Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

My full sized SM pit is from SM BBQ outfitters. They have a random plumbing store in Long Beach that stocks some of their grills so that saved me a bunch on shipping. The small ones seem much harder to find.

If you're anywhere near OC, you can get red oak at The Woodshed in Orange. I buy all my oak pellets and logs from them. They're also the only place I've found that sells Susie Q's seasoning. One of these days when I go home, I'm gonna either stuff the bed or rent a small trailer to bring back as much oak as I can.

 

I picked mine up from the plumbing store in Long beach.

 

Do they have "Red Oak" pellets? I have a Pellet grill I haven't given much action lately. That would be super interesting if they did.

 

these are the ones they have. They have a good selection of pellets and lots of log wood in various cuts. So far, I've done a chuck roast "brisket" and a tri-tip and they offered great flavor.

 

Well, with the final move to Tennessee this summer, I'm going to be parting with my 10+ year old Traeger. It's had it's share of moves, and I think it's time to leave it somewhere.

Time to look for my next purchase. I'm thinking of the Camp Chef Woodwind 32" with WiFi and side burner and all the fun. We looked at a review and it seems to be the best option to maintain 1 grill instead of the 2 we currently keep.

Anyone else have any options? Want to stay with pellet.

 

Pitboss?

 

Didn't care for any of them, without seeing them in person. I was looking at this camp chef. All the combos I saw on pitboss was lacking in smoking size.

https://www.campchef.com/woodwind-w...pellets/CC-BNDL_PG36CL-PG14-PCPG36L-PLCB.html

 

Smoked for 2 hours at 250. Turned out pretty good for 2nd cook on the smoker.

 

So I found a smokin deal on a Weber EX4 on FB marketplace over the weekend and picked it up Sunday afternoon. Its my first pellet smoker so I am adjusting and learning. I love the technology and being able to monitor it from my phone etc. The previous owner recommended the Pit Boss competition blend pellets so I grabbed some of them. I was hopping Id be able to use this solely instead of firing up the charcoal but I think for short cooks Im still better off using the charcoal. I cooked some chicken breasts on it last night but I didnt get the same kind of char and flavor I get with charcoal.

What are you guys using to store your pellets?

 

nice fine.. I store my pellets in the pantry of our kitchen to keep the moisture away.

 

5 gallon bucket with a lid or a storage tote

 

You don't get a nice crust from a pellet grill. At least I haven't been able to replicate charcoal cooks yet, and that's after 10 years.

 

Yeah, on the short cook it was high heat and definitely wasn't putting out as much smoke as it does at lower temps. Im hoping for better results on a long cook.

 

I prefer my chicken over charcoal too.

 

Swung by Rectec to help my buddy pick up his new 700 from the “scratch & dent” sale. Perks of being local, but I still haven’t convinced myself to pull the trigger…

 

I’m gonna have to look at this…

 

They had some left yesterday, do it

 

Sort of like Tacoma owners!

 

and vegans