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northernrescue3321
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So I started out smoking a few years ago and kept it simple... I tosed a packet of wood chips on the back on my weber grill, put the temp low, and threw on some ribs. After that I was hooked and wanted a dedicated smoker. After some investigation I got my WSM and could not be happier with it.
THe only draw back to the WSM is its size limits the amount I can cook at one time. On a normal day no big deal, but for my yearly summer BBQ , wel lets jut say 60+lbs won't fit on it.
So this year I decided to start checking into other options. There are a lot of differant options capacities, and styles.
THe first question is Stick vs carcoal burnerrs?? Is there truely any differance??
Second is horizontal vs vertical, reversal flow vs direct flow, fire box no fier box rigs with both vertical and horzontal. In the end I guess my question is what is the differance between all the differant choics, does it make a differance, and if in the end they all do the same thing and it just comes down to a matter a wht you preferr then why do some rigs ahve mutliple types of smokers. It can get confuseing.
Personally I've been leaning towards a larger vertical style smoker because of how much I love the way my WSM cooks. Its just with the amount of money that these things run I want to make sure I dont screw this decision up.
I wish there was a place near here in NJ that sold these things but all the manufactures are in the south and south west when i go looking.
The one I do keep looking at is Stump smokers but even they have about 4 differant styles and got confused in there selections.
PLEAE HELP
THe only draw back to the WSM is its size limits the amount I can cook at one time. On a normal day no big deal, but for my yearly summer BBQ , wel lets jut say 60+lbs won't fit on it.
So this year I decided to start checking into other options. There are a lot of differant options capacities, and styles.
THe first question is Stick vs carcoal burnerrs?? Is there truely any differance??
Second is horizontal vs vertical, reversal flow vs direct flow, fire box no fier box rigs with both vertical and horzontal. In the end I guess my question is what is the differance between all the differant choics, does it make a differance, and if in the end they all do the same thing and it just comes down to a matter a wht you preferr then why do some rigs ahve mutliple types of smokers. It can get confuseing.
Personally I've been leaning towards a larger vertical style smoker because of how much I love the way my WSM cooks. Its just with the amount of money that these things run I want to make sure I dont screw this decision up.
I wish there was a place near here in NJ that sold these things but all the manufactures are in the south and south west when i go looking.
The one I do keep looking at is Stump smokers but even they have about 4 differant styles and got confused in there selections.
PLEAE HELP