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Murphy welcome to smf. Be sure to hit the rollcall and give a proper intro to tell us a little about yourself. As for your question I am not quit sure what you are asking. But if your asking about smoker preference I prefer one with a side firebox?
Welcome, there are several ways to go and a bunch of thread on each here. Personally I'm fond of a real stick fed fire in an offset firebox, but check out what others have to say on the subject.
Jimbo
Welcome to the forum Murphy. I agree with Goat: whichever one you will use and get the job done is the best. I personally use a gasser, because I'm pretty lazy and don't want to mess with having to tend a fire. Everyone has their own preference and any of them will produce a good smoke. Hope you find what you're looking for here.
HI Murphy,
I have a GOSM (vertical gasser) and a horizontal off set stick burner. I enjoy using both of them at different times. For example, if I'm busy around the house and want some Q for dinner, I would likely set up the GOSM and go for it (requires less attention). But if I have the time and I really want relax and to get the true flavor of wood and perhaps have a bunch of "hairy legs" over and some adult beverages ..... perhaps some cards, then I'm likely to fire up the off set and just enjoy the experience of smoking .... something about the smell of the pit drifting across the patio .... regardless of the wood or meat used. Builds one heck of an apetite. Whatever your choice, I hope you enjoy smoking and certainly the fine Q that either smoker is capable of producing.
I use an electric little cheif. I like it, but mainly when I started out I didn't want to invest alot because I wasn't sure how much I would use it and what I wanted at the time, so it was a good starting point for me. Now I have two of them and I have moded both of them. The only reason I have two is the second one was a freebie. It all depends on what you will be using it for and how much and your buget. It's just myslef and I do mainly jerky and other smaller dishes so the little cheif works for me. But I am looking at getting a bigger smoker. Looking at getting into making sausge.
fWell heck, if you're building it you can do it however you want. Then change, add, modify as you go along. I think any homebuilt of any type is always a work in progress, and ultimately reflects its creator. Good luck.