Which smoker

[scooterz20]

Which one is the best.
Masterbuilt 560 gravity series
Traeger pro 575
Pit Boss copperhead 3-series wood pellet vertical smoker

[rds_nc]

Don't forget to look at Kamado Joes, too.

[Bobcat55]

Bought this 3 months ago. I have owned several. This is by far the best. https://www.bbqguys.com/victory/free...l-black-bbq-pg

[zaprod71]

I'm looking at a Masterbuilt gravity 800. Gonna pull the trigger on it this week.

[plbass]

Generally use a stick burner but keep hearing good things on pellet smokers. May end up buying one in the future.

[John Hagins]

I use a Rec Tec 590 and really like it.

John

[RazorCat]

My some has a RecTec Bull. That thing will produce some fine smoked meat, and cooks a decent steak. I love visiting them because I know I’ll be eating some gourmet smoked/grilled meals.
But, he has told me more than once the same cuts of meat cooked on my Big Green Egg are just plain better. His words, not mine.
I’m partial. I love cooking on the Egg. Nothing more fun than loading it up with lump and post oak and doing a 22-23 hour cook on a big Angus Prime brisket or some Dino bone beef ribs.
You get the right damper control like a SMOBOT or the Egg Genius and all you have to do is sit back and let run until done.

[pops72106]

I had a Rec Tec 700 for 4-5 years, and loved it for everything except searing steaks, then they came out with the 1250, that reaches 700+ so I gave my son the 700, and bought the 1250, and must say it is incredible.

[MarkVarble]

I love my Green Mountain. I've had it for 8 years.

[scooterz20]

I went with the pit boss series 3 vertical. I have smoked a pork but , some ribs and salmon. All have come out great. I didn't need a grill so I went with just the smoker. I had a masterbuilt gas smoker but it went bad.

[SteveDyer]

I don't really see the need to have such a small gravity feed. You can get 12 hours smoke time out of any kettle, and no smoker makes a good grill no matter how hot it gets. If you want to grill food use a grill, if ya want to smoke use a smoker.

I use my pellet smoker 3-4 times a week. If I had to pick just one kind of smoker to get it would be a pellet.

[itsahog]

I don't really see the need to have such a small gravity feed. You can get 12 hours smoke time out of any kettle, and no smoker makes a good grill no matter how hot it gets. If you want to grill food use a grill, if ya want to smoke use a smoker.

I use my pellet smoker 3-4 times a week. If I had to pick just one kind of smoker to get it would be a pellet.

I have a kettle style smoker, and I have a Char-Griller gravity fed smoker. I will agree the best smoke comes from the kettle style, but I disagree on size, I can get way more food on my gravity fed then I can a kettle. As far as pellet smokers go, I’ve had three of them. To me they are the worst for smoking, but probably the most convenient. Obviously my first choice would not be a pellet grill, since I have five cookers and zero pellet grills. That said, I think they’ve came a long way since I owned and one definitely considering one. If I were to buy one, at this point I think it would be a Rec Tec (sp) no matter what a pellet grill in my opinion is not a real smoker. i’m not a big fan of the pellets, which basically are pressed sawdust and glue.

[Axkiker]

I went with the pit boss series 3 vertical. I have smoked a pork but , some ribs and salmon. All have come out great. I didn't need a grill so I went with just the smoker. I had a masterbuilt gas smoker but it went bad.

I plan on getting that pit boss as well. The vertical stance makes it so I can pipe the smoke up the chimney in my garage.

[RazorCat]

I don't really see the need to have such a small gravity feed. You can get 12 hours smoke time out of any kettle, and no smoker makes a good grill no matter how hot it gets. If you want to grill food use a grill, if ya want to smoke use a smoker.

I use my pellet smoker 3-4 times a week. If I had to pick just one kind of smoker to get it would be a pellet.

Except ceramic smokers like the BGE or Kamado Joe, or similar. Cook at temps from 150º to 750º+. My Egg will sear a steak perfectly every time. The main reason I bought one. Versatility.

[wwc3]

Iliked my BGE but, got a lot of pleasure in giving it to my son. I got a pellet grill and dont look back !!

[fly by night]

Good choice, I have the Pit Boss 820 and really like it.

I plan on getting that pit boss as well. The vertical stance makes it so I can pipe the smoke up the chimney in my garage.

[RoadrashPaul]

Except ceramic smokers like the BGE or Kamado Joe, or similar. Cook at temps from 150º to 750º+. My Egg will sear a steak perfectly every time. The main reason I bought one. Versatility.

Yep and also the reason I have a Joe. I can do everything from baking to searing in it. I have done chocolate chip cookies to 700* pizza cooks. It’s not as easy or forgiving as a pellet grill but very versatile.

[Jay]

I have the Traeger 575 WiFi version. Love it, works great for the wife and I.Only thing is it gets awfully crowded when we get company. So if you prone too have gatherings of family and friends, I’d go at least the next size up. We’ve had ours for a couple years now, and it’s never failed us yet.