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So this is my first real post here and mainly why I joined is to ask the questions I am about to ask, I hope this is the right spot to post in. I tried doing as much research as I could before asking but as with being new to any forum there's a lot to digest and the more I research the more questions I have. Also sorry about any formating issues or spelling errors, I am on my phone.
Anyways, I am looking to upgrade from my pellet smoker which I bought real cheap used. I am just not happy with it and have relegated it to pizza oven use only. I am looking to get an offset and after settling on a budget and looking at the options that are immediately available to me (I don't like waiting months) I have settled on either an Old Country Brazos DLX or a Horizon 20" classic. Both are similarly priced with the horizon classic being $100 more (only $30 more after military discount), and both are available at my local academy or bass pro shop.
However, my real question is, the brazos dlx comes with some "upgrades" the horizon doesn't. It comes with a tuning plate, and counterweight. Both of those things aren't a huge deal to me, after all a tuning plate from horizon is like $70 I think and the counterweight is just a quality of life improvement to me, I'm young and strong. The horizon seems better built but comes with less features for the price.
However, in doing my research, I keep seeing people say the smoke stack being at grate level is the preferred option, which is what the brazos has, yet the horizon doesn't. So does it really matter where the smoke stack is? I would imagine that a company like horizon would know where to put there smoke stack, it's not like it cost less to put it in one spot than it would for another. And if grate level was the holy grail why don't all the more high end smokers have it there?
So basically, currently I am leaning towards the horizon as it has better build quality and from what I have heard there is better customer service with them than with old country. But are those extra things the brazos comes with and the smoke stack being at grate level really worth sacrificing build quality for plus a savings of $30 bucks?
Anyways, I am looking to upgrade from my pellet smoker which I bought real cheap used. I am just not happy with it and have relegated it to pizza oven use only. I am looking to get an offset and after settling on a budget and looking at the options that are immediately available to me (I don't like waiting months) I have settled on either an Old Country Brazos DLX or a Horizon 20" classic. Both are similarly priced with the horizon classic being $100 more (only $30 more after military discount), and both are available at my local academy or bass pro shop.
However, my real question is, the brazos dlx comes with some "upgrades" the horizon doesn't. It comes with a tuning plate, and counterweight. Both of those things aren't a huge deal to me, after all a tuning plate from horizon is like $70 I think and the counterweight is just a quality of life improvement to me, I'm young and strong. The horizon seems better built but comes with less features for the price.
However, in doing my research, I keep seeing people say the smoke stack being at grate level is the preferred option, which is what the brazos has, yet the horizon doesn't. So does it really matter where the smoke stack is? I would imagine that a company like horizon would know where to put there smoke stack, it's not like it cost less to put it in one spot than it would for another. And if grate level was the holy grail why don't all the more high end smokers have it there?
So basically, currently I am leaning towards the horizon as it has better build quality and from what I have heard there is better customer service with them than with old country. But are those extra things the brazos comes with and the smoke stack being at grate level really worth sacrificing build quality for plus a savings of $30 bucks?
