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jagermeister

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bowhunter1023 said:
and for less than a family meal at Applebees, you have one of the better peices of cooking equipment you can own.

Who's next on the pellet wagon?!?
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AND the food is much better than the stuff Applebee's is serving! Definitely a no-brainer.

I'm next. But I am refusing to buy a few big ticket items until after we build or buy a new house. One being a bad ass pellet grill, the other being a nice gun safe.
 
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5Cent

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Food looks great guys, and funny shit Big Holla!

No go for me on a pellet grill regardless of cost and it's food output quality. I love seeing the pictures and love eating the food ya'll produce but I have zero patience to sit around all day and cook/smoke meat.

That said, I would like to build permanent smoke box out back once the new home is built, but it's waaaayyyy down on the list. If I can figure out exactly where I would like to put it once the house is up, then it may get bumped up b/c it's easy and cheap. Then I know I'll be working around the house and keeping an eye on it while doing other things will be easy.
 
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So...help me understand the draw of these things....seriously.

It looks to me like you have a combination smoker/oven with different flavored wood pellets that produce a workable amount of smoke, but not as much as an honest to god smoker. At the same time you don't have open flame with which to grill, so you're essentially baking/roasting whatever is in there. So you end up with a tool that does a little bit of everything, but nothing exceptionally. Why is this any better than having a dedicated grill and a dedicated smoker? I just don't understand...what is the big draw here?

So far it sounds an awful lot like owning a 6.5 Creedmoor. ;)
 
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Jamie

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ease of use is real draw, and I understand it. multi-purpose, I get it. a good electric smoker with digital controls is every bit as capable of "set it and forget it" as a pellet grill. love my Bradley. love my charcoal, too. love my propane as well. they all have their place in my cooking arsenal, but a pellet smoker isn't for me. If I could only have one piece of outdoor cooking equipment, then, maybe. I'd sooner spend big money on commercial quality smokehouse. one of the best things about my Bradley 6 rack(and the main reason I bought this particular electric smoker) is that it is tall enough to hang 20"+ sausages and whole pork bellies in for smoking. pellet grill cannot do that.
 
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Tipmoose said:
So...help me understand the draw of these things....seriously.

It looks to me like you have a combination smoker/oven with different flavored wood pellets that produce a workable amount of smoke, but not as much as an honest to god smoker. At the same time you don't have open flame with which to grill, so you're essentially baking/roasting whatever is in there. So you end up with a tool that does a little bit of everything, but nothing exceptionally. Why is this any better than having a dedicated grill and a dedicated smoker? I just don't understand...what is the big draw here?

So far it sounds an awful lot like owning a 6.5 Creedmoor. ;)
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Mine does have access to open flame for flame grilling. There is a slide that opens over the flame that opens it up.

If you like the taste of cooking over a campfire you can get the same taste by opening the flame access and throwing some burgers dogs chicken or steaks on. Everything will taste wood fired grilled.

As far as smoking stuff. The convenience of not having to babysit the smoker but still get smoked flavor. The smoke ring won't be as deep as a charcoal or wood smoker but it is sufficient.
 
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I haven't ruled out a Bradley specifically for curing meats. I look at this the same as Giles, ease of use and an outdoor oven. I enjoy the process of using it more than a propane grill and the food is certainly more delicious. We all own specific purpose and multi-purpose equipment. A pellet grill is a low maintenance, simple to use multi-tasker. Alton Brown would approve.
 
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Cool....thanks guys. I hadn't considered the set it and forget it aspect. Im just in the habit of sitting around in front of my grill, drinking beer, tinkering, turning, basting, and basically slowing the cooking process down for no good reason. When I want to smoke some ribs or summer sausage, I have a bradley smoker and love it. I don't finish anything in it though. I will smoke it for however long I need and then finish it in the kitchen oven. Sounds like I could do the same thing on a pellet grill except that the bradley has more space for more meats.
 
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