At the moment I have an old Weber Genesis gasser, an old WSM (pre thermo/ash catcher) and a large Big Green Egg. I've never really been thrilled with the WSM. It's turned out some decent food, but it's been kept more for a "if other things somehow break" type of day. The Egg is fine for searing but I'm not overly thrilled with the smoke it puts on long low and slows (also its smothered itself a few times with and w/o a Guru). For that reason (or just because something new would be well...new) I'm starting to look (again) at something different.
At one point I was looking at everything from IVCs to gravity feeds to a pellet pooper. I'm thinking an IVC and gravity feed would be similar in flavor to the WSM so they've moved towards the bottom of my list. The Mak 1 star looks like an interesting device for smoking and some people say its near/equal to a stick burner. That seems interesting the flavor of a stick burner with the ease of a set and forget.
Then I made the mistake of watching some videos on the new LSG 20" offset. I've never used a stick burner before so if I went that route there'd definitely be a learning curve involved. This would have the benefit of being an actual stick burner and I believe may have a bit more space (better to have and need not than need and have not).
Price wise they'd be about a wash (or close enough) that it's not a case of one's vastly more expensive than the other. Ditto fuel.
I think that leaves longevity and how much I'd be willing or not to put the time into a stick burner (assuming that indeed the Mak = stick burner in smoke profile). Options are good until you think you've narrowed it down.
:blah: :wacko:
At one point I was looking at everything from IVCs to gravity feeds to a pellet pooper. I'm thinking an IVC and gravity feed would be similar in flavor to the WSM so they've moved towards the bottom of my list. The Mak 1 star looks like an interesting device for smoking and some people say its near/equal to a stick burner. That seems interesting the flavor of a stick burner with the ease of a set and forget.
Then I made the mistake of watching some videos on the new LSG 20" offset. I've never used a stick burner before so if I went that route there'd definitely be a learning curve involved. This would have the benefit of being an actual stick burner and I believe may have a bit more space (better to have and need not than need and have not).
Price wise they'd be about a wash (or close enough) that it's not a case of one's vastly more expensive than the other. Ditto fuel.
I think that leaves longevity and how much I'd be willing or not to put the time into a stick burner (assuming that indeed the Mak = stick burner in smoke profile). Options are good until you think you've narrowed it down.
:blah: :wacko: