dward51
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- Joined
- Dec 14, 2012
- Location
- McDonough, GA
After missing out on the Walmart markdown earlier this year where they went for $109, I've been watching Brickseek to see if any of the Copperhead 5 Vertical Smokers were being marked down after July 4th. I finally saw one of my local stores had them discounted to $223. That's enough of a discount for me (I even thought about paying the $396 recently). I snagged the last one they had. Of course Brickseek said they had 4, but it was really only 1. Oddly enough I have not seen another marked down one anywhere since then. I finally just got lucky I guess. Works for me...
At one time I had considered the Louisiana Grill 7 branded version of this smoker, but after seeing the assembled size of a 5 in person, I can't imagine I would ever need the extra volume of the 7. The five is huge in it's own right. I got it together with a little bit of tweaking needed on the door fitment, but that seems to be a common claim in the forums. After fiddling with the hinge screws a zillion ways, the right side of the door seemed to droop just enough that the inner metal frame inside the gasket was hitting the body of the smoker. I finally saw I post in one of the forums where someone just tightened the hinges down and then lifted up on the bottom right side of the door, torquing the door counter-clockwise to slightly bend the hinge pins and door as an assembly so it fit. This worked for me. I don't recall which forum I saw that in, but if it was someone here - THANK YOU!!!!
Here is the assembled PB 5 with a full size disposable pan on one grate to illustrate the size.
First fire for the burn in...
I did a quick smoke of some jalapeno & cheddar sausages as I had to cook something, right? No photos of the sausage as it was nothing special, just the ones from Sam's Club. Sitting next to my 18.5" WSM for scale. If you took the legs off the WSM, I think it would fit inside the cook chamber of the PB 5. This thing is huge!!! Like I said, I can't imagine needing a 7 for more cooking room. Yes, I'm happy.
At one time I had considered the Louisiana Grill 7 branded version of this smoker, but after seeing the assembled size of a 5 in person, I can't imagine I would ever need the extra volume of the 7. The five is huge in it's own right. I got it together with a little bit of tweaking needed on the door fitment, but that seems to be a common claim in the forums. After fiddling with the hinge screws a zillion ways, the right side of the door seemed to droop just enough that the inner metal frame inside the gasket was hitting the body of the smoker. I finally saw I post in one of the forums where someone just tightened the hinges down and then lifted up on the bottom right side of the door, torquing the door counter-clockwise to slightly bend the hinge pins and door as an assembly so it fit. This worked for me. I don't recall which forum I saw that in, but if it was someone here - THANK YOU!!!!
Here is the assembled PB 5 with a full size disposable pan on one grate to illustrate the size.
First fire for the burn in...
I did a quick smoke of some jalapeno & cheddar sausages as I had to cook something, right? No photos of the sausage as it was nothing special, just the ones from Sam's Club. Sitting next to my 18.5" WSM for scale. If you took the legs off the WSM, I think it would fit inside the cook chamber of the PB 5. This thing is huge!!! Like I said, I can't imagine needing a 7 for more cooking room. Yes, I'm happy.
