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Posted: **Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:53 pm**

My new toy. A "Superior Smokers" insulated cooker.

Link to Album: http://picasaweb.google.com/BBQCarolina/NewSuperiorSmok...oker?feat=directlink

This is a prototype model that I am cooking on to test and evaluate. I picked it up New Years eve and brought it home. Holds heat real well. Looks to be a good cooking machine. If anyone is interested, I can tell you what is changing for production. First 5 production units are being built now by the company.

It's Joby Stanaland's new company. Many of you will remember Joby from his days as the 'voice' of Stumps before the Viking buyout.

Posted: **Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:56 pm**

That looks like a great cooker! Looking forward to hearing your review. Any idea of the MSRP on that thing?

Posted: **Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:43 pm**

Now I never had one of those but I have had a couple cousins......Inferior Smokers.........

Posted: **Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:30 pm**

JamesB wrote:That looks like a great cooker! Looking forward to hearing your review. Any idea of the MSRP on that thing?

Their website should be up soon. But until then, send your email address to BBQCarolina(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll get it to Joby so he can contact you about specifics. :wink:

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:02 am**

Finney wrote:
JamesB wrote:That looks like a great cooker! Looking forward to hearing your review. Any idea of the MSRP on that thing?

Their website should be up soon. But until then, send your email address to BBQCarolina(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll get it to Joby so he can contact you about specifics.

Not in the market right now, just kind of wondering. Planning for the future ya know...

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:38 am**

Papa Tom wrote:Now I never had one of those but I have had a couple cousins......Inferior Smokers.........

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:31 pm**

Looks good for that style of smoker. Guess Viking is okay with such a similar replica?

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:43 pm**

txngent wrote:Looks good for that style of smoker. Guess Viking is okay with such a similar replica?

I have no idea.
But since the Viking model and Stumps are based on a cooker called the Lanny Q... I don't know how much they can say?

Posted: **Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:43 pm**

Looks like one found a home in TN too...

Posted: **Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:55 pm**

Their wedsite is 'partially' up now if anyone is interested. They are slowly loading content.
www.superiorsmokers.com
The link to the forum works. :wink:

Posted: **Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:13 am**

I worked with Joby a while back real nice guy would not make something that he would not stand behind

Posted: **Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:20 pm**

Cooked up some baby back ribs and chicken on the new cooker. The only thing that I wasn't trilled with was the ribs themselves. They were enhanced and tasted 'hammy'. Nothing to do with the cooker... I was trying to save a buck and bought them on sale at Harris Teeter.

BTW: after I finished cooking I let the cooker go for a while, but I put probes on 4 of the 5 shelves. There was only a 7* difference in the temps from the hottest shelf to the coolest. Pretty good in my opinion.

Posted: **Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:23 pm**

mel wrote:I worked with Joby a while back real nice guy would not make something that he would not stand behind

Hi Mel... Been wondering where you had been. Started to put out an APB over at the Primo forum. I was actually gonna tell Joby that he needed to contact you about covers. I'm sure my wife would rather mine not be in the garage. LOL And it can't stay out without a cover.

Posted: **Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:27 pm**

I don't care for those pumped ribs either... But they do look great! Chicken too! Looks like the new cookers work as well as the older/original etc.

Posted: **Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:03 am**

It does look like it produces some good looking eats.

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