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Hit 200 briskets this weekend and my best one came from a $30 pit from a garage sale
Everyone keeps telling me you need a $2000 offset smoker to make competition level brisket. I've cooked on a beat up Char-Griller I found on Facebook Marketplace for $30. After 200 briskets, that cheap pit has taught me more about fire management than any expensive rig could. The thin steel forces you to pay attention, you cant just set it and forget it. Anyone else get better results from a crappy smoker cause it made you learn the hard way?
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caleb_stone1mo ago
200 briskets on a $30 garage sale pit... that's insane man. I'd be scared the thing would fall apart halfway through a cook.
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drew9651mo ago
Right?! I had a cheap offset that nearly buckled on me mid-smoke once...
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jennyp191mo ago
That line about nearly buckling mid-smoke gave me chills man. I have this old bullet smoker I got for like 50 bucks at a yard sale and I swear every time I open the lid I'm half expecting the whole thing to just fold in on itself. @caleb_stone you're braver than me taking it to 200 briskets on a garage sale pit, I would have given out after like five. It's wild how something that cheap can hold up that long but one wrong gust of wind and it's all over.
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