I picked up my smoker today! (Kat BBQ 48x24 reverse flow)

mtoy · 03-12-2018, 01:41 PM

Just been lurking, because it is cold and I am not cooking much, and because my BBQ life has been on hold a little bit, waiting for today ...

smoker-on-trailer-small.jpg

So here's my first post, there is a Facebook album with all the pictures, it's me and some friends picking up the smoker, from Kat BBQ Smokers in Modesto, CA. It's a 48x24 reverse flow with a warmer which you can convert into a vertical.

I have not even seasoned the pit yet, so I have no wise things to say about how great or not great it is, but I can say that there is something magic about thick steel that makes you think, every time you touch this thing, "THIS is how smokers should be built".

( that same "magic" is why it took a crew of six people to get it up onto my raised patio

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Anyway, howdy all, thought you might enjoy the pictures. I'll post again once I have some miles on it and know more than "it shore is purty", which it is.

BillN · 03-12-2018, 01:44 PM

Congratulations, looking forward to your initial cooks.

SmittyJonz · 03-12-2018, 03:54 PM

KevinJ · 03-12-2018, 03:55 PM

Congrats, KAT makes some top notch pits.

angryelfFan · 03-12-2018, 03:57 PM

Congrats! I would say that is quite and upgrade from your old smoker.

mtoy · 03-12-2018, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by angryelfFan

Congrats! I would say that is quite and upgrade from your old smoker.

Thanks. I had the life changing moment of tasting great BBQ once upon a time, and then I started the quest trying to figure out how to make great BBQ, and it took me a lot longer than most people to get it figured out (decades). The little cruddy sidebox was good enough, it was super fussy and didn't make much, but it was cheap, AND I learned a lot about what matters in the process.

When I finally got good enough, the cruddy smoker was instantly too small.

The calculation for me on the new smoker was "for my best friend in the world, how long am I willing to spend trimming brisket before a cook?" then size the smoker to cook that much brisket. I think this pit will do 6-8 (depending on size) and I think that's about as much as I would ever be willing to cook at once. I remember watching a video of some youtube guy trimming twenty briskets for his first cook in his trailer sized (propane tank based) offset and thinking, "nope, don't ever want to do that"

ronbrad62 · 03-12-2018, 04:33 PM

That smoker looks awesome. Waiting patiently for some action shots.

Springram · 03-12-2018, 04:40 PM

Super looking cooker! Congratulations!

LloydQ · 03-12-2018, 04:45 PM

It shore is purty!

ssv3 · 03-12-2018, 04:56 PM

Congrats! KAT's are nice.

AKMIMNAK · 03-12-2018, 05:01 PM

That thing is awesome. I'll have to look into KATs. Seems like a very quality build. Congrats and happy smoking!

allboy · 03-12-2018, 05:12 PM

Very nice. I have been drooling over a Kat.

tom b · 03-12-2018, 05:32 PM

Beauty, Congrats!

Blythewood BBQ'er · 03-12-2018, 06:12 PM

Very nice! Congratulations!

pjtexas1 · 03-12-2018, 06:22 PM

Congrats! She's a beauty. I'm with you on trimming briskets. Once you get over 6-8 it's just work.

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03-12-2018, 01:41 PM	#1
mtoy Is lookin for wood to cook with. Join Date: 11-15-17 Location: Los Altos	I picked up my smoker today! (Kat BBQ 48x24 reverse flow) Just been lurking, because it is cold and I am not cooking much, and because my BBQ life has been on hold a little bit, waiting for today ... smoker-on-trailer-small.jpg So here's my first post, there is a Facebook album with all the pictures, it's me and some friends picking up the smoker, from Kat BBQ Smokers in Modesto, CA. It's a 48x24 reverse flow with a warmer which you can convert into a vertical. I have not even seasoned the pit yet, so I have no wise things to say about how great or not great it is, but I can say that there is something magic about thick steel that makes you think, every time you touch this thing, "THIS is how smokers should be built". ( that same "magic" is why it took a crew of six people to get it up onto my raised patio ) Anyway, howdy all, thought you might enjoy the pictures. I'll post again once I have some miles on it and know more than "it shore is purty", which it is. Last edited by mtoy; 03-12-2018 at 04:15 PM..

03-12-2018, 01:44 PM	#2
BillN somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 03-14-16 Location: St David, Az. Name/Nickname : Bill	Congratulations, looking forward to your initial cooks. __________________ Bill, from Cochise County Arizona LSG 24 X 36 Horizonatal Offset w/warming oven, 32" fire pit with swinging cooking grate, PK 360 w/Grill Grates

03-12-2018, 03:54 PM	#3
SmittyJonz somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-17-13 Location: Burleson Tx	__________________ NO Such Thing as Over Smoked - just Over Dirty Smoked.............

03-12-2018, 03:55 PM	#4
KevinJ somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-09-15 Location: Pensacola, FL	Congrats, KAT makes some top notch pits. __________________ MAK Grills ★ Gateway 30gal Weber Performer w/SnS & Vortex WGA :plane: [SIZE="2"][I]All American Moinkballer[/I][/SIZE] 🇺🇸

03-12-2018, 03:57 PM	#5
angryelfFan is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-28-16 Location: Ann Arbor (but still a Buckeye fan)	Congrats! I would say that is quite and upgrade from your old smoker. __________________ PK Original Weber Smokey Mtn 18.5" Humphrey's Battle Box Shirley 24 x 42 Straight Back

03-12-2018, 04:33 PM	#7
ronbrad62 somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-16-16 Location: Johns Creek, Ga. Name/Nickname : Ron	That smoker looks awesome. Waiting patiently for some action shots. __________________ Ron Join us for the South East Bash in Lebanon, Tn. May 4, 2024 (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...usp=drivesdk)] Bash planning thread here https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/s...d.php?t=305951

03-12-2018, 04:40 PM	#8
Springram is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-14-12 Location: Spring, Texas	Super looking cooker! Congratulations! __________________ Certified Carcinogenic Meat Eater (CCME) LSG 24"X24"X36" vertical offset smoker LG and MiniMax BGE Weber 22.5 Master Touch Hunsaker drum Weber Smokey Joe Blackstone griddle PK Grill (original)

03-12-2018, 04:45 PM	#9
LloydQ is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 12-12-16 Location: Vicksburg, MS.	It shore is purty!

03-12-2018, 04:56 PM	#10
ssv3 somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-25-12 Location: Los Angeles Name/Nickname : Sako	Congrats! KAT's are nice. __________________ LSG 24x30 V/O Yoder YS640 DCS 36 Gasser Blackstone Griddle Retrofit Blackstone Pizza Oven WSJ(K) WGA(P) WJJ(CU) W22(BI) W26(CL) Pit Barrer Junior Kingsford Oval (resto mod)

03-12-2018, 05:01 PM	#11
AKMIMNAK is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 08-02-17 Location: Alaska Name/Nickname : Jonathan	That thing is awesome. I'll have to look into KATs. Seems like a very quality build. Congrats and happy smoking! __________________ Born and raised Alaskan and BBQ lover

03-12-2018, 05:12 PM	#12
allboy Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-14-06 Location: Tacoma, Wa.	Very nice. I have been drooling over a Kat.

03-12-2018, 05:32 PM	#13
tom b somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-12-15 Location: Temecula, CA	Beauty, Congrats! __________________ LSG 24x48 offset, MAK 2 Star General, Built in Santa Maria Pit, Weber Performer Deluxe 22 w/CB Rotisserie, Blackstone Pizza Oven, WGA, A PBC A 26'er AND A Jumbo Joe

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03-12-2018, 06:22 PM	#15
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