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Default Making a real BBQ rig

the warlock society wrote:

>
> Bob wrote:
> > > I wanted to make my own as well but when I realized it was cheaper
> > > to
> > > just buy the electric smoker that had everything I wanted in it
> > > anyways; that's what i did.
> > >

> > An electric smoker? Egads, what will they think of next? I guess
> > those electrons give everything a nice electric flavor.
> >
> > You call that barbeque or smoking?


>
> sorry im not a dimwitted redneck who can afford to spend 15 hours
> babysitting a woodsmoker... clearly your self worth is quantified by
> the amount of time you spend sitting in front of your "real" smoker; a
> fairly pathetic assertation if you ask me.


This is what's known as a false dilemma. "Real" barbecue rigs don't
require constant attention, at least not charcoal-based ones. A WSM
using the Minion Method requires little attention beyond an occasional
check to replenish smoke wood in the early going, and the overall temps
at intervals.



Brian

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