Don't buy one. Like someone said before build a UDS (upright/ugly drum smoker). You should be able to do it for under $100 and it will outperform just about anything other than some of the top of the line stuff. Just google "building a UDS" and it will come back with tons of stuff. I am going to be doing one myself in the next month or so.
i'd be interested in seeing the progress of that. It saw on craiglist some drums but where can you find foodgrade. Are you using a sawzall or grinder for the cuts?
The key is to not made any cuts at all. You want the thing to be vitually airtight. That is what makes it work so well. From what I have read you can easily have one load of charcoal last 16-18 without reloading and hold pretty dead on to whatever temp you want the whole time.
You pretty much make a couple air inlet holes at the bottom and cap all but one off and but a ball valve on the other. Then you just need to make a charcoal basket to sit in the bottom and mount a grate about 24" above it. I found a place about 10 miles from me that sells refurbed barrels so I don't need to worry about what was in them before. It is called an ugly drum smoker for a reason, but it works amazingly.
I planned on doing a build thread in the cooking section here when I do mine.
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I have to go into town this morning to get some wood.
My gf's uncle is a Green Egg distributor up here in the NW and needless to say we always get to enjoy something made on the Egg for dinner over there. Incredible stuff. I'm sold on one, just need to extra $$ to get one. Hope your search ends well and you're smoking soon.
I have a Char Broil Smoker off set smoker that I love. I can set it up to do cold smokeing too. I have even smoked grains in it for a smoked beer. Which after about 4 months in the fridge turned out amazing.
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