"D. Winsor" > wrote in message
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> "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
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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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I have the Walmart model. It is a wide body smoker which I believe they
offered for one year only. I paid $99.00 US.
It is flimsier than the GSM, but as I live in Texas, do not really need the
mass that our brothers in the north need. I am fully satisfied with it.
I agree the gaskets are a valid selling point, I just wonder if they are
worth their extra cost.
I had SWAMBO sew a quilted cover for it for those cooler (<100 degree) days
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3342508