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Post by earlybird on Jul 30, 2013 14:16:44 GMT -5
I've been a serious cook since I was young, and have been a serious about eating BBQ for a good number of years, having eaten at some of the national BBQ shrines across America. It was only a year ago that I decided I had to try my hand at making 'Q at home, and frankly, I was a bit intimidated. Not only did it seem like some mystic art, but I imagined needing a complex, gigantic smoker which would dominate my small apartment patio. I discovered the Smokenator on amazingribs.com where it was highly praised. I went for it, and on my very first smoke (didn't do a "dry run" or "chicken run") I had produced two slabs of baby backs that I was very, very proud of, and my guests swooned over. It's because I used the Smokenator, which is based on keeping it simple, and followed the precise instructions that were provided with the unit, and used the great suggestions from experts on this board. There is no reason a person could not compete seriously with a Smokenator. Let the competition haul around their multi-thousand dollar monster smokers behind a truck. With a 22.5" Weber and the Smokenator you can make fantastic BBQ that competes with the best of them, produce lots of food for a crowd, use the Weber as a backyard grill, AND throw it in your trunk! What a great invention!
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Post by ncsmoker on Aug 27, 2013 17:44:54 GMT -5
I have been using the Weber baskets to smoke before and they were ok as I could maintain a running temp between 275 and 225 but I was always adjusting the vents to do so. When I got the SN I set it and forgot it once I got it to the temp I wanted by adjusting the top vent only. It then stayed at that temp. In example I just smoked an 8 pound pork butt and once I had stabilized the grill at 130 degrees it held that temp for the 10 1/2 hours it took to reach 180 degrees. I added briquettes once and wood chunks up to the 6 hour point. Had a nice 1/8" smoke ring.
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