What is the best smoker for less than $500

bo_gator · 02-08-2013, 02:04 PM

I got a simple question, what is the best smoker for less than $500

mrp116 · 02-08-2013, 02:06 PM

WSM either 22 or 18

scm1226 · 02-08-2013, 02:06 PM

#1WSM- \
#2 apparently so is the PBC it what everyone is talking about on here.

fantomlord · 02-08-2013, 02:07 PM

You're gonna get a whole bunch of opinions on that one...I'd give some more details, like what you're planning to do with it.

that being said, a WSM (18 or 22, depending on what type of capacity you'll need), is in that price range, and they are easy to use, and perform very well.

Bludawg · 02-08-2013, 02:08 PM

ClintHTX · 02-08-2013, 02:08 PM

Here is simple. Take $100. Build a UDS. More than likely have money left over. Use leftover money for beer and meat. Nuff said.

peaspurple · 02-08-2013, 02:10 PM

You can build a nice uds for under $100. Thats the route id go, put up the rest of the money and save it for a rainy day or another smoker or two or three or four...

Gnaws on Pigs · 02-08-2013, 02:11 PM

No such thing as the best smoker, but it's hard to beat an Akorn for the money (about $299 around here)- excellent smoker, and you can do much more with it, too.

Mexi "Q" Tioner · 02-08-2013, 02:11 PM

I just ordered myself a WSM 22.5 for $399 well $434 w/tax...get it on the 22nd Cant wait!

Carbon · 02-08-2013, 02:11 PM

You Dee Ess

flyingbassman5 · 02-08-2013, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bo_gator

I got a simple question, what is the best smoker for less than $500

Hahaha that is no way a simple question!! Around here, that is like asking how the universe came to be..

stephan · 02-08-2013, 02:28 PM

If your not into making a UDS Your not going to go wrong with a WSM or an Akorn

superlazy · 02-08-2013, 02:29 PM

Wsm :)

bacchus99 · 02-08-2013, 02:42 PM

lcbateman3 · 02-08-2013, 02:45 PM

WSM for me. Have cooked on a couple of UDSs as well, nice cookers as well.

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02-08-2013, 02:06 PM	#3
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02-08-2013, 02:07 PM	#4
fantomlord is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-24-12 Location: Sauk City, WI	You're gonna get a whole bunch of opinions on that one...I'd give some more details, like what you're planning to do with it. that being said, a WSM (18 or 22, depending on what type of capacity you'll need), is in that price range, and they are easy to use, and perform very well. __________________ Matt...Sauk City, WI

02-08-2013, 02:08 PM	#5
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02-08-2013, 02:08 PM	#6
ClintHTX is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 10-24-11 Location: Granbury, Texas	Here is simple. Take $100. Build a UDS. More than likely have money left over. Use leftover money for beer and meat. Nuff said. __________________ Stick burner.
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02-08-2013, 02:10 PM	#7
peaspurple is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-26-09 Location: Georgia transplant in odenton, md	You can build a nice uds for under $100. Thats the route id go, put up the rest of the money and save it for a rainy day or another smoker or two or three or four... __________________ A Wonderful Family!!!

02-08-2013, 02:04 PM	#1
bo_gator On the road to being a farker Join Date: 06-11-12 Location: Waynesville, NC	What is the best smoker for less than $500 I got a simple question, what is the best smoker for less than $500 __________________ bo_gator's Carolina Mountain Que Webber 18 1/2" WSM, Webber 22 1/2" WSM, Webber 22 1/2" OTG Kettle, Teal Thermapen You mean Sriricha isn't one of the four basic food groups :?:

02-08-2013, 02:06 PM	#2
mrp116 Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 01-17-07 Location: Locust Grove, VA	WSM either 22 or 18

02-08-2013, 02:11 PM	#8
Gnaws on Pigs is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-22-10 Location: Smoky Mountains, NC	No such thing as the best smoker, but it's hard to beat an Akorn for the money (about $299 around here)- excellent smoker, and you can do much more with it, too. __________________ ...Half a yard full of crap to cook on like everybody else... Slow-to-average-speed [COLOR=dimgray]GRAY[/COLOR] Wal-Mart thermometer Just a hungry hillbilly lookin for a dead critter to cook Four [URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/group.php?groupid=39"]Zeros[/URL] in one [URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=86"][COLOR=red]throwdown[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=red],[/COLOR] baby! :bow:

02-08-2013, 02:11 PM	#9
Mexi "Q" Tioner Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-19-12 Location: Hollister,CA	I just ordered myself a WSM 22.5 for $399 well $434 w/tax...get it on the 22nd Cant wait! __________________ Los Mexi"Q"tioners BBQ Team

02-08-2013, 02:11 PM	#10
Carbon is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-24-08 Location: Los Angeles	You Dee Ess __________________ ....UDS....Mini-WSM....Midi-WSM....Mod-ECB....22.5-OTG....34"wood fired pizza oven....

02-08-2013, 02:28 PM	#12
stephan is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-02-10 Location: lake grove, new york	If your not into making a UDS Your not going to go wrong with a WSM or an Akorn

02-08-2013, 02:29 PM	#13
superlazy is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-16-12 Location: Trevor,wi	Wsm :)

02-08-2013, 02:42 PM	#14
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02-08-2013, 02:45 PM	#15
lcbateman3 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-24-10 Location: Durham, NC	WSM for me. Have cooked on a couple of UDSs as well, nice cookers as well. Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ --Lionel You only fail if you do not try.