Which smoker for a beginner?

[poopdaddy]

i enjoy my masterbuilt electric. done a lot of great food. had a Traeger pellet and it was a piece of crap.

venison poppers.


backstrap with inion and peppers.

shotgun shells
i done chicken, turkey, ribs, deer, wild hog, poppers, shotgun shells, salmon, even catfish... its real easy and does a great job..

 

[keith089]

Big green egg and a treager

 

[4ssss]

I have a Bradley. Simple to use and it uses pucks instead of chips.

 

[Mrs_Esterhouse]

Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker!

 

[Bass Akwards]

I've had a Treager before and had issues with it. I liked the idea of the set it and forget it for long or overnight smokes. I lost a Thanksgiving turkey and a load of chickens due to it snuffing its self out. Also, the temps would swing 30-40degrees on both sides of the set temp constantly over correcting itself while in slow and low heat. 350-450 range is where mine would maintain set temps. Ended up giving it away.
Then I bought a Primo XL it does a fantastic job at maintaining temps once it balances out , but I lack the correct smoke flavor from the lump and wood chunk mix, sometimes its way too smokey like I pulled it from a house fire ,sometimes its just okay. I need to learn more on correct mixtures, then I got a free Brinkman stick burner/off set fom a guy who used to do BBQ catering . Loading it up on the trailer, it smelled the same as other peopels smokers whos different types of meat came out perfect smoke flavor wise not like a camp fire. Ive only done a single chicken so far on it, once again too smokey the top half overcooked while the bottom was raw, still got some learning to do there, any suggestions would be great.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

Some form of a Kamado. BGE, KJ, etc.

 

[leetheman81]

Recteq 590 or 700, buy once cry once

 

[Ixraypeople]

I really love my traeger but will probably get a recteq whenever it dies

 

[Smoothrj]

I have a Weber Smokey Mountain also but haven’t used it in a couple years. Might have to give it a go again.

Lots of great videos on how to use…I do pretty good with it.I can usually get it going and monitor for a couple hours. Then once it is good and stable I can let it go on pork butts till I am ready to take off…usually 6 to 8 hours

 

[fastfish66]

i enjoy my masterbuilt electric. done a lot of great food. had a Traeger pellet and it was a piece of crap.

venison poppers.


backstrap with inion and peppers.

shotgun shells
i done chicken, turkey, ribs, deer, wild hog, poppers, shotgun shells, salmon, even catfish... its real easy and does a great job..

The pears and grapes look killer.