Anybody know anything about Primitive Pits? I keep seeing them on social media but I never hear anybody bring them up here.
http://www.primitivepits.com/
http://www.primitivepits.com/
Primitive Pits
- Thread starter mcyork28
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Joe Black
Babbling Farker
My Dad Haden aluminum PK when I was a kid about 65 years ago. I don't guess it was primative but it was a long time ago. It really grilled a good burger. I think I read somewhere recently that someone is making the PK again. I'd like to have one just for. Old times sake.
NYC ‘Que
is one Smokin' Farker
EyeBurnEverything
is Blowin Smoke!
"Franklin Style" I guess you have to be "Rich" to afford one of these "Franklin Style" smokers at over 2k.
Rockinar
is Blowin Smoke!
You going to send $4,000 to a company you dont even know exists? Neither is anyone else....
EyeBurnEverything
is Blowin Smoke!
The "Babe" is under 2k, the Bubba is close to 4k, I can't imagine how much the "Bull" cost. You need to call for price. I wonder if "Franklin" would answer?
mattmountz94
Babbling Farker
I like mill scale and moberg better
sleebus.jones
is Blowin Smoke!
Yeah, and you don't even get a paint job out of it. Lame.
FashionBiff
Full Fledged Farker
My take, no paint and not even a stinking shelf. Run, run long run fast run hard but run. Now this is just my opinion there is company out here I believe selling unpainted smokers too. I guess if your into rat rods this works for you. Again just my opinion.
W.I.T.W.A.G?
Full Fledged Farker
it seems like unpainted pits are gaining popularity in recent years. You see more and more of them since Franklin became so popular.
Joshw
Babbling Farker
Well, you know the lack of paint, on his cooker, is what makes his food good. IMO, this is nothing more, than someone trying to cash in on Franklin's popularity. If most people seen those cookers on CL for those prices, they would laugh. Not saying they aren't any good, but the prices are absurd, for what you are getting.
ColoradoSmoke
Full Fledged Farker
I wish moberg made a 120 gallon pit - i would be all over it :grin:
Might be great pits, but claiming the "Franklin" name makes me dubious.
Unpainted, made to look like a 24/7 used pit at Frankins....yeah....OK
Steep price on all pits.
User reviews, anyone?
Unpainted, made to look like a 24/7 used pit at Frankins....yeah....OK
Steep price on all pits.
User reviews, anyone?
Czarbecue
Babbling Farker
The welds look just as good as mine, which is one grade below your average high school shop class.
Mikhail
Babbling Farker
For that price you'd think they could throw in a paint job. Other than that they look nice. Big firebox.
OklaDustDevil
is one Smokin' Farker
Personally I don’t care for that unfinished, unpainted look. My horizontal offset has sat outside uncovered for 30 years and it still looks better to me than those re-used unpainted propane tank jobs. And the knicks and knocks and rust spots it does have were hard-earned thru 30 years of smokin meat . . . and generated 30 years of great memories and some great stories along with them.
Perhaps the main difference is makin it versus buying it ready made from someone else. When Franklin started out, his didn’t look like that on purpose — they looked like that because he made them himself from whatever he could scrounge up, and I’m sure he had a lot of pride about it. I would too. But personally I wouldn’t take pride in paying a couple grand to buy a brand new smoker from a business that looks like a rat rod when you first get it.
Perhaps the main difference is makin it versus buying it ready made from someone else. When Franklin started out, his didn’t look like that on purpose — they looked like that because he made them himself from whatever he could scrounge up, and I’m sure he had a lot of pride about it. I would too. But personally I wouldn’t take pride in paying a couple grand to buy a brand new smoker from a business that looks like a rat rod when you first get it.
