GE's 300 gallon smoker

[Theboz1419]

12 feet tall, 300 gallon smoker, I'll take one for the back yard. All the data in the world though won't make good BBQ, though.


http://www.fastcocreate.com/3043546/sxsw/how-ge-plans-to-change-bbq-by-using-data-at-sxsw

[Sausage Warrior]

Hilarious! thanks for the post

[Richard_]

Interesting

[HOG FAN]

I think this falls under the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" theory. :-D

[dadsr4]

Looks like a larger version of this.
http://bbq.about.com/od/customsmokers/ig/Custom-Smoker-Gallery/Magnum-Force-Smoker.htm

[FireboxBBQ]

Pretty cool stuff. Aaron Franklin is involved with this.



If there's one thing South by Southwest attendees can't get enough of, it's barbecue—and GE plans to put its own twist on it this year.
GE is setting up an R&D lab at 95 Red River Road in downtown Austin, Texas, from March 14 to 16, where it will show off its technology "through the lens of Texas food culture." The idea, per GE, is to use the data that's collected over the three days the lab is running to dissect the science behind cooking.
The main attraction at the lab is a 12-foot-tall barbecue smoker loaded with sensors that measure temperature, smoke velocity and humidity. The sensors are connected to large screens in the R&D lab that viewers can look at. Chemical and robotics scientist Lynn DeRose and others will be the so-called pit masters that will use the data to run experiments in the lab.


http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-detail/uploads/ge-sxsw-brisket-cooker-hed-2015.png



GE's 12-Foot Brisket Smoker Will Turn Out Real-Time Data During SXSW - Lab brings science and food together (http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/ges-12-foot-brisket-smoker-will-turn-out-real-time-data-during-sxsw-163398)

BBQ - Is it Art or Science? (http://www.geglobalresearch.com/blog/bbq-is-it-science-or-art)

[Pitbull]

Looks like something from the movie Forbiden Planet. :biggrin1:

[RevZiLLa]

Is that the apparatus used in making liquid smoke?

[jakel]

Danger Will Robinson Danger!

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah275/jakelver1/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-08/11AB317F-FA72-47C7-BEBC-AB5F6A217110_zpsbyheytka.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/jakelver1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-08/11AB317F-FA72-47C7-BEBC-AB5F6A217110_zpsbyheytka.jpg.html)