Anyone else have something on the smoker today

FurmanCock said:
Looking at maybe buying a smoker. Any strong preferences between Traeger and RecTeq?
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I have an Akorn by Char-Grill. It’s a big green egg knock off. Charcoal with wood chunks for smoking. It’s not fancy but gets the job done.

I don’t have any experience with pellet smokers. People seem to either really love them or don’t care for them.
 
Spur's Addiction said:
I have an Akorn by Char-Grill. It’s a big green egg knock off. Charcoal with wood chunks for smoking. It’s not fancy but gets the job done.

I don’t have any experience with pellet smokers. People seem to either really love them or don’t care for them.
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I like the idea of electronically "maintaining" a temperature, rather than me trying to manipulate the air-flow to maintain temperature. Just not sure I want to tackle that learning curve.
 
FurmanCock said:
I like the idea of electronically "maintaining" a temperature, rather than me trying to manipulate the air-flow to maintain temperature. Just not sure I want to tackle that learning curve.
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Yeah, auto temp control would be a nice feature to have. When I smoke, I have to manually adjust the vents periodically. I’ll check it about every 20-30 min or so and adjust. Not too hard, but you need to stay near the house. Can’t just leave for a couple of hours to run errands.
 
FurmanCock said:
I like the idea of electronically "maintaining" a temperature, rather than me trying to manipulate the air-flow to maintain temperature. Just not sure I want to tackle that learning curve.
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I have an Egg. Once you learn the vents it is really easy. I can get mine set up, get the temp right and go to bed and don't even bother waking up to check on it. The temp will be sitting right were I left it the night before and it does not matter if it is 30 degrees outside or 70. They also make an add on that will hold the temp if you do not want to mess with learning the vents. I cooked ribs and stuff on mine where I could monitor it and understand the vents before I started doing longer cooks of Brisket and Butts. If you decide on an Egg just go on FB marketplace. People get them and either cannot figure them out or don't want to cook that way and will sell them cheap. I got an XL with stand for $350 it was weathered and I replaced the seal and the metal strapping on it, but that was all I had to do. The guts were fine.
 
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Longhaul said:
I have an Egg. Once you learn the vents it is really easy. I can get mine set up, get the temp right and go to bed and don't even bother waking up to check on it. The temp will be sitting right were I left it the night before and it does not matter if it is 30 degrees outside or 70. They also make an add on that will hold the temp if you do not want to mess with learning the vents. I cooked ribs and stuff on mine where I could monitor it and understand the vents before I started doing longer cooks of Brisket and Butts. If you decide on an Egg just go on FB marketplace. People get them and either cannot figure them out or don't want to cook that way and will sell them cheap. I got an XL with stand for $350 it was weathered and I replaced the seal and the metal strapping on it, but that was all I had to do. The guts were fine.
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The Egg is ceramic. I have an Akorn which is the same shape and style, but insulated metal. I have to at least check my temps every 20-30 minutes. and adjust the vents as needed (sometimes it's fine). But I can't just go to sleep overnight and let it go without checking.

I guess the ceramic really makes a big difference.
 
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