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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2021, 11:03:18 AM »
My charcoal grill would just get used more often.  It has a wide body, and I have used it for low and slow cooking before for several hours.  I haven't tried to keep it going for long enough for a brisket though.

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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #16 on: April 20, 2021, 11:18:57 AM »
I'd probably go with a Chargriller charcoal grill with an attached firebox. It's what I used before I got the PB820.
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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #17 on: April 20, 2021, 12:27:20 PM »
MB Gravity for me as well. I think they now have 3 models.
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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2021, 01:13:58 PM »
Quote from: bregent on April 20, 2021, 12:27:20 PM
MB Gravity for me as well. I think they now have 3 models.

I just looked at the "Masterbuilt 30 in. Gravity Series 1050 Digital Charcoal Grill"
Looks like a pretty nice unit.
Wish I had known about it before I bought my gasser.
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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2021, 03:36:57 PM »
I think I'd go back to pure gasser.  Napoleon pro series comes to mind. 
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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2021, 06:26:39 PM »
If I am not using my RT, I use my Weber Kettle.
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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #21 on: April 21, 2021, 10:17:14 AM »
I use my pellet grill the most, but already have a Weber Summit Charcoal I use as well. If I had to get rid of pellets all together I’d probably just use that, but be tempted constantly to buy one of the Masterbuilts for convenience.

Some day I want to get some form of stick burner, but haven’t settled on traditional offset, KBQ, or something like an M1 or Good One Open Range. It might depend on what shows up on the local used market as I don’t see using it enough to justify buying one new.
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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2021, 10:42:46 AM »
My brother liked the Lang offset he used to have.
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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #23 on: April 21, 2021, 11:14:52 AM »
Quote from: Bar-B-Lew on April 21, 2021, 10:42:46 AM
My brother liked the Lang offset he used to have.

I really thought I wanted a KBQ as it's the closest thing in the stick burner world to a pellet grill. However, there's rarely not at least a strong breeze where I live, so I'm not sure the open firebox on top is going to be the wisest choice and it might severely limit the days I could even use it when I wished to, so that is leading me more to the others. I'd love one of the new Franklin BBQ Pits, a Lone Star Grillz, or a Shirley Fabrication unit, but no way I can justify the price on those for something that will end up used likely 1-2 times a month for probably at most 9 months of the year.

Lang is probably one of the one's I'd snatch up for the right price used along with a Horizon or and older Oklahoma Joe before they sold the company. I like the reverse flow concept of the Lang for sure.
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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2021, 12:15:46 AM »
We have a Weber summit charcoal and a Hasty Bake Gourmet. Both cook great. The Weber is thrifty with charcoal. The MAK is the work horse and if we had only one cooker it would be the MAK
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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #25 on: April 23, 2021, 08:47:29 PM »
I purchased a masterbuilt just to have a cabinet for cold smoking.  It was on sale when I was buying all the other equipment for sausage making.  Before that I used a Webber kettle and the snake method for smoking.
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Re: If you did not use a pellet smoker what would you use?
« Reply #26 on: April 24, 2021, 08:12:51 AM »
Just don't smoke that much anymore.  I would probably like a Santa Maria grill.
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