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Greetings!
I've been delegated the task of picking out a cooker for my Vol. Fire Dept to use for our bi-annual BBQ fund-raiser as I'm the guy in charge of said event, and the only one with catering/BBQ experience.
We have been borrowing a Carolina Cooker (CC) to cook the meat but I have never been super happy with the results. Ive taken to using a "smoke pot" (a 12 quart dutch oven with a layer of charcoal with chucks of wood on top) with the CC to give the meat smoke flavor. And it works fairly well but I don't get near the results I do using my UDS or Webber Kettle with the snake method.
Here is what we need in a smoker/cooker.
1.) Easy to use. These are a bunch of Volunteers that have no real experience cooking large amounts of meat. I do, but I'll have to teach them how to use what ever cooker we get.
2.) Our Budget is $3k.
3.) Each event requires we cook about 20-30 butts over 2 days. So I would like to be able to cook 15 butts at once. Also I would love to expand the menu to include Brisket. So say 10 butts, and 2-3 Briskets - if we go that route.
Some of my fellow fire fighter want to get something that can grill hamburgers too, but at this point (and please correct me if I'm wrong) I don't think we can get a unit that can do both well within our budget.
Also some on the Department want something that can do a whole hog. But again, I'm not sure we can get a unit that fits the criteria for $3k.
Currently I'm leaning toward getting a Humphreys DownEast Beast and a couple large grills for burger duty. But I'm very open to suggestions!
Thanks for y'alls input!!
I've been delegated the task of picking out a cooker for my Vol. Fire Dept to use for our bi-annual BBQ fund-raiser as I'm the guy in charge of said event, and the only one with catering/BBQ experience.
We have been borrowing a Carolina Cooker (CC) to cook the meat but I have never been super happy with the results. Ive taken to using a "smoke pot" (a 12 quart dutch oven with a layer of charcoal with chucks of wood on top) with the CC to give the meat smoke flavor. And it works fairly well but I don't get near the results I do using my UDS or Webber Kettle with the snake method.
Here is what we need in a smoker/cooker.
1.) Easy to use. These are a bunch of Volunteers that have no real experience cooking large amounts of meat. I do, but I'll have to teach them how to use what ever cooker we get.
2.) Our Budget is $3k.
3.) Each event requires we cook about 20-30 butts over 2 days. So I would like to be able to cook 15 butts at once. Also I would love to expand the menu to include Brisket. So say 10 butts, and 2-3 Briskets - if we go that route.
Some of my fellow fire fighter want to get something that can grill hamburgers too, but at this point (and please correct me if I'm wrong) I don't think we can get a unit that can do both well within our budget.
Also some on the Department want something that can do a whole hog. But again, I'm not sure we can get a unit that fits the criteria for $3k.
Currently I'm leaning toward getting a Humphreys DownEast Beast and a couple large grills for burger duty. But I'm very open to suggestions!
Thanks for y'alls input!!