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Originally Posted by photon
I passed that by my sister and I guess our budget is $400 lol. Or I guess a bit more I'm willing to put in a bit more.
Is that too low to get anything worth having?
EDIT: What about fuel, we have natural gas so is that an option? Or is charcoal better? Wood pellets seem like they'd be good but that looks out of my price range too.
https://www.weber.com/CA/en/grills/c...id=220#start=1 ? |
i've got two weber smokey mountain smokers - the small one and the big one. they are both great.
with the small one i can easily smoke 5 racks of ribs... i'm sure i could do 6 if i got creative.
for a fuel option i prefer charcoal - i find it tastes better... more smokey (at least that's what i've noticed from when friends with pellet smokers have prepared stuff - it's still really good, just not as much smoke flavour). the kicker with charcoal is you do need to babysit it a bit - smoking when there is a breeze sucks becuz your temp is determined by airflow. electric is nice becuz it's pretty much set it and forget it.
if you go charcoal, definitely get a good meat thermometer that can take 2 probes - one for smoker temp and one for the meat.... and make sure it transmits (to either a phone or a receiver).
also - if you go charcoal get a chimney for getting the charcoal burning. i think i have this one and it works great...
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/weber-rapidfire-chimney-starter/1000689192?eid=PS_GOOGLE_D28%20-%20E-Comm_GGL_Shopping_PLA_EN_BBQ_BBQ_PLA_EN__PRODUCT_G ROUP_aud-765569715521
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if they will be doing ribs i recommend a rib rack too. just make sure it fits inside the smoker! the weber rack fits (barely) on the top rack in the small smokey mountain smoker and won't fit on the lower rack - just a bit too long (so i got a smaller one at canadian tire).
feel free to pm any more questions about the weber one and i'll do my best to get you answers!
and just becuz...