Primitive Pits

W.I.T.W.A.G? · Nov 16, 2018

Joshw said:
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 · Nov 16, 2018

ColoradoSmoke said:
I wish moberg made a 120 gallon pit - i would be all over it :grin:

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 · Nov 16, 2018

OklaDustDevil said:
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 · Nov 16, 2018

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 · Nov 16, 2018

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/157469770932197/photos/a.1888598137819343/2110020352343786/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/157469770932197/photos/a.1888598137819343/1987336104612212/?type=3&theater

Ag76 · Nov 16, 2018

Joe Black said:
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 · Nov 17, 2018

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 · Nov 19, 2018

Bacchus2b said:
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/157469770932197/photos/a.1888598137819343/2110020352343786/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/157469770932197/photos/a.1888598137819343/1987336104612212/?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 · Nov 19, 2018

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 ;-)

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