Hi,
Newby here! Saw the Close BBQ Pits on Food Network on the show Food Finds
and was impressed.
From $69 to $4500 I believe the website at
http://www.bbqpits.com
Anyway, are these smokers and grills as good as they're cracked up to be?
Am thinking of getting one, but respect the opinions of those on this group.
Thanks a bunch.
Carolyn
Charleston, WV

"Carolyn Ranker" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Newby here! Saw the Close BBQ Pits on Food Network on the show Food Finds
and was impressed.
From $69 to $4500 I believe the website at
http://www.bbqpits.com
Anyway, are these smokers and grills as good as they're cracked up to be?
Am thinking of getting one, but respect the opinions of those on this
group.
Thanks a bunch.
Carolyn
Charleston, WV



Definitely one of the best, definitely all they're cracked up to be.

JD

"Carolyn Ranker" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Newby here! Saw the Close BBQ Pits on Food Network on the show Food Finds
and was impressed.
From $69 to $4500 I believe the website at
http://www.bbqpits.com
Anyway, are these smokers and grills as good as they're cracked up to be?

Yes, if you mean Klose pits. Some of the best
Ed

They are big, heavy traditional offset BBQ pits. No doubt they are very
well made, and very good if you like that style of pit.

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"Carolyn Ranker" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Newby here! Saw the Close BBQ Pits on Food Network on the show Food Finds
and was impressed.
From $69 to $4500 I believe the website at
http://www.bbqpits.com
Anyway, are these smokers and grills as good as they're cracked up to be?
Am thinking of getting one, but respect the opinions of those on this
group.
Thanks a bunch.
Carolyn
Charleston, WV

Louis Cohen wrote:
They are big, heavy traditional offset BBQ pits. No doubt they are
very well made, and very good if you like that style of pit.


Don't you worry 'bout Louis, it's good, we got a lot of flower pot and
metal suppository cookers here, offsets work real good.



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"Carolyn Ranker" wrote
Hi,
Newby here! Saw the Close BBQ Pits on Food Network on the show Food Finds
and was impressed.
From $69 to $4500 I believe the website at
http://www.bbqpits.com
Anyway, are these smokers and grills as good as they're cracked up to be?
Am thinking of getting one, but respect the opinions of those on this group.
Thanks a bunch.
Carolyn
Charleston, WV

I picked up a Klose 20x42 about a year ago and have been very happy
with it. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for an offset. Only
downside to it is its weight. At close to 800lbs I'm not going to get
a crane to lift it up to my second story deck.

Ordered a Kamado number 5 for deck duty.

JohnG

I, too, have a Klose 20x42. I got it in 1998. I thought it weighs
600 lbs, not 800 lbs as JohnG says.

I own the Klose, a WSM, and a 22" Weber kettle. I use the Klose much
less often than the other two, but it makes the best Q. That's
because it burns wood, and you just can't beat real wood for real Q.
I find that it takes quite a bit of wood to keep the Klose going.

--THC

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Carolyn Ranker wrote:

Newby here! Saw the Close BBQ Pits on Food Network on the show Food Finds
and was impressed.
From $69 to $4500 I believe the website at
http://www.bbqpits.com
Anyway, are these smokers and grills as good as they're cracked up to be?
Am thinking of getting one, but respect the opinions of those on this group.

I own one. Klose pits are as good as any available. I would say they
are the standard against which all other offset pits are judged. Most
of them are big. Plan to cook for a crowd. Otherwise it's not worth
firing up such a big pit. They can go well beyond $4500, BTW.
--
Andy Williams

Thomas Cormen wrote
I, too, have a Klose 20x42. I got it in 1998. I thought it weighs
600 lbs, not 800 lbs as JohnG says.

Weight probably depends on options. I went with a 1/2" firebox and a
couple of other minor things. Either that or Conway overcharged me on
the shipping.

JohnG

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:58:20 -0700, "Carolyn Ranker"
wrote:

§Hi,
§Newby here! Saw the Close BBQ Pits on Food Network on the show Food
Finds
§and was impressed.
§From $69 to $4500 I believe the website at
§http://www.bbqpits.com
§Anyway, are these smokers and grills as good as they're cracked up to
be?
§Am thinking of getting one, but respect the opinions of those on this
group.
§Thanks a bunch.
§Carolyn
§Charleston, WV
§

I just received my new Klose 20 X 42 and had the first Q'ng for the
June graduates in the family and I couldn't be happier with the rig.
It does everything I wanted a quality smoke rig to do and it does it
well.

Their customer service is first rate too. After I unloaded mine from
the truck and got it unwrapped I noticed that the thermometer was
missing. I called Frank at the plant the same day and asked him how
soon he could get one out because I had that large graduation party
coming up that I was cooking for. He told me that I would have one the
next day. True to his word, UPS rang my doorbell the next morning with
a next day air package, thermometer enclosed.

Call Klose and get Dave or Frank on the phone, tell them what you're
looking for in a grill and what you want it to do. They're very good
about answering any questions that you have.


Rick Simms

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An optimist hopes they are.

Rick Simms wrote in message . ..
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:58:20 -0700, "Carolyn Ranker"
wrote:
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§Charleston, WV
§

I just received my new Klose 20 X 42 and had the first Q'ng for the
June graduates in the family and I couldn't be happier with the rig.
It does everything I wanted a quality smoke rig to do and it does it
well.

Their customer service is first rate too. After I unloaded mine from
the truck and got it unwrapped I noticed that the thermometer was
missing. I called Frank at the plant the same day and asked him how
soon he could get one out because I had that large graduation party
coming up that I was cooking for. He told me that I would have one the
next day. True to his word, UPS rang my doorbell the next morning with
a next day air package, thermometer enclosed.

Call Klose and get Dave or Frank on the phone, tell them what you're
looking for in a grill and what you want it to do. They're very good
about answering any questions that you have.


Rick Simms.

Rick:
You've had your Klose pit for a week or so. Hows it working for you?
Any issues with the unit at all? Better yet, hows the food!

Pierre

Pierre wrote:
Rick Simms wrote in message
Rick:
You've had your Klose pit for a week or so. Hows it working for you?
Any issues with the unit at all? Better yet, hows the food!

Pierre

And what the heck is the water reservoir for?


Dale
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"Duwop" wrote in message

|| Pierre wrote:
||| Rick Simms wrote in message
||| Rick:
||| You've had your Klose pit for a week or so. Hows it working for
||| you? Any issues with the unit at all? Better yet, hows the food!
|||
||| Pierre
||
|| And what the heck is the water reservoir for?
||
||

Having a source of hot water near the pit can be a godsend especially when
you're out using it at a remote location.

JD

JD wrote:

"Duwop" wrote in message

|| Pierre wrote:
||| Rick Simms wrote in message
||| Rick:
||| You've had your Klose pit for a week or so. Hows it working for
||| you? Any issues with the unit at all? Better yet, hows the food!
|||
||| Pierre
||
|| And what the heck is the water reservoir for?
||
||

Having a source of hot water near the pit can be a godsend especially when
you're out using it at a remote location.

JD



Or mandatory if you're vending your product within the jurisdiction of
many health departments...There is (or was) a fellow selling some
extraordinarily good Mexican food from an outwardly typical mobile "taco
stand" in Tooele, Utah when I lived there three years back who was
nearly put out of business for want of running hot water in his
rig...town residents got together and fixed him up...

Douglas Barber wrote:
JD wrote:
Having a source of hot water near the pit can be a godsend
especially when you're out using it at a remote location.

Or mandatory if you're vending your product within the jurisdiction of
many health departments...There is (or was) a fellow selling some


I see said the blind man, thank you.

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