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[Free Mr. Tony]

Canadian Johns thread about how we got started has alot of stories with the common progression of going down the road of smoking meat. It may be interesting to see what route everyone  has gone over the years. My best recollection of mine would be:

Charbroil 2 burner grill
Masterbuilt propane bullet smoker
Chargriller offset with side fire box
Jenn air four burner gas grill with rotisserie
Traeger lil Tex
Fast eddy pg500
Lousiana whole hog pellet
Wsm 18
Lang 36 reverse flow offset
Hunsaker drum smoker
270 sumo charcoal smoker

That's as many as I can think of in order of purchase. May have forgotten a couple in there somewhere.

[Bar-B-Lew]

Unknown brand hand me down gas grill
Kenmore gas grill
Brinkman electric smoker (Walmart clearance)
Brinkman gas smoker (WM clearance)
Brinkman gas grill with side smoker (WM clearance)
Smokey Mountain gas smoker (WM clearance)
Cookshack Smokette
Weber Summit
Weber Spirit
Traeger XL
Memphis Elite
MAK 2 Star
Blazn Grand Slam
Camp Chef gas grill/griddle (being delivered Tuesday)

[pmillen]

Starting with our first home in Married Student Housing.

• Small cast iron hibachi.  I wish we still had it.  Don't know where it went.
• Several 15" (or so) cheap hardware store charcoal grills.  The kind where the legs slide into slots in the pan.
• A long forgotten cheap "tinny" propane grill.
• A bullet-shaped red hardware store charcoal smoker.  Marcia cooked one meal on it and never touched it again.  She said it required too much attention.
• A 22-inch Weber Kettle.
• A Vermont Castings propane grill.  I threw it away because I didn't know it had replaceable components.
• A CharBroil InfraRed propane grill.  A nightmare if you want lower heat.
• An Original Bradley Smoker.
• A Cookshack Fast Eddy PG500
• A Broilmaster propane grill.
• A Pit Barrel Cooker.
• Daydreaming about a Good-One Marshall.

[Free Mr. Tony]

• Daydreaming about a Good-One Marshall.

If you haven't already, may want to check out academy for the Old Country Over under smoker. Same sort of concept. Seems that people are very impressed with quality for the money. They are about 500 dollars. I think I read somewhere recently about them possibly being discontinued, but not positive on that.

[Rick]

Great idea.  Everybody goes through a progression.

As I stated in the "how I got started" thread, I was intrigued by my neighbor and his pit when I moved to KC in 2000.


OKLAHOMA JOE stick burner - This is where I cut my teeth for 4 years on that.  I sold it when I moved away from KC.  Didn't want to move it because it was so heavy.  Man did I make alot of mistakes on that thing.
WEBER 18" SMOKEY MOUNTAIN - Cooked on that alot and loved it.
WEBER 22" SMOKEY MOUNTAIN - Thought bigger was better, but didn't like it as much. Not as efficient
COOKSHACK SMOKETTE - Wanted to go with easy since my kids were getting very busy.  MISTAKE - Anybody that sez electric smokers put out great Que, has never had great Que.
BLAZ'N GRILLWORKS GRIDIRON - This made me fall back in love with BBQ. 
STUMPS BABY XL - This got me really serious about BBQ
GATEWAY DRUM SMOKERS (x5) - This is my GO TO now.  I have one on the patio and 4 in the Comp Trailer. 

Anybody that tells me they want to get into BBQ, I tell them to by a pellet smoker.  It's the easiest thing to learn to bbq on.  It allows you to focus on the meat and process, without worrying about the fire or heat source.

I did have some GRILLS mixed in there.  An old Sunbeam, Ducane, Weber Genesis, and Weber Performer.

[Kristin Meredith]

Good heavens, I can't compare with you folks:

     *  Little hibachi in law school and second apt (first one had no outside space)
     *  Weber kettle, I think about 30 inches across (it was $99 in mid-90's bought for my first house)
     *  Memphis Pro (co-owner with Bent)
     *  GMG Daniel Boone (bought for myself for my Vegas home)

[Michael_NW]

Like most things in my life, I tend to be kind of simple and uncomplicated (read 'uninteresting') when it comes to my hobbies, smoking being one of them.

Hibachi . . . didn't last too long, I was young and dumb and left it out in the rain
Various Weber gassers . . . never liked how disposable they were
Traeger Junior . . . a very-used gift from a friend which has since been re-gifted; it gave me a taste of what a pellet grill COULD be
Weber Spirit . . . the wife needs something she can use without having to re-learn her habits, and it cooks wonderfully tasty burgers when we're in a hurry
MAK 2-Star . . . I'll be sticking with this smoker for a VERY long time!

[pmillen]

If you haven't already, may want to check out academy for the Old Country Over under smoker. Same sort of concept. Seems that people are very impressed with quality for the money. They are about 500 dollars.

I don't have an Academy anywhere near me so I went to their web site.  I searched on Old Country and Old Country BBQ (listed for me a possibilities) and continually received an "Oops, something went wrong screen."  Just my luck.

[Free Mr. Tony]

If you haven't already, may want to check out academy for the Old Country Over under smoker. Same sort of concept. Seems that people are very impressed with quality for the money. They are about 500 dollars.

I don't have an Academy anywhere near me so I went to their web site.  I searched on Old Country and Old Country BBQ (listed for me a possibilities) and continually received an "Oops, something went wrong screen."  Just my luck.

See if this works. Looks like they ship for 99 dollars 

[pmillen]

See if this works.

It worked.  The Old Country is remarkably similar.  It's certainly less costly.  There are some stores a half-day drive south of here.  It may be worth the drive to fondle it and possibly pick it up to save the $99 shipping.

Thanks for the tip.

[Old Smokey]

Weber Kettle
El Cheapo Brinkman
WSM
Little Chief
Weber Genesis
GMG DB

[tmb2735]

Dukane Built in gas grill
22 Weber Kettle
18 WSM
Weber smokey Joe
Weber Genesis Gas grill
Traeger BBQ 100
Weber Performer kettle (on clearance what the heck!)
Traeger Timberline 850

[Bentley]

A guess at the beginning would be...
Taking my folks PK charcoal cuz they bought a Weber.
2 or 3 <$200 LPG, the ones that had the smoked glass on the hood.
2 UDS.
Memphis Pro.
Daniel Boone.

[Bar-B-Lew]

Bent, I thought you had a Traeger or two in there somewhere.

[Kristin Meredith]

Yes, two Traegers and a Louisiana Whole Hog Bent.