I have a new PK300 and an Akorn. I have previously owned a Weber 22”, a Masterbuilt 560, and a Pit Barrel Cooker.

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        I had the 22” when I lived in Texas, moved to New York for a while and gave to a friend. He got me the 18” once I had a yard again since the shipping would cost so much. It was nice for the rare occasion that I wanted to cook a full rack of ribs or like multiple turkeys. For a single butt or brisket though it used so much coal even with the ring method. No upgraded door, I just buy a bunch of ends and pieces, put em in my cast iron, crank the vents all the way open and coat the inside with fresh grease while I’m seasoning my pan.

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    Recently picked up a masterbuilt 1050 new in box from a local auction site for about half price. Prior to that I was using a chargriller offset barrel grill/smoker that I had added a ton of lava lock gasket to in order to make it somewhat smoke tight. I decided I’m getting too damned old to have to get up every two hours to tend to a smoke box just so I can have brisket.

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      My 560 kept having massive flare ups after two years of ownership no matter how I cleaned it. You got a great deal but it is not going to last long IMO.

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    I have an Oklahoma Joe Highland Offset smoker and I love it! I debated getting the reverse flow version, but I’m happy with this one. I smoked a brisket for 12 hours a couple weeks ago and it turned out great!

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      Those can be awesome paired with a charcoal smoker to add the smoke flavor and then the pellet finishes off a long cook with zero effort.

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        I’m at the stage of life where I don’t have time to tend a long smoke. This pellet smoker is a game changer.

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    I love those PKs! I use a Kamado style cooker. It’s a Vision that cost about half of what a BGE costs when I bought it about 10 years ago.

    Prior to that I had a homemade terracotta smoker inspired by Alton brown.