Bought a new smoker

[johnes50]

I bought a propane 36" Great Outdoors "Smokey Mountain Smoker" yesterday.

My old homemade plywood smoker was looking a little rough so I started checking for good smokers on the internet. Didn't want a Bradley cause I didn't want to be tied into their "you have to buy our biscuits" system. I saw a few favourable reviews about the propane "smokey mountain smokers". Started looking around and found one for sale locally at about half the price of a Bradley with more interior space.

I put two chickens and about 5lbs. of ribs into the smoker at 11:00am and took them out at 4:00pm. They were tender and very tasty. I took the ribs to my friends lamb BBQ party and we had a great time eating roasted lamb, deep fried turkey, and my smoked ribs. I'm gonna try and smoke a ham next weekend. And if I can only scrounge some salmon off my buddy for the smoker I'll be in hog heaven. John

[Geo.338]

Everybody seems to like the bradley but they are pricey and i'm with you on the biscuit thing.Thinking that there must be a better way I built one out of an old curbside mailbox with a hot plate .Works great.Gotta love those smoked ribs !

[johnes50]

Everybody seems to like the bradley but they are pricey and i'm with you on the biscuit thing.Thinking that there must be a better way I built one out of an old curbside mailbox with a hot plate .Works great.Gotta love those smoked ribs !

A fellow around here was selling those old mailboxes a few years ago as smokers. They looked liked they'd work good with lots of shelf space. I didn't buy one cause his were a little pricey. I made one out of plywood and a hot plate and it did the job for years. I even rigged up a couple of dryer thermostats to cut out at different temperatures so it was semi-automatic. But it's always nice to have a shiney new toy. "Yesssss Dad, your smoker is really nice."

I'm not knocking the Bradley's, my friend has one and they do a good job, I just didn't want to spend that much and I really didn't want to be stuck having to buying their biscuits.

Yea, It's nice to have company over and pull out a rack of home smoked ribs or a chicken. You've got friends for life after that. John

[Ozone]

Your making me drool!!

[ruger#1]

my god man, invite us already , im starving.

[Archive]

Funny, my coffin smoker was making me mad too. I gutted a fridge last week, just looking for hot plates now.

[Fred]

Archive, do you want electric or gas? I have an old built in gas stove top you can have if you can use it. Fred

[Archive]

Mail sent.

[Fred]

And replied to! Fred

[lip_ripper00]

Funny, my coffin smoker was making me mad too. I gutted a fridge last week, just looking for hot plates now.

take all the plastic out of the fridge!