"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> Just a blurb about it here
> http://bbq.about.com/od/grills/a/aa032506a_3.htm

This I saw, but there's no comprhensive reviews for it it seems. There
doesn't seem to be much of a stir in consumer review land.

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> I have a Great Outdoors smoker and I've had another similar and like them
> both. I don't know if the VC is worth the extra $$ or not, but I did see
> it for $549 I paid $128 from the Wal Mart web site for mine and had it
> shipped to a local store.
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> http://www.barbecues.com/web/catalog...d=230&cm_wid=B

I'm being offered it for $599 cdn from a local retailer here in
Newfoundland. Wal Mart here carries a smaller one which is similar to yours
for $189cdn. I've got to admit that the VC looks a lot solider.

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> This is what I have
> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3342508
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> You can buy a lot of ribs and briskets for the price difference, but it is
> your choice. I think they both will work about the same.

Yes, but The VC is a lot larger and solider than the one available to
Canadians. Home Depot carried a smaller VC smoker last year that's no
longer available. This is the trouble with being out of the mainstream.
Out here you have to take what they offer or pay the premium. Those new
seals on the VC look like the bee's knees for battling the wind here.
That's where half the problem lies.

On a brighter note I got a 104kg of Royal Oak lump for $1 p/kg this week.
It's the first time I've seen lump for half the going price for briquette.
As a bonus I was able to trade over fifty dollars worth of company loyalty
points for the cost too. :-) I battled the winds with rich amounts of fuel
to barbeque long chunks of beef short rib and turkey.
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