My friend out in PA caught the bug, after one of the Brethren built him a couple of UDSes (thanks again, Bill). He now is looking for a large trailer smoker for cooking for his church/charity. Bill has a full time job already, so although he is willing to build a smoker, it might be more logical/practical for him to look for a good, used one...saving Bill from insanity trying to do this in a time shortage. Here's what he is looking for:
I'm thinking that I may have to go with a used smoker given the time constraints. I'm still going to work w/Bill, but he also has a "day" job and I don't want to overwhelm him. Let me tell you what I need to be able to do and perhaps you know someone reputable who has one for sale.
I don't want to have to re-heat ribs and we think having the smoker parked out front will help draw people, so it has to look decent (at least). I plan to stagger the ribs so they don't all get done at once, so multiple levels would be great (two tiers maybe). Being able to control heat/smoke and load fuel easily is a big deal. Capacity wise I'd like to be able to do maybe thirty racks on each shelf. Pork I can do in the UDS and that re-heats OK. If at all possible it would be great to be able to use the smoker also as a large grill surface.
I know that Lang and Spicewine are both great. Finding a used Spicewine is hard, though. I did ask Jay for recommenations, but thought I would ask here, too. Any thoughts from those who know about big ones like this?
Thanks
I'm thinking that I may have to go with a used smoker given the time constraints. I'm still going to work w/Bill, but he also has a "day" job and I don't want to overwhelm him. Let me tell you what I need to be able to do and perhaps you know someone reputable who has one for sale.
I don't want to have to re-heat ribs and we think having the smoker parked out front will help draw people, so it has to look decent (at least). I plan to stagger the ribs so they don't all get done at once, so multiple levels would be great (two tiers maybe). Being able to control heat/smoke and load fuel easily is a big deal. Capacity wise I'd like to be able to do maybe thirty racks on each shelf. Pork I can do in the UDS and that re-heats OK. If at all possible it would be great to be able to use the smoker also as a large grill surface.
I know that Lang and Spicewine are both great. Finding a used Spicewine is hard, though. I did ask Jay for recommenations, but thought I would ask here, too. Any thoughts from those who know about big ones like this?
Thanks
