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Well, the fire box on my old Bandera vertical smoker finally rusted out. I could weld a patch on it, but I decided to join the ranks of Man Bun Men and bought a Traeger.
I'm hoping it is as easy as they say. I have a perfect sheltered place for it now, a luxury the bandera didnt have until late in life.
My review so far is Its heavy and looks hard to clean.
Next thing you know I will be buying an e-bike and a 6.5 creedmore.
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don"
Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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They work great. You can even buy some Bluetooth thermometers that make using one even more hands-free. The feeding mechanism on ours will clog from time to time though, so needs periodic checking.
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Next thing you'll know he be voting for Biden.
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Like Joe said, now you need to add a good digital remote thermometer. I tried a couple until I settled on an Inkbird from Amazon. It has worked very well for me over the past year and a half. I just used it again a couple of days ago when I smoked a 9 lb pork butt for about 24 hours.
It has 4 inputs for 4 probes. You can program each probe individually for high/low temp alerts and timers. The remote claims a 1,500 foot range. I haven't tested that, but I have had no connectivity issues even with the sending unit being inside a metal smoker about 300 feet away on the other side of my barn with two metal walls trying to block the signal.
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I could make all kinds of snide remarks about real men and this "dandy" device----but the fact is---I wish I had one. The thought of going to the store, buying the "wood" and plugging in my smoker---somehow doesn't sound all the bad to me anymore
Last edited by Dave Grubb; 10-19-2020 at 08:24 AM.
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I use a pressure washer and a scraper.
Dirty job
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