, easy to clean, smoked faster due to convection / air flow, makes incredible bark, electronic temp control, cook w/ real wood smoke, smoke w/ clear blue clean smoke if you'd like, can smoke a lot of food in one cook. VERY short learning curve as opposed to an offset. New for under $2000 shipped. I got mine used for $500.
JD