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    Buying a first smoker for my husband for Christmas

    Thanks for the advise on the other items to make sure I get...the wood supply I expect will be a little bit of a pain, we have 22 acres of trees but all evergreen - I know he will not be truly happy with anything but the wood though! I am getting excited to get it myself - will be something fun...
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    Buying a first smoker for my husband for Christmas

    I am leaning towards a Yoder Cheyenne...from what I have researched they are high quality and well liked. Any opinions on them?? I could not really find any bad reviews and I should be able to get one "locally" which is huge plus for cost and not having the hassle of a delivery truck not...
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    Buying a first smoker for my husband for Christmas

    How well do these work in minus 0 temps? We live in MT so will be cooking in lots of cold temps. Also, how is the quality of welds/metal? My husband builds custom bikes for a living and goes mental over poor quality.
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    Buying a first smoker for my husband for Christmas

    It was something my parents had bought for my ex-husband many years ago, it was veriitcal, I think they paid about $100 for it. I brined and smoked a turkey on it once and it came out delicious but was a royal PITA, it was cold and windy that day so I had a heck of a time keeping it going and...
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    Buying a first smoker for my husband for Christmas

    We live in MT so will be cooking in minus 0 temperatures at times and the smoker will be on a covered patio area... I am guessing this will somewhat limit what I should be looking for??? ( I hope haha ) ,,,Thanks
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    Buying a first smoker for my husband for Christmas

    To answer your questions, my husbands likes food smoky, I prefer less smoky but it is a gift for him and he is more of a meat eater then me, he likes veggies but is also happy having meat for dinner with a side of meat and a shot of tequila. We both like the idea of babysitting and doing things...
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    Buying a first smoker for my husband for Christmas

    My husband thinks he wants a traditional wood smoker, ...we both work from home so babysitting is not a problem, is there a big difference in the end result between all wood and pelllets/electric?
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    Buying a first smoker for my husband for Christmas

    Hi. I want to buy my husband a smoker for Christmas. We have only had a small cheap smoker before so we are basically completely new to smoking. My husband thinks he wants to do wood and/or pellet and we will only be cooking for ourselves or when we have company so do not need anything to...
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