You don't know how good you had it until it's gone...

I'm one of those guys that doesn't always know how good I have it until it's gone. This is the way things went regarding my history with smokers over the last 5 to 6 years or so. My first smoker was a Master Forge propane smoker that I bought new for 150 bucks. It really was a decent starter smoker and was relatively easy to control cooking temps, but using wood chips or chunks in a smoke box... not so much. I eventually wanted to try something different and 'better'. I considered an offset, but a quality offset was too much money at the time, and unfortunately, they still are. Because of this, I chose a Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5. I cooked some of my best Q on this smoker. After a while though, I got that itch again and had my sights set on a pellet somker, so I sold the WSM, and bought what I thought was my ultimate, a GMG Jim Bowie.

After two years with the pellet smoker, which at times is ultra convenient due to being able to start it up with the flip of a switch, I find myself dissatisfied with the amount of smoke flavor from this pellet cooker, as well as huge pellet use ($$$) during colder weather...

The result is I've decided to sell my pellet cooker and go back to something burning charcoal/wood.

I saw a couple of what appear to be excellent deals on craigslist, and I already took advantage of one.... Take a look and tell me what you would pick. Both were listed with an asking price of $150 firm.

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Thanks for looking.