12 replies to this topic

[Tony Barbagallo]

I have an chargriller 5050 with offset firebox and myteam mate is bringing his Smoke Hollow. Both of these grills suffer from being 1/2 propane so together we have maybe 3/4 of a full size backyard smoker. I am doing my first comp and noticed I have way more meat then I have grill. So I was looking around and dont want to spend 400.00 on a WSM but found this and alot of the reveiws were pretty good. Anyone have an opinions on the Master Forge Charcoal Smoker?


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[Thom Emery]

Sorry no........ find a used WSM or build a Ugly Drum Smoker

Edited by Thom Emery, 28 March 2012 - 07:36 PM.

[Steve Wilson]

Nothing can replace the skill of the pitmaster. However good equipment is very important. Most of us are hooked by competition bbq and will be around a while. Once you are fully hooked the junk will gather dust in your garage. Buy quality from the start, if you are not hooked someone will buy a WSM from you, the Master Forge Charcoal Smoker will look nice as a planter.

Steve

[Tony Barbagallo]

Thanks I was looking for someone to talk me out of my cheapness. The WSM looks like the one for me.

[Tony Barbagallo]

Just wish they were not 300,00 to 400.00 a pop.

[Bill Bain]

The WSM will last a lifetime. You can also build a UDS for about 1/2 the cost of a WSM.

[Kevin Barteaux]

Don't do it Dewey, don't do it! That Master Forge doesn't have the vent control you will need. WSM's are worth every penny.

[Jerry Aguilar]

Tony, look on Craigslist for a new or used WSM

[Stephan Franklin]

"Make Love not war"

[Abel Tirre]

Jerry Aguilar, on 29 March 2012 - 09:09 AM, said:

Tony, look on Craigslist for a new or used WSM

I just sold an extra one about 2 months ago. I had a friend pick one up from AZ when they where going for $42 so the deals are out their if you look for them.

[mark evenson]

Tony, you get what you pay for. I use a wsm 22.5 for comps, look for deals. I also highly recommend UDS smokers. I have an extra 55gal, food grade drum you can have. Come on over and we can talk.

Mark

[Jess Trujillo]

Like most/all have stated - WSM or UDS. Good luck.

[Brian Moriarty]

I started out competing on Drums, at the time I wasn't foiling the heavy meats and cooking direct. I was cooking what I liked in the backyard. But at comps I would get a few comment cards with responses like "tastes like creosote" or "too much Liquid Smoke". And I didn't really get the "turbo High Heat" method that comes with cooking direct (which I prefer) on the Drum. I slowly abandoned the Drums and compete with WSM's these days.

Be careful and never leave your lids off at a comp!



just sayin'!

You could add a waterpan or heat diverter to a Drum and it will cook like a WSM and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference in cookers, but to me thats blasphemy, but to each his own. But you could build yourself 3 decent Drums for the price of one 22" WSM and you don't need a welder to do so. And they produce some mighty fine Q!





Don't go down that Master Forge road!