offset smoker

This one didn't go the way I hoped. I was on point up until the very end and failed...kinda. lol. I don't want to give away the ending but it was a pretty rookie mistake. Fortunately, the video is fun and I think people will get a kick out if regardless. https://youtu.be/rqV9UniFbyk For those...

Hey All, Smoking a whole pig on my Johnson Smokers Ultimate Chargrill Trailer here on Sunday. I'm going to be cooking it skin down and quasi-competition style using Malcom Reed's video as a reference. I've been involved with cooking whole hog before but it was on a direct pit shoveling...

Hi all, About to buy my first stick burner and for months have only been considering the ones without a vertical chamber because I don't smoke large quantities and don't want to pay a premium price for the added chamber. But now I've found a great deal on a used cooker that has a vertical...

Hi All, I've been smoking for a few years now and am looking to upgrade past the entry level smokers I've been using (started with Masterbuilt electric, graduated to Weber grill smoking, and finally to Pit Barrel Cooker). I still want to be able to use charcoal/wood but I do not want another...

https://youtu.be/Ljujl6XDI70 Damn near the best steak I've ever had.

I recently started cooking on a stretch 36 Lang reverse flow. I know in most regular offset smokers you turn the point of brisket and horn of pork shoulder toward the firebox to help protect the flat and money muscle from higher heat so the cook is more even. Due to the way the reverse flow...

Hello all, Slime checking in here from Kensington, MD. I'm relatively new to smoking, been putzing around on extremely cheap equipment for a few seasons and then on a converted Weber Kettle for the past year or so before I converted to the big dog pictured below. She's an offset, reverse-flow...

Hello all. I'm new to this site and first let me say I'm a novice cooker and I just purchased a lone star grillz 24"x24"x36" vertical offset smoker. I've been trying to dial the cooker in and get an even temperature across the pit which I can't seem to accomplish. The pit comes standard with two...

I started a thread a couple of months ago for my build but for some reason I can't post onto it anymore... SO I thought I would just start a new one. I made a bunch of progress this weekend on the build and hope to have it done in the next two months. I'll post the pictures in the order that...

So, I am a new guy on this forum and a new guy to smoking meat....but my neighbor here in Houston put his New Braunfels offset smoker on the street for heavy junk day. So I got it for free. Questions: What model is this? Was this a good meat smoker and should I restore it? (FYI there's no...

I just attended my first Kcbs event and I must say I am hooked. I am about to invest in an offset trailer pit and have looked at numerous options. I am planning on getting an insulated firebox. I was wanting some feedback on quarter inch pipe or a roled seven gauges smoke chamber. I am trying...

We were searching for a smoker on the internet and ran across Mr. Paul Shirley of Shirley Fabrication in Tuscaloosa, AL. We called him and were sold. We ordered a 64 in.X24 in. built on a trailer. It is a solid smoker made with 3/8 in. steel and has a 2 in. insulated firebox. We had 3 large...

Every time I look to the net for information on a topic, I discover a whole new world that I never knew existed. That is how it was that I came to join BBQ Brethren. I was looking for a cooker/grill that would allow me to slow cook Boston butts on indirect wood heat/smoke, as well as allow me...

The build has started, this cooker will have many on the attributes of CharredAprons with a few differences. Materials for the cart assembly are heavy duty. I ought to be able to pass this cooker on to the Junior pitmaster ! Paul has been first rate with all of my questions! More pics...

Hey folks, I was at Costco the other day and I picked up some Roasted Pineapple Habanero sauce: http://www.robertrothschild.com/product/product-details.aspx?prodid=561 I am making some baby back ribs for a work Halloween party and I thought I would use this as a base for my bbq sauce. I'm...

I just purchased a monster all-in-one grill from Sam's Club. This grill has a charcoal side, a LP side, an 800 degree burner for searing steaks etc. and an offset smoker box. First let me disclaim that I do indeed realize that this type of setup is not optimal for true low and slow bbq. But...

I bought a new 24x48 off set smoker with a vertical smoker/ warming box attached to it from Lonestar grillz five months ago. When it arrived to my house it was wrapped in card board boxes and surran wrap. As I was taking it all off, I noticed the smoker stack was broken, it had deep scratches on...

My buddy just finished up his first offset cooker project: a 250 gal beast named "Big Jake". We celebrated by having a bunch of friends over to his place and threw on a ton of food to test Big Jake out. My part was handling 3 racks of spares. One was rubbed down with Simply Marvelous Apple...

Greetings Gents, Been lurking for a while now, soaking up all the great info here on the forum. Decided after cooking on a couple smaller smokers that it just wasn't cutting it. Also a couple friends kept saying you should go try the competition side and see how you do. :crazy: Got a look at...

Up until recently I had been using the drip pan to keep the humidity stable in my pit but I've also noticed the pit is either too humid due to flash off or under because it simply all steamed off and dried out quickly. I've begun experimenting with adding a shelf on the left side of my pit...