Pit Features

ffsta · 01-29-2008, 05:30 PM

I am looking for a new pit. What features should be included in the pit?
I do competition cooking and some catering and a whole lot of barbecuing at home.

Thanks

Bbq Bubba · 01-29-2008, 05:37 PM

The most important feature of all..............affordability!!!

Smokin Diablo · 01-29-2008, 05:48 PM

I have been doing competitions for 4 years and have found one thing at the top of my list of features, BURN TIME! If you have a pit that is only getting you 3 or 4 hours at constant 250 you are going to be a very tired sole by 12:00 Saturday afternoon. We have spent countless hours, and $$ doing mods to our offset to get a 13 to 14 hour burn out of her. That really equates to a good charcoal basket design, good insulation, and a BBQ Guru to control heat and air flow. My 2 cents.

SP · 01-29-2008, 05:49 PM

Well if you doing alot of catering for lots of people look at a rotisserie pellet or gas assist cooker.

Now if you do more home and contest cooking then its a question of opinion. Vertical, offset, insulated, gravity feed, pellet etc. So, what are you looking for in a cooker?
From there you can get better awnsers.

txschutte · 01-29-2008, 05:55 PM

What is important to YOU? There are so many kinds, shapes, prices, and ease of use, it's impossible to start at 0.

01-29-2008, 05:30 PM	#1
ffsta Got rid of the matchlight. Join Date: 01-19-04 Location: Isleton, California Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pit Features I am looking for a new pit. What features should be included in the pit? I do competition cooking and some catering and a whole lot of barbecuing at home. Thanks __________________ Fast Freddie, Love Shack BBQ, CBBQA, KCBS, CBJ, FEC100 Cooker

01-29-2008, 05:37 PM	#2
Bbq Bubba somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-03-07 Location: New Baltimore, Mi. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The most important feature of all..............affordability!!! __________________ Pitmaster @ Lockharts BBQ Beer Snob I cook the best brisket north of Dallas. Get over it. Northern midwest director for OBR www.operationbbqrelief.com

01-29-2008, 05:48 PM	#3
Smokin Diablo Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 10-17-06 Location: Decatur, Illinois Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have been doing competitions for 4 years and have found one thing at the top of my list of features, BURN TIME! If you have a pit that is only getting you 3 or 4 hours at constant 250 you are going to be a very tired sole by 12:00 Saturday afternoon. We have spent countless hours, and $$ doing mods to our offset to get a 13 to 14 hour burn out of her. That really equates to a good charcoal basket design, good insulation, and a BBQ Guru to control heat and air flow. My 2 cents. __________________ Large Homemade Offset on a Trailer Brinkman WS CBJ #21680 Gentleman Jack and a $10.00 cigar

01-29-2008, 05:49 PM	#4
SP is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-20-06 Location: Kansas City Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well if you doing alot of catering for lots of people look at a rotisserie pellet or gas assist cooker. Now if you do more home and contest cooking then its a question of opinion. Vertical, offset, insulated, gravity feed, pellet etc. So, what are you looking for in a cooker? From there you can get better awnsers. __________________ [COLOR=blue]Clay[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]The Original Sauced Pigs BBQ Team[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]2 Homemade Smokers (1 for Sale) [URL]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f265/123sauced/Smoker.jpg[/URL][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Weber Kettle[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Brinkmann Smoke n Pitt[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Charbroil Gasser[/COLOR]

01-29-2008, 05:55 PM	#5
txschutte Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-02-07 Location: Cozad, NE USA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What is important to YOU? There are so many kinds, shapes, prices, and ease of use, it's impossible to start at 0. __________________ "Bring it on, you bananna thong wearing killer of brisket!"-Chambers If you really care about this place, you'll show some respect for it. I'm such a ZERO. Team Whosoever Q If a man looks lustfully at eggs and bacon, he has already committed breakfast in his heart.

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