Used to be, Whistle Blowers now, different management and recipes/methods.Originally Posted by blacklabel
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Used to be, Whistle Blowers now, different management and recipes/methods.
Lowes carries the Char-Griller. I have had mine for 4 years now...works great. I have the $299 model with gas grill on the left...charcoal grill/smoke body on the right...I added the $70 side firebox for true smoking pleasure. Also has a gas burner on the far left that you place a charcoal chimney over and use gas to start the charcoal. Best value out there, and wood from the firewood place on Iliff between Quebec and Parker is dirt cheap compared to the bagged chunks you buy.
Time to get a smoker...
I just left Park Meadows mall and they now have a Traeger store in the mall. It's a kiosk right in front of JC Penny's on the second floor.
Traeger has now improved their EZ pay plan and will let you EZ pay up to 5 payments instead of 3.
I went to their store because they carry pellets for a pretty reasonable price, if you buy 5 bags they'll give you the 6th for free. My wife doesn't know it yet but a Lil Tex Elite is going to be on my doorstep in a few days.they threw in a cover, 6 bags of pellets and several cook books so I couldn't refuse. They also have a $75 rebate on them right now.
Nice. You'll have fun with it. 6 bags of pellets would last me a little bit.
If they want guys to know about it, why would they put the shop in Pork Meadows Mall? Guys don't graze shop. We do some intelligence to find our quarry, we pull the trigger, and then head back to the house. Their limited market are guys trapped in the mall with their women looking for an oasis in the desert.
Last edited by Gman; 06-23-2013 at 15:03.
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This post has had me intrigued since it was made and I've been doing a lot of looking online because of it. While I love myMy suggestion, for the easiest smoker setup, is to pick up a Masterbuilt Digital electric smoker from Bass Pro, and to order a A-Maze-N Pelet Smoker (AMNPS) to provide your smoke inside. I turn on my smoker around 10 PM, and set it to 220 degrees. Put a nice rub on an 8 pound pork shoulder (or two!) and load them into the smoker. This is when you light your AMNPS so it can put out a nice amount of smoke for the next 11 hours. That's it. Go to bed, and don't think about it again until lunch or dinner time the next day, when it will be ready to eat (200F). If you want to hold it hot, for a later dinner time, wrap it in foil, and put it back into the smoker set at 150 degrees until you are ready to pull it. It's just stupidly easy to make great BBQ every-single-time. The AMNPS can use whatever hardwood pellets you like, and works great with Traeger's. Complete setup could run you $250ish.
http://www.basspro.com/Masterbuilt-3...1210270941325/
http://www.amazenproducts.com/Produc...tCode=AMNPS5X8
(BTW: Bass Pro has this model smoker on sale right now for $199.97 - $40 off regular price). The 30" Masterbuilt @ Cabela's comes with a meat probe, but is almost 100 sq inches smaller.
My question to Parf: Looking at the interior pics of this smoker, where do you put that AMNPS? Can you post a pic of how you have it installed/placed? Without the AMNPS, how long do the pellets last before needing to add more in this 30" Masterbuilt?
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Nice! I'm selling my offset and going with a pellet.I just left Park Meadows mall and they now have a Traeger store in the mall. It's a kiosk right in front of JC Penny's on the second floor.
Traeger has now improved their EZ pay plan and will let you EZ pay up to 5 payments instead of 3.
I went to their store because they carry pellets for a pretty reasonable price, if you buy 5 bags they'll give you the 6th for free. My wife doesn't know it yet but a Lil Tex Elite is going to be on my doorstep in a few days.
This is my second one. I have a Traeger Jr. now and it's been great. I am hoping my wife wont make me sell the Jr. I think having 2 smokers would be pretty nice since you can have 2 smokes with two different types of wood going at the same time.
Park Meadows is one of the busiest malls in America so it's a pretty good location for them. The sales woman told me they sell several grills every day.
Makes sense to me! A lot of people love their Traegers and I came close but after a lot of research I'll most likely be going with a GMG.
Ginsue, it goes inside the smoker, and rests on the rails coming off the side of the built in smoke box.
It is really not very big, but puts out a great amount of smoke inside the MES. It will run for as long as I want it to overnight, putting out a nice thin blue smoke.
With the built in chip loader, I had to add more chips or pellets every hour and a half, and sometimes it didn't want to make smoke for me. It worked better if you preheated the whole unit to 275 degrees at the beginning, but it really was pretty lame overall.
The AMNPS turns a stupidly easy to use smoker that makes "meh" BBQ into a very good smoker. It's really set it and forget it until it's time to eat.
When you use the AMNPS, halfway open the inside chip tray, and the outside chip loader for increased airflow, and leave the top vent fully open. Works for me all 4 seasons here in Lakewood, you just need to know a simple trick to get the MES to kick on when the outside temps are below 32F.
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