Odd Competition Rigs

motoeric · 02-14-2010, 01:18 PM

Hi,

If you are aware of an odd or unique smoker and have some info on it or the owner, please post that info here or pm me.

We would like to have a feature in issue four of Smoke Signals about idiosyncratic rigs and the people that manufacture and use them.

Thanks!

Eric

Double D's BBQ · 02-14-2010, 06:24 PM

I'd start with Dave Klose. He has a section on his website called unique pits. (beer bottle smoker, Continental Airlines Smoker, Baby carraige smoker, mail box smoker, Chuck Wagon Smoker, Train Smoker, etc)

http://www.bbqpits.com/

Neal · 02-14-2010, 06:57 PM

There was a cooker out at Great Bend this weekend that looked like a big rodeo bull bucking with his back feet in the air. I don't know whose it and I forgot to take a picture. Maybe someone else who was out there knows?

Ron_L · 02-14-2010, 07:00 PM

Lion Bout The Q had a smoker that was shaped like a giant beer bottle. I don't know if he still uses it since he bought his FEC.

thillin · 02-14-2010, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal

There was a cooker out at Great Bend this weekend that looked like a big rodeo bull bucking with his back feet in the air. I don't know whose it and I forgot to take a picture. Maybe someone else who was out there knows?

There's one in TX and I missed getting a pic last 2 times I saw it. Then I found out the guy has the same last name as me. Not very common, so it may be a cousin.

SMITTYtheSMOKER · 02-14-2010, 09:22 PM

Cooked next to a guy in Bakersfield who had just modified a rolling toolbox and was cooking on it for the first time.

Professor Salt · 02-15-2010, 01:58 AM

PM Rub-A-Dub. He works for an electrical utility and built a smoker out of a massive transformer cabinet. I don't have a photo of it, tho.

NorthwestBBQ · 02-15-2010, 05:17 AM

Lion Bout The Q · 02-15-2010, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron_L

Lion Bout The Q had a smoker that was shaped like a giant beer bottle. I don't know if he still uses it since he bought his FEC.

Its a giant BBQ sause bottle..I still have it and use it, just not for KCBS comps as I am old and like the sleep I get with the FEC. Thanks for remembering it Ron..

Brew-B-Q · 02-15-2010, 07:29 AM

This was across from us yesterday at a competition.

Lion Bout The Q · 02-15-2010, 11:55 AM

See if this works

Plowboy · 02-15-2010, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brew-B-Q

This was across from us yesterday at a competition.

So many crazy things in that picture, I don't know where to start. Them look like church going boots... cause they holy.

Ashmont · 02-15-2010, 12:18 PM

Saw one years ago made outta Casket? Guess they didn't cook very well...

G$ · 02-15-2010, 05:14 PM

I cooked from across a gentleman that had converted a huge semi truck fuel tank in to a vertical smoker. Talk about a UDS, it was huge. If a UDS is 55 gallons, this must have been over 100.

Wish I could remember who it was or had a picture.

Jeff_in_KC · 02-15-2010, 10:28 PM

There's a team around here somewhere called Swine Flew. They've been competing for many years and their smoker is an old airplane. Someone at the Royal in 2008 was featured on the news cooking in the trunk of a classic car.

02-14-2010, 01:18 PM	#1
motoeric Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-07-06 Location: huntington, ny Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Odd Competition Rigs Hi, If you are aware of an odd or unique smoker and have some info on it or the owner, please post that info here or pm me. We would like to have a feature in issue four of Smoke Signals about idiosyncratic rigs and the people that manufacture and use them. Thanks! Eric __________________ Smoke Signals Current Issue A BBQ Brethren Publication 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Exodus 12:9

02-14-2010, 06:24 PM	#2
Double D's BBQ Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 10-31-05 Location: Hudson, OH Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'd start with Dave Klose. He has a section on his website called unique pits. (beer bottle smoker, Continental Airlines Smoker, Baby carraige smoker, mail box smoker, Chuck Wagon Smoker, Train Smoker, etc) http://www.bbqpits.com/ __________________ 1. Jamie Geer Large Trailer Mounted Pit 2. Klose Fajita Grill 3. Jedmaster 3660 Champion 4. Primo Oval 5. Stumps GF 223 6. FEC 100 7. Backwoods Smoker - Fatboy 8. Traeger Texas Grill (BBQ 075)

