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Hello brethren,
Background:
I am a fairly new member of the forums. I’ve enjoyed reading the threads and researching smokers. I am in the market for an offset stick burner. Not totally sure why but I’ve been sold on the idea of reverse flow so I’ve been researching options. I started looking at Lang’s, then after finding this forum I found Johnson, and finally got hooked on the Shirleys. I made the decision to get a Shirley 24x36 cabinet patio smoker and reached out to Tyler a little over a month ago to find out pricing and timing. For a few reasons, the timing made sense for me to wait a little. Unfortunately when I reached back out to Tyler this week he said they have paused taking orders on the 36 and there will also be a pretty big price increase (due to steel costs) when they start back up in a few months. The price increase on top of shipping costs has probably put them out of my price range so I’ve been doing some research for any “local” options. I stumbled across a builder about 1 hour from me which brings me to my question(s).
Anyone out there have a smoker from Fat Daddy Smokers (http://www.fatdaddysmokers.com/)? Searching the forums, I found this thread from 2014 with no responses:
http://bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=190968
And then this one from 2018 mentions them:
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=260194
If anyone has one, let me know how you like it and any pros and cons.
For those that don’t have one but are much more trained than me on what to look for in a quality smoker, any thoughts about their builds from the pictures and info on the website? Anything I should ask them if I contact them? As much as I want to go local, I am a little nervous spending this much without having all of the rave reviews like Shirley.
Final piece of info. If I go this route, I would probably get the Contender series (¼ inch steel) and upgrade to the 36 inch drum (from 30 inch) and add the counterweight. But I’m also considering the Titan series since that seems very similar to the Shirley 24x36 patio cooker (Fat Daddy has 3 racks at 28.5 x 20 vs Shirley having 2 racks at 26.75 x 21 and 1 rack at 26.75 x 17). I honestly don’t need that much rack space but if I am spending this much money does it hurt to spend a little more to get a ton of extra space for that once a year big BBQ party where I will want it.
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance to anyone who reads and responds.
Dan
Background:
I am a fairly new member of the forums. I’ve enjoyed reading the threads and researching smokers. I am in the market for an offset stick burner. Not totally sure why but I’ve been sold on the idea of reverse flow so I’ve been researching options. I started looking at Lang’s, then after finding this forum I found Johnson, and finally got hooked on the Shirleys. I made the decision to get a Shirley 24x36 cabinet patio smoker and reached out to Tyler a little over a month ago to find out pricing and timing. For a few reasons, the timing made sense for me to wait a little. Unfortunately when I reached back out to Tyler this week he said they have paused taking orders on the 36 and there will also be a pretty big price increase (due to steel costs) when they start back up in a few months. The price increase on top of shipping costs has probably put them out of my price range so I’ve been doing some research for any “local” options. I stumbled across a builder about 1 hour from me which brings me to my question(s).
Anyone out there have a smoker from Fat Daddy Smokers (http://www.fatdaddysmokers.com/)? Searching the forums, I found this thread from 2014 with no responses:
http://bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=190968
And then this one from 2018 mentions them:
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=260194
If anyone has one, let me know how you like it and any pros and cons.
For those that don’t have one but are much more trained than me on what to look for in a quality smoker, any thoughts about their builds from the pictures and info on the website? Anything I should ask them if I contact them? As much as I want to go local, I am a little nervous spending this much without having all of the rave reviews like Shirley.
Final piece of info. If I go this route, I would probably get the Contender series (¼ inch steel) and upgrade to the 36 inch drum (from 30 inch) and add the counterweight. But I’m also considering the Titan series since that seems very similar to the Shirley 24x36 patio cooker (Fat Daddy has 3 racks at 28.5 x 20 vs Shirley having 2 racks at 26.75 x 21 and 1 rack at 26.75 x 17). I honestly don’t need that much rack space but if I am spending this much money does it hurt to spend a little more to get a ton of extra space for that once a year big BBQ party where I will want it.
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance to anyone who reads and responds.
Dan