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GRailsback wrote:There is no substitute for and offset stick burner, IMHO, and I certainly wouldn't get rid of one for this thing.

OldUsedParts wrote:If you should decide on a Lone Star then let me know and I'll meet you and buy you Lunch at the Fish Pond

bsooner75 wrote:Hey Rambo this is just my opinion from watching some of that video and another one with a guy cooking some beef ribs. It seems kinda gimmicky to me (again, never used one). The metal sounded thin and I’d wonder how it cooks outside of absolute perfect weather conditions.

I agree there is no substitute for a stick burner and can’t bring myself to use pellets. It works for a lot of people, I just like playing with Fire. My insulated cabinet kinda gives the best of both worlds. It gets close to stick burner quality with really long burn times using lump and chunks. It fits where I am in my life with family and time constraints.

I noticed on Amazon this unit was $1700 (if I was looking at the right one). Before I spent that I’d look into saving up and looking at something like Lone Star Grillz mini insulated cabinet. I know it’s about $1000 more but I think in the long run it would prove to be a much better product.

http://www.lonestargrillz.com/Mini-Insu ... moker.html

Either way, let us know what you decide!


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Rambo wrote:[quote="bsooner75"]Hey Rambo this is just my opinion from watching some of that video and another one with a guy cooking some beef ribs. It seems kinda gimmicky to me (again, never used one). The metal sounded thin and I’d wonder how it cooks outside of absolute perfect weather conditions.

I agree there is no substitute for a stick burner and can’t bring myself to use pellets. It works for a lot of people, I just like playing with Fire. My insulated cabinet kinda gives the best of both worlds. It gets close to stick burner quality with really long burn times using lump and chunks. It fits where I am in my life with family and time constraints.

I noticed on Amazon this unit was $1700 (if I was looking at the right one). Before I spent that I’d look into saving up and looking at something like Lone Star Grillz mini insulated cabinet. I know it’s about $1000 more but I think in the long run it would prove to be a much better product.

http://www.lonestargrillz.com/Mini-Insu ... moker.html

Either way, let us know what you decide!


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Rambo wrote:Wow, it's almost like I have posted a Trump idea on a Liberal website

bsooner75 wrote:

Rambo wrote:Wow, it's almost like I have posted a Trump idea on a Liberal website

My apologies I thought you wanted opinions and I offered mine. After re-reading your post I see you requested members to “pony up some positive reviews”. I guess that means opinions to support yours.

I will bow out of your thread now. Best of luck on your search for information.

No Sir, you need to read it again. I said I'd Pony up the money if I received some educated reviews by Folks that had personal experience with this particular smoker. What I'm getting are Redneck responses by folks that have not taken the time to watch/read all of the reviews I have. I was hopeful that someone on this website had Personal experience with this machine




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Rambo wrote:

GRailsback wrote:There is no substitute for and offset stick burner, IMHO, and I certainly wouldn't get rid of one for this thing.

Is that your opinion or do you have Personal knowledge about these cookers? And, to your point; it IS a stick burner, just smaller sticks. Now, I suppose we could discuss the offset Vs. the cabinet. My attraction to this was that it does burn wood but has the fans to help control temps and the clean burn. I've spent about 4-5 hours reading reviews and about the only thing negative is:
1. having to feed it every 30-40 minutes
2. door opens down instead of to the side