Primitive Pits - Page 2

Smoking Piney · 11-15-2018, 07:56 PM

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?

4ever3 · 11-15-2018, 08:46 PM

When I think “smoker” that’s what I think!

That being said, their prices are silly...

Czarbecue · 11-15-2018, 08:53 PM

The welds look just as good as mine, which is one grade below your average high school shop class.

Mikhail · 11-16-2018, 06:22 AM

For that price you'd think they could throw in a paint job. Other than that they look nice. Big firebox.

OklaDustDevil · 11-16-2018, 09:21 AM

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.

W.I.T.W.A.G? · 11-16-2018, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Joshw

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.

Yeah, they're not being very shy about it either. "The Franklin"..I mean admiration is one thing, blatantly cashing in on someone else's name is another. As another member said there's some pride in finding it and building it and having it look rough. Buying it like that probably doesn't have the same effect. All of that being said people pay crazy prices for ripped jeans and distressed furniture etc. It's almost like buying street cred in the bbq world.

jdtTX · 11-16-2018, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ColoradoSmoke

I wish moberg made a 120 gallon pit - i would be all over it

If steel ever drops he said he'll bring back the patio pits. I think the 250 gal on skis is like 4500 right now. Still better than the insane mill scale prices.

Rockinar · 11-16-2018, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by OklaDustDevil

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.

He didn't make them. Matt and Caleb Johnson made them.

Inthewoods · 11-16-2018, 05:22 PM

I don't get the whole "no paint" attraction....Each ta their own, but for $4grand I want it ta look like it.

-D

Bacchus2b · 11-16-2018, 07:51 PM

I kind of like the unfinished, industrial look. Of course if I were going to buy a "Texas Style" brisket machine like that it would be from one of the many fine builders in Texas, not some guys from Georgia advertising "Franklin Style".

These are from Sunny Moberg, a fine Texas builder, and I believe the first one below belongs to a fellow brethren. Unfinished 500 gallon tank on a painted trailer, and a 1000 gallon mint green tank.

https://www.facebook.com/15746977093...type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/15746977093...type=3&theater

Ag76 · 11-16-2018, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Black

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.

https://www.pkgrills.com/

qnbiker · 11-17-2018, 09:06 AM

These smokers and the prices remind me of the distressed jeans with holes in them that kids pay a premium for. Wear them out yourself!

sickhick · 11-18-2018, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bacchus2b

I kind of like the unfinished, industrial look. Of course if I were going to buy a "Texas Style" brisket machine like that it would be from one of the many fine builders in Texas, not some guys from Georgia advertising "Franklin Style".

These are from Sunny Moberg, a fine Texas builder, and I believe the first one below belongs to a fellow brethren. Unfinished 500 gallon tank on a painted trailer, and a 1000 gallon mint green tank.

https://www.facebook.com/15746977093...type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/15746977093...type=3&theater

Yeah, that first link is my pit. It rules.
I love the way it looks, and you save $500 by leaving it raw.
Win/win in my book.
I wouldn't sell it for twice the amount I paid.

guero_gordo · 11-19-2018, 01:03 AM

The first sentence I read had "purist" misspelled. I'm not sure if that adds to or detracts from the legitimacy of a smoker builder ;-)

11-15-2018, 07:56 PM	#16
Smoking Piney somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-24-15 Location: South Jersey Pine Barrens Name/Nickname : John	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? __________________ John Assassin 24 XL BGE Weber Kettle with rotisserie and Vortex Ooni 3 Pizza Oven AMNPS

11-15-2018, 08:46 PM	#17
4ever3 somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-29-12 Location: Tulsa	When I think “smoker” that’s what I think! That being said, their prices are silly... __________________ Jeremy Old Oklahoma Joe (Opal) GMG TREK (Greta Thunberg) Weber Summit Charcoal (Waylon) MAK 2 Star (Maybel) 2x “Unfortunately nothing wrong with that” Bob C Que… I must be living right (somehow…)

11-15-2018, 08:53 PM	#18
Czarbecue Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-24-17 Location: Monroe, GA Name/Nickname : Viet King Cong	The welds look just as good as mine, which is one grade below your average high school shop class. __________________ Boathouse Smokers Big Black Cabinet

11-16-2018, 06:22 AM	#19
Mikhail Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-27-15 Location: Cincinnati OH Name/Nickname : Mik	For that price you'd think they could throw in a paint job. Other than that they look nice. Big firebox. __________________ PK Classic Grill, Weber One Touch 22" Copper, Broil King Signet 320

11-16-2018, 09:21 AM	#20
OklaDustDevil is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 10-13-17 Location: SoCal, by way of Oklahoma & Texas Name/Nickname : Ray	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. __________________ [FONT="Arial"][SIZE="2"][B]Red Weber Ltd Ed 22" Weber 18" Mak 1-Star Pellet Smoker Chuckwagon Cookers Horizontal Offset Stickburner Southern Cookers Vertical Stickburner[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]

11-16-2018, 05:22 PM	#24
Inthewoods Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-11-16 Location: Idaho, USA	I don't get the whole "no paint" attraction....Each ta their own, but for $4grand I want it ta look like it. -D

11-16-2018, 07:51 PM	#25
Bacchus2b is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 11-01-14 Location: North Texas	I kind of like the unfinished, industrial look. Of course if I were going to buy a "Texas Style" brisket machine like that it would be from one of the many fine builders in Texas, not some guys from Georgia advertising "Franklin Style". These are from Sunny Moberg, a fine Texas builder, and I believe the first one below belongs to a fellow brethren. Unfinished 500 gallon tank on a painted trailer, and a 1000 gallon mint green tank. https://www.facebook.com/15746977093...type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/15746977093...type=3&theater __________________ KCBS Certified BBQ Judge SCA Certified Judge Lone Star Grillz Large IVS Cookshack FEC-100 Weber Summit 420 Gasser Pit Barrel Cooker Weber 26" Kettle PK Classic Grill

11-17-2018, 09:06 AM	#27
qnbiker is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-05-10 Location: Marietta, GA Name/Nickname : Lew	These smokers and the prices remind me of the distressed jeans with holes in them that kids pay a premium for. Wear them out yourself! __________________ A bunch of Webers, Smoke EZ, GMG Daniel Boone, and a WHITE Thermapen MK4

11-19-2018, 01:03 AM	#29
guero_gordo is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 06-14-14 Location: East Bay, CA	The first sentence I read had "purist" misspelled. I'm not sure if that adds to or detracts from the legitimacy of a smoker builder ;-) __________________ UDS, Weber OTP(the Swiss Army Knife of cookers)