Kevin James
Full Fledged Farker
Well, today was the day I've been waiting six months for! Today I took delivery of my 24x48 Blue Smoke Smoker from Big Phil's.
I was really worried I was going to have problems getting this thing in to my back yard, and it had to come through my house to get it where it needed to go. But, the delivery guy helped me get it done and it actually wasn't bad at all.
First impression... this thing is built like a tank! I went a little overboard on it and got just about every add on you could get, but I'm glad I did, as I've made the mistake in the past of cheaping out and then wishing I hadn't.
This one has an upper grate, and extra guage, a probe port, a folding stack, a stack damper, a flat top on the firebox, a baffle in the cook chamber like the Mill Scale and Franklin smoker's... except this one is removable, and it has a T bar pull handle mounted to the bottom of the barrel under the collector.
I didn't arrive until about 6PM, so I did the burn in, but after that it was too late to cook anything. I'm doing the first cook tomorrow morning. Planning to wake up early and get it fired up, and first thing will be a biscuit test... then I have a brisket, a slab of full pork spare ribs, a boneless turkey breast, and a whole chicken going on. We'll see how it goes!
I was really worried I was going to have problems getting this thing in to my back yard, and it had to come through my house to get it where it needed to go. But, the delivery guy helped me get it done and it actually wasn't bad at all.
First impression... this thing is built like a tank! I went a little overboard on it and got just about every add on you could get, but I'm glad I did, as I've made the mistake in the past of cheaping out and then wishing I hadn't.
This one has an upper grate, and extra guage, a probe port, a folding stack, a stack damper, a flat top on the firebox, a baffle in the cook chamber like the Mill Scale and Franklin smoker's... except this one is removable, and it has a T bar pull handle mounted to the bottom of the barrel under the collector.
I didn't arrive until about 6PM, so I did the burn in, but after that it was too late to cook anything. I'm doing the first cook tomorrow morning. Planning to wake up early and get it fired up, and first thing will be a biscuit test... then I have a brisket, a slab of full pork spare ribs, a boneless turkey breast, and a whole chicken going on. We'll see how it goes!