02-14-2010, 06:57 PM	#3
Neal Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-31-06 Location: Kansas City Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There was a cooker out at Great Bend this weekend that looked like a big rodeo bull bucking with his back feet in the air. I don't know whose it and I forgot to take a picture. Maybe someone else who was out there knows? __________________ Neal *Dodge County Smokers* KCBS CBJ *www.dodgecountysmokers.com* Custom Built Cooker / Weber Kettle /old New Braunfels offset in the backyard

02-14-2010, 07:00 PM	#4
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Chicago 'Burbs Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Lion Bout The Q had a smoker that was shaped like a giant beer bottle. I don't know if he still uses it since he bought his FEC. __________________ "Ron Rico, Boss. You can call me Captain Ron..." Save The Fatty! FEC-100/BWS Party/Memphis Pro SS/PBC/LBGE X 2/SBGE/Mini BGE/Nomad Pellet-matic/Good-One Model 42/WSM X 2/Cookshack Smokette 008/Weber Performer/Weber Gasser/Weber Kettle X 2/Weber Smokey Joe/WGA/UDS/Coffee Roasting Gasser and a pickle Remembering a friend

02-14-2010, 09:22 PM	#6
SMITTYtheSMOKER Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 08-29-07 Location: Santa Clara, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cooked next to a guy in Bakersfield who had just modified a rolling toolbox and was cooking on it for the first time. __________________ Owner of Eggs by the Bay

02-15-2010, 01:58 AM	#7
Professor Salt is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-23-07 Location: Orange County, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	PM Rub-A-Dub. He works for an electrical utility and built a smoker out of a massive transformer cabinet. I don't have a photo of it, tho. __________________ 1/4 of the Four Q BBQ Team I write for the LA Weekly, OC Weekly and professorsalt.com I cook on two WSM's, 22 1/2" Weber kettle, a Komodo Kamado plus UDS. Super-fast purple Thermapen

02-15-2010, 05:17 AM	#8
NorthwestBBQ somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-28-09 Location: Lynnwood, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	__________________ Michael KCBS/PNWBA Member, Cook, CBJ & Photographer Custom Engraved Wine Barrel Lids

02-15-2010, 07:29 AM	#10
Brew-B-Q is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-27-08 Location: Round Lake IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This was across from us yesterday at a competition.

02-15-2010, 11:55 AM	#11
Lion Bout The Q Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 09-02-08 Location: Pittsfield Il Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	See if this works

02-15-2010, 12:18 PM	#13
Ashmont Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-13-05 Location: St. Louis MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Saw one years ago made outta Casket? Guess they didn't cook very well... __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ashmont Proud member of Brethren Weber's for life (Rescued 7 kettles in 2007, 1 in 2008, 2 in 2009 and 1 in 2010 Three of which I have and 8 that have gone to Brethren. PM me to get on the waiting list) Weber Kettle Dabomb Weber Kettle Justintime Weber Kettle (Yet to be named by Daughter) Evil Twin Suggested! Weber Kettle Grace WSM "Winni" WSM "Dumas" One Smokey Joe UDS "Peggy Sue" http://ashsmoderndayclubhouse.blogspot.com/

02-15-2010, 05:14 PM	#14
G$ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-01-05 Location: Southern Arizona Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I cooked from across a gentleman that had converted a huge semi truck fuel tank in to a vertical smoker. Talk about a UDS, it was huge. If a UDS is 55 gallons, this must have been over 100. Wish I could remember who it was or had a picture. __________________ Totally Que-Less BBQ Team

02-15-2010, 10:28 PM	#15
Jeff_in_KC somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-04-05 Location: Pleasant Hill, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There's a team around here somewhere called Swine Flew. They've been competing for many years and their smoker is an old airplane. Someone at the Royal in 2008 was featured on the news cooking in the trunk of a classic car. __________________ Big Creek BBQ Competition Team KCBS Member and CBJ #14287 Contest Organizer - Smokin' on Big Creek Co-Founder and Executive Director Operation BBQ Relief, Inc. Visit us at Operation BBQ Relief dot org

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