pellet smoker

What, in your opinion, is the easiest smoker to use that also provides the best smoke flavor? When I speak of easiest I mean the easiest prep before the smoke, the easiest to manage during the smoke, and the easiest to clean up after the smoke. When I speak of the smokiest, I mean the closest...

Hi All, We're looking to startup a smokehouse in Edmonton, Alberta and was hoping to get some advice from the group on the following, 1. Smoker - we're still split on whether to use an offset smoker (250 or 500 gallon) or go down the pellet/electric path, is there a significant enough...

Hi everyone new guy here just thought id introduce myself. Heres a little of my work. This week I attempted to cook a pork shoulder without a crutch to help through the stall for the first time. Also used a new rub that I made myself because I didnt realize until I had the pork naked on the...

Consider me lucky that a big fire didnt break out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo_bANJhPkk&t=4s

If you own an older model MAK 1 Star or 2 Star General, do yourself a favor and retrofit your MAK with the FlameZone. The FlameZone works as advertised & it allows your MAK to smoke at low & slow temps and grill at high temps. I've also been very impressed by how little ash it produces. MAK...

Be forewarned this is a lengthy post. Read on if you want to learn about a heretical conversion of LSG stickburner into a hybrid pellet + charcoal & wood chunks smoker. Included are (too many) details on the thought process in case some of you have similar notions. I can hear the Easy Bake...

Hi all, I have a question about timing for my pellet smoker. I currently have a Green Mountain Grills Daniel Boone and cooked a 7.5# pork butt yesterday. It took longer than I thought it would. I started it at 8 am at 275 F and by 5pm it was only at 174F. When I’ve done them on my WSM it didn’t...

Howdy all, I just purchased a Daniel Boone pellet smoker and had a couple questions about using it. I've used a WSM before buying this pellet smoker. I wanna cook some ribs for the family I've been promising since the weather is warming up here. 1. How long should I let them go for? In my WSM I...

Any suggestions on where I can find a pellet firebox/hopper/auger with temp control for a whiskey barrel project. I’m still in the game planning phase so I’m not sure if it will be offset or UDS style.

So I read that old seventeen page or so thread on the weeping ribs method, watched the funky, funky video, and searched the wider web. And yet I have questions. So at the risk of reigniting the old flame war (that was one epic thread—so much “hate”).... 1. I can’t figure from the video what the...

Finally received my black Rec Tec 680 Pellet smoker and did the first cook on it, I love this smoker. You can check out the video of our first cook at this YouTube Link: Initial RT-680 Cook, St. Louis Style Ribs - YouTube

I'm upgrading my ECB and I'd appreciate some advice on a vertical gas smoker vs a pellet smoker. The two models I'm considering are the Camp Chef PG24 pellet smoker and the Smoke Hollow 44-Inch Vertical LP Gas Smoker. My initial reaction is to be partial to the vertical gas smoker because it...

Hello all I am new to this forum but have been smoking for a while now. My question is about the taste of food from a pellet smoke. I am considering buying a yoder ys640 and have never ate anything cooked or smoked on a pellet grill before. Is there a distinct flavor or weird flavor that is only...

Well, after “Operation Cooker Purge”, I have my two new cookers. The flagship cooker of which is the Yoder Smokers YS1500 pellet smoker/grill. I initially wanted a YS1320 when I bought my YS640 back in February, but it just didn’t work out. A few months ago Yoder discontinued the YS1320 in...

Hey all this is my first post and i wanted to show off my reverse flow water gasser/pellet smoker build thats in progress and maybe pick a few of your brains about some things. this is my first smoker also. I got most my ideas from reading the forums and googling stuff. i was wondering if any...