Thread: What type of smoker do you use?

Originally Posted by JAG72

I am assuming Komodo's is a brand or type of drum? If so do you remember how much it ran there? We actually have a Sutherlands in town and I might just have to make a trip over there.

Its a brand, don't remember the cost, I just lifted the lid... ceramic I believe...

There is another cooker there that runs $1,000 ...

$1000 is a little out of my price range right now and a little more than I would want to spend. To many other projects going on around the house sucking my money out of my wallet.

A little late to the thread, but I have the Weber Smokey Mountain and am a big fan. Clearly, it's the best commercially made smoker at it's price point. Where's Stimpson? He'll back me up.

I debated the Orion a few years ago before I purchased the WSM, but the thing that steered me away was the fact that it wasn't really a smoker at all. It's more of a outdoor cooking device. The wood/coal smoke never hit the food as they are arranged outside of the cylinder. It's an induction cooker, not a smoker.

A traditional smoker is more of an art form. You play with the dampers to maintain a specific temperature. Low and slow is the key. The Orion is just the opposite. You can't adjust the cooking temperature since there's no dampers. The Orion is built to cook fast, which is the opposite of what traditional smoking is supposed to be about.

You use chips to get the smoke taste, but with the Orion there is no smoke ring.. but it is fast, I have had better results with the traditional smokers for briskets,but for chicken & ribs the Orion kicks butt imho... (haven't done a Turkey yet)

Bought my steel drum today for the uds build. Once I get everything in order, I will start a build thread.