Anyone have experience with a Smoker(BBQ)?!
Anyone have experience with a Smoker(BBQ)?
Hi,
As a long-time bbq'er, I've been tempted to try my hand at smoking.
Canadian Tire is a well known Canadian general merchandise retail chain and have several styles-if you're not from Canada and the first thing you are wondering about is why would anyone buy anything but tires from a tire store. Well, we do live in a world of cross-merchandising but that isn't the case here. They started as tire store many years ago and are now one of our best known, Canadian, general merchandising stores.
A fairly inexpensive one to start and I guess I'm wondering whether it makes sense, for some reason I don't know yet, to spend a few more $ and get a better one. I can't imagine that I'll use this more than a few times a year but..who knows! I'm looking at: Double Chef Charcoal Smoker, C$79.99 It's kind of like a cylinder that stands up. 220 cu inches, 8 qts. charcol capacity, 60 qt. water pan, 50lb weight capacity.
I'd love some thoughts from someone who has been smoking for some time
Answers:
Cylinder kinds work really well for a starter. My biggest piece of advice is to get one just a little big bigger (and maybe a little bit more expensive) than you think you need, because once you start using it you will use it all the time.
Make sure you use good wood. Locally chopped is best, but if you buy bags of chips, try and make sure it hasn't been treated with anything.
Slow smoked pork is awesome, and I always believe that smokers are best employed in the fine art of bqq. (Believe me, love, there is a huge diff b/t bqq and grilling.) Another thing you can't beat is to have the lowest fire you can make and make deer (or beef) jerky. Yum.