cayenne
is one Smokin' Farker
- Joined
- Jun 12, 2004
- Location
- New Orleans
WOW....it has been a LONG time since I last posted.
Lots of life in the way......
Anyway, I have an older Bandera smoker. It served well for many. years, but has sat strangely idle...and sadly uncovered for a few years....it's rusting apart.
I'm looking to try a new smoker. I like the tower bandera style, but the metal is just thin on all the dedicated ones I see.
I've started looking at YouTube to see what's out there, at a decent price. I want at least 1/4 inch steel. So, looking at barrel ones.
I've been a lot of work out there with "Old Country Brazos BBQ Smoker"....especially with mods like extending the smoke stack and using an angle grinder to take out the factor welded in, down pointing baffle from the factory.
Any opinions on this one...or recommendations for something similar. The price range I see on these is about $1200 range.
Of course I was *drooling* over some top end stuff, like the FatStack 90 smoker, but $5K plus shipping from CA to LA isn't really in my budget right now.
I just shelled out for a Spike Brewing 15gal solo system and 10gal conical....so my toy money for most of this year is spend...will have to save for a FatStack level smoker.
So, in the $1200-$2000 range.....is what I'm looking at best bang for the buck, or do you have recommendations?
I am posting this before exhaustive searches on the forum....wanted to get some good recommendations that I"d use for more in-depth search terms.
Nice to be back....thank you in advance!!
Sorry to have been away so long!!
cayenne
Lots of life in the way......
Anyway, I have an older Bandera smoker. It served well for many. years, but has sat strangely idle...and sadly uncovered for a few years....it's rusting apart.
I'm looking to try a new smoker. I like the tower bandera style, but the metal is just thin on all the dedicated ones I see.
I've started looking at YouTube to see what's out there, at a decent price. I want at least 1/4 inch steel. So, looking at barrel ones.
I've been a lot of work out there with "Old Country Brazos BBQ Smoker"....especially with mods like extending the smoke stack and using an angle grinder to take out the factor welded in, down pointing baffle from the factory.
Any opinions on this one...or recommendations for something similar. The price range I see on these is about $1200 range.
Of course I was *drooling* over some top end stuff, like the FatStack 90 smoker, but $5K plus shipping from CA to LA isn't really in my budget right now.
I just shelled out for a Spike Brewing 15gal solo system and 10gal conical....so my toy money for most of this year is spend...will have to save for a FatStack level smoker.
So, in the $1200-$2000 range.....is what I'm looking at best bang for the buck, or do you have recommendations?
I am posting this before exhaustive searches on the forum....wanted to get some good recommendations that I"d use for more in-depth search terms.
Nice to be back....thank you in advance!!
Sorry to have been away so long!!
cayenne