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grudgeon

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Nov 25, 2009
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Kansas City, MO
Hi all, I just found this forum and the little scanning around I've done it seems to be awesome! I have always used the "traditional" fire box on the side smoker with great results and will continue to do so. I was on craigslist today and saw a guy giving away a Cabelas 7 in 1 Grill\smoker. I figured for free why not.. Well I got it and I am a curious if anyone else has any experience with similar smokers. I haven't even cleaned it yet, but at first glance it seems that it might be hard to maintain a steady temperature. Also, the "door/vent" isn't very big, probably couldn't use more than little chunks of wood once I got my initial fire going. I am also curious about the "fryer\boiler". I guess I'm just wondering if anyone has any tips or pros and cons to help me out. Like I said it was free and it won't hurt my feelings at all if it a piece of crap, I'll just continue using my old smoker and maybe use this for a grill while camping or something. Pictured is my old smoker and the cabelas smoker. Thanks in advance for any input.

Tom Magers
 
Welcome to SMF glad you decided to join us. Congrats on the new smoker I don't know much about that model but I'm sure some of our members have them and will help with your questions. Have fun and happy smoking
 
It look like it has the new beunsful smoker logo on it but thats all I know but welcome to SMF. and could you stop into Roll Call an introduce yoursel and we would like to give you the proper hooowdy we like to give to new members.
 
Welcome to the SMF Tom! I have a Brinkmann All-In-One which is similar to the one you picked up. As a matter of fact, I have it fired up right now with a brisket inside! I find that it's really pretty easy to keep the temperature at a constant with only the usual tending required. I started it a little more than an hour ago and set it to 225* (just over my target temp of 200*), added my brisket and soaked chips and the temp dropped to 202* and has stayed within a couple of degrees since.

As for the fryer portion, our pot/basket combo is a little on the small side so it's actually great for fish, chicken, fries, etc., but you won't get a turkey in there to be sure! We do have a larger pot for a turkey but to me the base is just not wide enough to be truly safe.

Hope that helps a bit!

Mac
 
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