Mrdeville
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Pellet vs Charcoal smoker. Which do you have? Which one do you feel is better and why? Thanks!
I have owned charcoal, gas, pellet, and stick! I prefer pellet for a couple reasons.
Out of curiosity, how much do you spend a year on pellets? That's really the only thing that potentially turns me off to a pellet smoker.
Out of curiosity, how much do you spend a year on pellets? That's really the only thing that potentially turns me off to a pellet smoker.
My FEC-100 will run for an entire comp (16 hours of burn time) and use less than 8 lbs of pellets. That's about $3.50. That's a lot less than most charcoal smokers.
I have owned charcoal, gas, pellet, and stick! I prefer pellet for a couple reasons.
1. ease of use set it and forget
2. No tending fires
3. No waiting for charcoal to heat up or logs to start fire
4. Runs on a PID algorithm so you don't have runaway fires and you don't have to worry about you falling asleep and fire goes out.
5. It doesn't make food taste like creosote. You get a kiss of smoke and it tastes great! You taste the smoke but the meat shines through.
None.. STICKBURNER :biggrin1: