So one of my long time friends and I started a bbq catering/food truck business this year, things are starting to pick up and we ran across an old restaurant building which didn't need a ton of work and would fit our needs perfectly. We made a very good offer and are in the process of closing on it and now starts the process of sourcing a new smoker for the restaurant we are going to be running. This smoker fits our needs for now, it's not the exact smoker we wanted, but it will get the job done and give us a path to our dream smoker in the future.
Yes it's gas assist, but with a competition switch we will be turning off the gas assist other than to bring it up to temp and running 90%+ wood for heat source though it. 72 square feet of cooking space, 18" deep racks and she will hold 1200ish lbs of meat per load. I'm getting excited to see what this thing will allow me to do with my cooking, our current smoker (a mere 32 square foot reverse flow cabinet smoker) has taught me so much about myself that I never realized already. When your putting your ass on the line and cooking for the public you really break yourself down to the fine grains of salt and pepper I use for rubs, this journey this year has given me a new lease on life and brought me out of a deep depressing hole I never realized I was in with where my lifes work was going.
Excited to share on here what this thing turns out, soon she will be fired up and roaring....SOON!