I spent 4 hours in 2 towns looking for a simple offset smoker.
Nada.
Had to get the thing I swore I would never use. How do you not find an offset smoker at a Home Depot, an Ace Hardware, a local farm and ranch store, or 2 Walmarts?
Discussion
Traeger’s rule.
Though the best things I have ever cooked outside have been on offset smokers: they have on occasions yielded the worst. Pellet grill gets you 90% of the way to the best ever, every time.
Need a barrel and some tig welding skills. Honestly would have just ordered something for delivery.
It gets the job done and is easy to use. I use mine almost everyday. Even for baking stuff just so I don't have to heat up the house with the oven.
That’s a great idea.
I look online first, set your store and click the in-stock filter. Lowes, home depot, menards, etc. Ace tends to limit their stock to one brand. Maybe better luck with a true value or do-it-best?
So I got one at Home depot, butni did have to buy it in two parts and assemble it myself.
I own one. I never use it any more. The cost of pellets to run it probably had more to do with it than anything else. But, I am spoiled with my enviropak.
I went with smoki-it and it works mint.
They work consistently. 🤷♂️
I built my BIL a ridiculously large offset smoker. He uses it maybe 2x a year.
I'd rather have something I'd use every day.
I love my Traeger
I love my Kamado Joe.
Been looking at offset smokers on Facebook marketplace. Rarely see Kamado Joe's but there's always a few offset smokers half the price of a new one.
I'd never buy a second hand pellet smoker though.
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