This was posted as per this thread
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/858022
It has now come down to $299.25 but no longer shows on the website.
Picked mine up yesterday.
Not sure if it is Australia wide.
Use this link to find stock.
https://bunnings.youinstock.com.au/search/0353726
Retail price of about $600 now half price.
The metal will be thin, this will impact a steady heat level plus if any wind it will deop temperature fast.
Pellets themselves can be quite expensive to maintain, paticularly non-hickory pellets.
You might want to consider using it for the first 2 to 3 hours of the cook to get the smoke penetration and after this move the cook into the oven, especially if you are foil wrapping anyway.
I cannot comment on how it detects the heat level, but the location of the heat probe in relation to the burner can impact perceived temperature vs actual temperature. Are there hot spot's and cold spots?
Smoking is lots of time and money, its a great way to spend a day, especially if your annoiying neighbours have just hung out their washing.
I’ve got this one, I set the temp to 175c and the hood read 170, in built digital thermometer read 176 and my separate inkbird probe read 174. I was very surprised but it seems accurate
NVM, none in qld
What I've learnt (not with this smoker) when cooking a whole chicken, don't cook it whole or spackcock. Your wings, drumstick, thigh cook faster than your breast. If you wait for your breast to reach 74 degrees, the other parts will be overcooked and dried out.
I know you can salt brine overnight to improve tendernous, but thats extra work and you need space in fridge.
I have the bigger version of this and we love it even my wife cooks on it. Super easy to use just set the temp and it lights itself and turn it off and it extinguish itself. only complaint is the smoke plate inside is a pain to clean.
Would 100% recommend its so easy to use
how does this compare to the 399 pit boss barrel smoker, btw the linked below smoker is 899 usd in usa which makes 0 sense why its 399 aud in australia, i have never seen us pay less for anything
https://www.bunnings.com.au/pit-boss-champion-charcoal-smoke…
based on my brief research on youtube, the barrel will have a better meat taste, due to direct and indirect charcoal heat will have better smoke rings, it cooks much faster than a pellet smoker, and side to side taste tests have shown that a barrel smoker yields better flavour not to mention more robust, can cook alot more in one go, cheaper fuel due to only charcoal and not special pellets, and overall less things to go wrong in the long run, as well as the heavy duty nature of this linked unit with thick steel
Own a model up from this and it's a great entry into smoking. Pellets remove a lot of the hassle of constantly monitoring your temps, and tending a fire to try and maintain a consistent temperature, which means you don't need to babysit them nearly as much (saying that, I know for a lot of people the appeal is telling the missus you're busy with the smoker while you sit there and knock back beers).
I saw a comment about the thickness of the metal, these really aren't that thin that it's a problem (although it can be for those in parts of the world where it gets much colder, which can be easily overcome with a welders blanket).
For $300, this is a steal. If you have any interest in getting into smoking, this is a great place to start.
A few tips:
How much pellets does this consume for say a 10-12 hour brisket?
Was going to get a gas webber but would a wood pellet smoker like this be a better investment for taste vs time
Not really comparable imo. The Weber will be much cheaper to run and is far more versatile imo. One is mainly for smoking the other is a gas bbq.
I'm not a fan of pellet smokers or anything that uses a fan to produce convection cooking when smoking.
You'll never get a perfect brisket out of this, ribs and pork shoulder come out great…. At this price it's excellent, but pellets aren't cheap.
I don't think pellet smokers are the best way to get started with smoking, better off saving up for a smokey mountain (or buy from marketplace).
Only speaking from my experience, I've owned a pellet smoker, a vertical gas smoker and an offset.
Thanks will stick to a Weber for now
Yes, yes and yes. My first porter house steaks tasted like wood smoked bacon, amazing. The sandwich with the left over steak 2 days later heated in the microwave was the best tasting sandwich I’ve ever had.
This doesn’t have a flame opening rod so will require some modification to make it easier to use.
every review i see says a barrel smoker provides much better level of smoky flavors than a pellet grill. cooks faster and is cheaper to run, you just have to understand how to control the heat, and its pretty hands off once you get the hang of it going by youtube videos, also fill of charcoal will last a whole cook and than some, it burns slow u can control it with the air vents, ive also seen the weber smoky mountain compared to the pit bos barrel smoker which costs 899 in usa, and they are neck and neck, the crazy thing is for some reason its 399 in australia which makes no sense
If you want the easy was to snoke meat, its a easy and cheap way.
Meats tatse great, with little hassle
Can anyone recommend a good charcoal grill for cooking skewers and small chunks of meat on coals?
Anyone got asny experience with this? Could go my first smoker!