hey folks, appreciate you popping by, just a little background. I have been smoking meats for about a year and a half. I live and am from Bermuda, super isolated country off the east coast, smack in the atlantic. there are not alot of smokers, probably about a handfull of us, so not a big retail market here. Its all mostly gas grills and then a cheap charbroil smoker.
I didnt waste money on a charbroil, so i made a UDS, then i was hooked. Used that for a year, then i needed to upgrade. I wanted to be a little versatile, so i got a Weber Kettle 26, i smoke grill and sear on that.
I really enjoy smoking meats, my family and friends really enjoy eating them. i want to upgrade. this is a very important decision for me as you can imagine, shipping a steel box or tube across the atlantic is gonna be costly and i would have to get it right the first time, returns will literally be impossible. i will be using a local container company that ships our of New Jersey, they sell space on their containers at a very reasonable rate.
I like the idea of Cabinet Smokers, i keep returning to the G2 Chubby (i am currently waiting for Backwoods Smokers to tell me what the difference is between the Party and G2 Party as there is a huge price difference) or the BBQ Guru Shotgun. built quality and standing up to salt and rust is one of my major concerns.
My purchase budget is 1400-1600 MAX (1600 x1.8 = $2888 (my all in is $3000 which includes purchase, shipping, customs duty etc))
Please any brand suggestions appreciated, no pellet smokers, our only fuel source options are briquettes or lump, we dont have access to log splits for stick burning.
I didnt waste money on a charbroil, so i made a UDS, then i was hooked. Used that for a year, then i needed to upgrade. I wanted to be a little versatile, so i got a Weber Kettle 26, i smoke grill and sear on that.
I really enjoy smoking meats, my family and friends really enjoy eating them. i want to upgrade. this is a very important decision for me as you can imagine, shipping a steel box or tube across the atlantic is gonna be costly and i would have to get it right the first time, returns will literally be impossible. i will be using a local container company that ships our of New Jersey, they sell space on their containers at a very reasonable rate.
I like the idea of Cabinet Smokers, i keep returning to the G2 Chubby (i am currently waiting for Backwoods Smokers to tell me what the difference is between the Party and G2 Party as there is a huge price difference) or the BBQ Guru Shotgun. built quality and standing up to salt and rust is one of my major concerns.
My purchase budget is 1400-1600 MAX (1600 x1.8 = $2888 (my all in is $3000 which includes purchase, shipping, customs duty etc))
Please any brand suggestions appreciated, no pellet smokers, our only fuel source options are briquettes or lump, we dont have access to log splits for stick burning.