What brand of smoker do you recommend

[RangerClay]

My buddy wants to get a smoker and he asked me for advice. I know little about smokers so I said I would ask the experts. He would like to smoke ham and turkey for sandwich meat plus occasionally make jerky. What brand do you recommend and should he get gas or electric?

[leatherneck]

Re: What brand of smoker do you recommend

Tell him to look at the Big Green Egg website. My Dad and I both have one of these, and I will never use anything else again. They can be alittle expensive, but you will get what you pay for. This thing will last a life time and then some.

Hope this helps some anyway.

Ryan

[Ravin R10 man]

Re: What brand of smoker do you recommend

I just use my grill..it works great, and I get double duty out of it. You MUST have a thermometer no matter what ya get.

[Tominator]

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I have a little chief. Works pretty good.

[QDMAworks4me]

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My buddy wants to get a smoker and he asked me for advice. I know little about smokers so I said I would ask the experts. He would like to smoke ham and turkey for sandwich meat plus occasionally make jerky. What brand do you recommend and should he get gas or electric?

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Well my dad is a smoker do you want him, he sometimes has gas and can fix eletric things

[Hoyt03]

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I would look into the gas smokers. I have the big Cheif, its electric and does not really cook the food, only gives it the smoke flavor. When using that i find myself finishing the cooking elsewhere. I would go with gas, or build your own small smokehouse which would be awesome.

[sskybnd]

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i have a brickman smoker, its great for smoking hams or turkeys, but yes you have to have a thermometer on it couse the water will lower the temp, or if the fire gets low also,

[Randy]

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My buddy wants to get a smoker and he asked me for advice. I know little about smokers so I said I would ask the experts. He would like to smoke ham and turkey for sandwich meat plus occasionally make jerky. What brand do you recommend and should he get gas or electric?

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Well my dad is a smoker do you want him, he sometimes has gas and can fix eletric things

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[AJ]

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I have a SmokinTex electric smoker and it works very well. Its the same as the Cookshack but a lot cheaper as it is imported. I looked at the Bradley but it only uses the hockey pucks of wood.

The drawback to the charcoal smokers is regulating the temperatures. The drawback to the cheaper un-insulated gas smokers is the same thing, they are not insulated. The insulated electric smokers like ST, Cookshack, Bradley, etc, can maintain their temperatures. They also use a lot less wood to get the same level of smoke flavor as the others. I have smoked pork shoulders, brisket, ribs, pork loin, chickens, summer sausage, and prime rib. I am very pleased with mine. The ST and Cookshack also have cold smoke plated that will allow the smoking of cheeses, pasta, and other food items that can not be heated but want the smoke flavor.

[wtnhunt]

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Had a brinkman charcoal smoker for years and it was wore out. Was going to get the smokin tex that AJ suggested, but cost just a little bit more than I wanted to spend. Ended up with the masterbuilt electric smoker in stainless from cabelas and have been very happy with it so far. Like AJ says, it uses very little amount of woods to get the smoke flavor and does a great job with it being electric it regulates the temp very effectively.