BBQ Smokers

[goeduck]

Range hoods that vent outside are a game changer. I can’t believe how few houses have them.

Down drafts work well but to me they seem to sweep in too much oil that needs to be periodically cleaned out. I prefer hoods above.

 

[grsthegreat]

My ultimate grilling goal is to do one or the other or both when large groups are here:
1. Sous Vide the steak to doneness and sear it on the gas grill
2. Smoke it in a pellet stove.

I can actually wear steaks on my yoder 640 grill after low heat smoking them for flavor. Man they have ruined steakhouse steaks for me.

 

[om21braz]

My question to the posters here is this; I have to buy something because I can't stand to eat a steak or hamburger that has been fried on the stove, should I buy a gas barbeque or a smoker? Is smoked food that much better?

I had a couple of Holland indirect gas grills. Nice units, no worries of burning anything - but not enough heat to sear. Now you have several gas units to choose from that will sear - Napoleon, Fire Magic, Wilmington. I choose to go the wood or other route. Looked at Big Green Egg, Primo and Kamado Joe vs. Traeger, Green Mountain, Memphis, etc. I found the pellet grills to be the best of both worlds. Slow or fast cook, sear or smoke. I do not expect to ever go back to gas.

 

[bunyip]

Our smoker is a Pro Q which is in 3 sections, I remove the centre section and deflector and can use it the same as a weber kettle with just charcoal or good heat beads.

 

[cat fever]

There's some new fangled things they call "range hoods"that will take care of those annoying smoke detectors. Were it not for my range hood,I couldn't fry bacon or make toast.

We just moved into our new home in January. We did put in a range hood that vents to the outside, it is nice. We seem to forget to turn it on until the smoke alarm goes off. We'll get use to it sooner or later, we've never had one before.

I think as to the smoker, we're going to go that route.:licking:

 

[grsthegreat]

Funny, in my neck of the woods I’ve never lived in a house that didnt have an outdoor vented range hood. I never thought houses were built without one

 

[cat fever]

I've had hood fans that suck the air up and blow it back out into the room in every house I've owned. This house is the first that blows the air outside. It's nice but like I said we forget to use it because we've never had one like it.

 

[jaxs]

Not to hi-jack discussion from outhouses and range hoods:laughing:,but I have a question. There was a time when most gas grills had lava rock between burners and meat. Why did that change?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Not to hi-jack discussion from outhouses and range hoods:laughing:,but I have a question. There was a time when most gas grills had lava rock between burners and meat. Why did that change?

$$$ i guess.

 

[hawkeye08]

Not to hi-jack discussion from outhouses and range hoods:laughing:,but I have a question. There was a time when most gas grills had lava rock between burners and meat. Why did that change?

They went to cheap metal heat shields to disperse the heat, something more to rot. I don't think we ever had a lava rock rot away like the cheap shields.

 

[goeduck]

Funny, in my neck of the woods I致e never lived in a house that didnt have an outdoor vented range hood. I never thought houses were built without one

The effectiveness of the hood is paramount. One house I owned had a wall fan about 3 feet away from the range. It worked (if you can call it that) to some extent, but I added an over the range hood to get better exhaust.

 

[bunyip]

My brother is renovating an old house he bought and pulled out the flexible flue in the range hood, it was about 40 years old and 6" diameter, he said the build up of grease caused it to crash to the floor when he released it and the hole up the middle was just over an inch, he replaced rather than clean.
We pulled out a 600mm cooktop and put a 900mm in a different area, we left in the old rrange hood over the bench and use for the deep fryer and toaster.

 

[goeduck]

My brother is renovating an old house he bought and pulled out the flexible flue in the range hood, it was about 40 years old and 6" diameter, he said the build up of grease caused it to crash to the floor when he released it and the hole up the middle was just over an inch, he replaced rather than clean.
We pulled out a 600mm cooktop and put a 900mm in a different area, we left in the old rrange hood over the bench and use for the deep fryer and toaster.

40 year old bacon grease :yuck:

 

[bunyip]

Could be delicious, you just never know:vomit:

 

[jaxs]

Grease build up is more than enough reason to spend extra on hood with filter. Filter trap's grease where it can be cleaned. A cooktop fire can easily ignite grease in flue which would quickly set the attic or roof ablaze.
To be discussing something good as BBQ,this thread sure take's some nasty detours.

 

[bunyip]

Most threads ricochet at some point, makes for an interesting diversion before someone steers it back.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Most threads ricochet at some point, makes for an interesting diversion before someone steers it back.

Exactly. Few subjects in the world can survive 400 posts and not veer off course from time to time. Doesn't offend me; in fact, it keeps the subject interesting. In closing, let me say that the ABTs that I cooked on the BGE on Memorial Day were perfect. All three dozen disappeared in just a few minutes (Including the three that I helped myself to).

Here's one for the FWIW department. I get a newsletter from this guy periodically; and he has some good advice and good recipes. Here's the one I got today, (from his website, referenced in his newsletter) on smoking a brisket.

Step by Step Instructions for Making Smoked Brisket at Home

 

[Molalla1]

Another thing I miss is making toasts (farm bread) on top of a hot cast iron stove.

PILOON . . . I still have the original wood cook stove (Montag) in my kitchen . . . house was built in 1910.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

My Grandmother cooked on a wood stove; my Mom preferred her kerosene stove. Hated filling that jug and carrying that slippery thing into the kitchen.

 

[Molalla1]

My Grandmother cooked on a wood stove; my Mom preferred her kerosene stove. Hated filling that jug and carrying that slippery thing into the kitchen.

Your old . . . :laughing: