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Bob_Landry
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Feb 16, 2014

Smoker Recommendations

DW has the idea that we need a small wood smoker to take along camping, and I have to admit that idea does have merit. Nobody loves a good brisket more that I do. My home smoker is too large to load and unload in the truck, so I'm thinking along the line of a small gas or electric smoker. Actually, I'm leaning towards electric since we are already paying for electric when we camp, it's better to cook on their nickel instead of my propane, and actually the only requirement is something to make the wood smoulder. Any recommendations on a small cooker that won't break the bank?

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  • I would get a Great Smokey Mountain propane smoker. It has a cast iron box over the burner for the wood chips.

    Great Smokey Mountain smoker

    We used ours for years before moving to professional cookers since we compete in BBQ. You may also consider building an Ugly Drum Smoker (Google it).
  • Google Mini WSM. It is a smoker made using a 32 quart stock pot and a smokey joe weber grill.
  • I like the stuff I bring to be able to do double duty so I rigged something I could both bbq on as well as smoke on. I added a steel plate over the heat diffusers to put my chips on. When I want to bbq, I just remove the chip plate.
  • I do good work with the $40 brinkmann electric water smoker you get at Home Depot or Lowes. I can smoke good on a Weber, too.