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Overheard a guy at the hardware store say old offset smokers beat new pellet grills any day
I was picking up charcoal last Saturday at the Ace in Amarillo and this older fella was telling the cashier his 1987 Oklahoma Joe still runs perfect. Said he's never had a circuit board fail or a hopper jam on him. Got me thinking about my own pellet smoker that's been acting up lately. I've had to replace the controller twice in three years. There's something to be said for a simple firebox and a stack that you can fix with a pair of pliers. He said modern tech just adds more ways for things to break. Now I'm wondering if I should sell the pellet rig and hunt down an old offset. Anyone here made that switch and regret it?
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sam1724d ago
Man, I feel you on that. I've been eyeing my neighbor's beat up old Brinkmann offset and wondering if I'm overcomplicating things with all this digital stuff.
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hill.andrew24d ago
Made the exact same switch last year and haven't looked back once. Sold my Traeger to a buddy after the third auger jam and picked up a beat-up old New Braunfels for seventy bucks off Craigslist. You cannot beat the flavor from a real fire and the peace of mind knowing you can fix anything on it with a hammer and a screwdriver.
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