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Could I use this small $60 grill as a meat smoker, to make decent brisket, wings, fish, ect. Or is it just too small and shitty?

>> No.16548199

>>16548130
You can make do with anything, Brocephus. If you want low and slow smaller grills are horrible. The bigger charcoal models with offset firebox aren't that much higher price-wise.

>> No.16548214

>>16548130
You can get smokers on craigslist for dirt cheap. I got an 18" webber smokey mountain for like $80. I'd check that out, or facebook marketplace.

I bet you could make okay bbq on a grill like your pic, but it might be more of a hassle than it's worth

>> No.16548234

Why are traegers still $800 new, the bubble has burst and they have off-brand competition now

>> No.16548267

>>16548234
Pit-Boss all day long. Work great and customer service is amazing. I went full on blast, open char, highest heat to cook off the new on my grill. I cooked the control panel. Because they hadn't warned me in the manual, they FedExed me a new CP to install, then helped me install it over the phone. Fuck Traeger.

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>>16548267
>>16548234
>pellet ""smokers""

>> No.16548332

>>16548292
Give one a try, sister. They are amazing. I have a Green Egg and an offset charcoal smoker. Gimme pellets all day long.

>> No.16548423

>>16548199
>The bigger charcoal models with offset firebox aren't that much higher price-wise.
see that's the problem, I need it to be small compact and portable

>> No.16548786

>>16548332
Some people like to fish ... some people like to play bocce with friends, or golf, some people like to sit down, relax smoke a brisket, read a book, watch birds, play with the kids or grand kids, or just relax and tend to a side smoker, split wood one after another.

I piss off my neighbors every other week. I like that part.

>> No.16548941

>>16548786
I want an offset but I'm far too autistic to allow for temperature fluctuations. I've been designing a watercooled offset but I have my doubts of it actually working.
I don't mind tending to my smoker, I just don't want to be fiddling with shit every time I add fuel to the fire.