AKMIMNAK
is one Smokin' Farker
Hi all,
About to buy my first stick burner and for months have only been considering the ones without a vertical chamber because I don't smoke large quantities and don't want to pay a premium price for the added chamber. But now I've found a great deal on a used cooker that has a vertical chamber. I have no experience with them so.....
If I'm only cooking one hunk o' meat, should I use the horizontal or vertical chamber?
Do cookers with the vertical chamber use a ton more wood because of the extra space to heat, or is it relatively similar fuel usage to maintain once you get your initial temps up?
Can you put a small fire directly in the bottom of the vertical chamber (instead of the main firebox) and use it like a UDS?
What else should I be considering since I have no experience with the vertical offset?
About to buy my first stick burner and for months have only been considering the ones without a vertical chamber because I don't smoke large quantities and don't want to pay a premium price for the added chamber. But now I've found a great deal on a used cooker that has a vertical chamber. I have no experience with them so.....
If I'm only cooking one hunk o' meat, should I use the horizontal or vertical chamber?
Do cookers with the vertical chamber use a ton more wood because of the extra space to heat, or is it relatively similar fuel usage to maintain once you get your initial temps up?
Can you put a small fire directly in the bottom of the vertical chamber (instead of the main firebox) and use it like a UDS?
What else should I be considering since I have no experience with the vertical offset?