Time to get a smoker...

[Sparky]

We looked at one of them, nice unit. Especially the Horns for handles, just not a fan of side vents. If you have the paitence and room in the frige, try your hand at home made corned beef / pastrami. Oh Yeahhhhhhh

Enjoy the many years of smoke goodness. It's even better when the spouse gets involved

I don't have a pellet smoker, but I would love to learn how to make some home made pastrami. I do have a wood smoker.

[yz9890]

If anyone is looking for another type of pellet smoker, I just got a Rec Tec and I've never been happier. Check em out! Plus they look cool!

Best Ribs I've ever made and killer smoke ring! Set it and forget it...


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I'm happy with my Daniel Boone but sometimes I wish it had a hopper as big as the Rec Tec.

[Great-Kazoo]

I don't have a pellet smoker, but I would love to learn how to make some home made pastrami. I do have a wood smoker.

I'll dig the recipe out and try posting it. It's an extended process with brining. We get our spices from here
https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/


Here's one way. BUT.......... all the recipes i've seen call for (IMO) too much kosher salt. For a 3-4 lb flat i use approx 2/3 the called for amount. Smoking meats forum has a nice recipe. They also go in to depth for the how's and why of recipes.
www.smoking-meat.com

Tech Tip.... after removing brisket from brine, let it sit in water overnight. If you don't and smoke, or bake instead of boiling you'll spike your bl;ood pressure up a few points from the salt.
http://www.traegergrills.com/recipes...-beef-pastrami

I do a corned beef, then add spices we like to the finished product
http://www.traegergrills.com/recipes/beef/corned-beef




Instead of weighing down the brisket. We seal it in a cut to length food sealing bag, something like this cut about 12" longer than the cut of brisket. If you have the storage space, buy this
http://www.meatprocessingproducts.co...n=bingshopping

If not these work
http://www.foodsaver.com/food-storag...2.html#start=3

[Aloha_Shooter]

I use Alton Brown's curing recipe for corned beef brisket and then smoke it instead of boiling it.

[00tec]

It's on....


Ordering the pellet burner, have to disassemble, knock out dents, and get some sheet cut for the door liner. (Anyone know someone that does sheet metal work?)

[Bailey Guns]

This thread has more lives than a cat!

We've been smoking on a MasterBuilt that we got at Sportsman's Warehouse and it's done a pretty good job. It just doesn't seem to produce enough smoke the way it's set up. So, after much searching and reading and comparing and waffling back and forth I finally pulled the trigger on a new Camp Chef Woodwind SG24 with Sidekick. Wife and I each got a little bonus from work and we pooled our pennies...and it was on sale.

I deliver to a place in Lewiston that sells a metric butt-load of smokers from GMG, Traeger, Camp Chef, etc. Almost every time I'm there I see someone complaining about the newer made-in-China Traegers. That could be because they sell so many more than other brands...I don't know. But looking at the CC and Traeger side x side the CC seemed like a no-brainer. CC seems to match the Traeger, feature for feature, at several hundred dollars less. That was my perception, anyway. And one of the guys that work there say they have very few units returned for problems. Which I find odd because it's also made-in-China. But, he's a friend and I trust his advice. I also like all the little accessories you can place on the Sidekick.

Won't get a chance to use it til next week, though.

[whitewalrus]

I had recently bought a Traeger and had to return it. Would not work out of the box. Would just run the temp up to high no matter the setting. After wasting hours on the phone with their support and then having them ship me the wrong part for the grill, i just decided to take it back. Bought a Pit Boss and haven't looked back. Both are made in China of course. Kind of glad the Traeger didn't work out, saved a bunch of money that I can put towards pellets.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I still love my GMG Davey Crockett but sure wish it could do the prep of putting the initial load in the fire chamber automatically. I'd use it more often for even simple grilling if it did. I don't mind cleaning out the ashes separately, just don't like having to go through pulling everything out to load the chamber when all I want to do is grill a steak or two.

My dream grill would use wood pellets, fire up without having to pull everything out first, and hit peak temps of 750 or so.

[Great-Kazoo]

This thread has more lives than a cat!

We've been smoking on a MasterBuilt that we got at Sportsman's Warehouse and it's done a pretty good job. It just doesn't seem to produce enough smoke the way it's set up. So, after much searching and reading and comparing and waffling back and forth I finally pulled the trigger on a new Camp Chef Woodwind SG24 with Sidekick. Wife and I each got a little bonus from work and we pooled our pennies...and it was on sale.

I deliver to a place in Lewiston that sells a metric butt-load of smokers from GMG, Traeger, Camp Chef, etc. Almost every time I'm there I see someone complaining about the newer made-in-China Traegers. That could be because they sell so many more than other brands...I don't know. But looking at the CC and Traeger side x side the CC seemed like a no-brainer. CC seems to match the Traeger, feature for feature, at several hundred dollars less. That was my perception, anyway. And one of the guys that work there say they have very few units returned for problems. Which I find odd because it's also made-in-China. But, he's a friend and I trust his advice. I also like all the little accessories you can place on the Sidekick.

Won't get a chance to use it til next week, though.

keep an eye on the temp probe and potential flame out issues, i've seen complaints about on a few CC forums. Other than that they work very well.

[Justin]

Does anyone here have an opinion on the Pit Boss line of smokers?

They seem pretty feature rich and built well for a reasonable price.

Looking at maybe the 8-in-1 Pro Series.