new to smoking

[mdutch89]

Hi all. my name is Mike and I am from maryland. I want to start to smoke. Can anyone give me some input on a good smoker for around 200. I was looking at three off set box smokers. The char griller, the char broiler, and the brinkman? Hopefully all of you great smokers could send me i the right direction so I can become a decent smoker. Thank you

 

[jjwdiver]

Hi Mike, WELCOME to SMF! You will learn alot here and that itself with get you on the road to being a great smoker.

 

[treegje]

Welcome to the SMF Mike, We are glad to have you onboard

 

[bonessivtec]

I have the Char Broil Silver Smoker and have been happy with it so far. I added a heat baffle about 14" long, a chimney extension, sealed the chimney at the cooking chamber, and am going to build a charcoal basket so I can use lump charcoal more often. With these mods using the Minion method with Kingsford and chunks of hickory, I can maintain 180-245 for 3-5 hours depending on the temp outside.

The Brinkman SNP is very similar. The only thing that I have concerns with is the thickness of the metal. I think it would hold temps better in cold weather if it was a little thicker.

My .02.

 

[mdutch89]

thanks jjwdriver

 

[rdknb]

Welcome to SMF, What part of Maryland are you from

 

[irishteabear]

Welcome to SMF, Mike. Glad you joined us.

 

[etcher1]

Welcome to the SMF forum, You came to the right place. Good people and good info.

 

[mballi3011]

First off welcome Mike to SMF. It sounds like you are well on your way to be an outstanding new member of this fine site. You'll like it here cause there are abunch of good folks here that would just love to help you out with just about anything to do with smoking. We really like to have newbies here because they can bring in a new propective to how things are done. There's nothing like a new set of eyes to give and new way to make things that little differant to make things alittle better. So I hope you know about the Qview here.
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Here's a link to photobucket it's free and easy to download pictures. Then if your really new to smoking Look up the E-course.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...play.php?f=127
It's also free and it will give you the basics of smoking. So after all of that you just need to go grab something to smoke and if you have any question just post them here and we will answer it quickly so you don't have any mishaps with your smoke.
Welcome To Your New Addiction

 

[chef jeff tx]

Howdy & welcome to the SMF!!

 

[acemakr]

Mike, welcome to the forum. Before making the plunge, be sure to dig through the various threads about smokers. You will find that just about everyone is very passionate about their smoker and it's performance.

One thing's for sure - if you're not bashful and aren't afraid to ask questions you will find this little corner of the WWW extremely useful.

 

[richoso1]

Welcome to the SMF, and take some time selecting that new smoker. It'll be worth the wait.

 

[beer-b-q]

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