Kanyon71

I'm really surprised there are many left. NOWHERE that I frequent has a Kmart or a Sears left. It's a shame, used to shop at both of them a lot.

I think you are in the wrong forums, this thread is Apple Air Pods as in electronics. This site is about finding deals on things for sales. You might want a Honda Motorcycle forum.

So of those the Camp Chef and the Pit Boss get pretty decent reviews and can normally be had very reasonable. I don’t know how prices on you locals are but check out Rural King I think they may ship and they have some killer closeout pricing during the right times of the year. Now the Traeger one is their lower end model and what I can say about that is if you get a good one you’ll love it if you get one where the POD controller is flakey you can get some WILD temp swings. Now for that review and the leaking smoke not a big deal get a noex gasket on Amazon for like $15!and problem solved. You can also replace the controller for that’s about another hundred or so. Look at all 3 online and let me know what you like and I’ll give you some more in-depth feedback on it. I have and I’m not sure I believe the hype. I just don’t think you get the nuanced flavor profile you get with a long smoke. Still would be cool to mess with none the less.

I've used pretty much all types of smokers and all of them have their ups and downs. I've come to love the pellet smoker because with a good brand of pellets I get the same flavor as a stick burner (split wood) and I no longer have to worry about adjusting the vents and adding more wood throughout what can at times be a 12 to 16 hour cook. You will see people that say of you just can't get good smoke from a pellet but I can guarantee you it's not true, it's all in the quality of the pellets you use. I've settled into Lumberjack Pellet's they are very high quality and pure wood no cheap filler woods. Now as for what I cook on my pellet grill I can tell you pretty much everything, with how I can adjust and hold temperatures I've done everything from jerky to entire meals. I do a lot of brisket, pulled pork, fatties (they are kind of a stuffed bacon wrapped tube look em up), reverse seared steaks, smoked hamburgers (some of the best tasting juiciest burgers), chicken, smoked turkey, smoked ham, corn, baked beans, mac n cheese, cornbread and the list goes on and on. As for wanting a bigger one it's two sided first we love to have gatherings and also like cooking for them when we go to others. So at times I need to feed a lot of people, my current one is a Traeger Texas Elite which used to be one of their biggest, I've had many time where I had to do things in batches. The second side of wanting a larger one is I also want to build a Raspberry Pi PID controller with remote monitoring and adjusting this way I can do larger cooks but I can also watch over temps and make adjustments as needed without being right there, again this becomes a bigger thing when I'm doing 12+ hour smokes. Do you have a Rural King near you? If so check them out for their smokers they are having some great sales right now since were getting closed to the end of the grilling season (I smoke year round), they also carry Lumberjack Pellets I prefer the Competition Blend which is a blend of Maple, Hickory, and Cherry which gives you the smoke ring and a nice mixture of sweet tones. I'm the same way when it comes to value on what I'm buying I also research the heck out of them. Traeger invented Pellet Smokers, they used to be the best, when they moved their manufacturing plants they quality went down. Around the time I was looking for one they fixed the issues and at least their bigger pit's were back to the quality they used to be. Spitts & Pitts is a very good brand, so is Fast Eddy's, Red Tec is good and a little more on the affordable side of the pellet smokers.

What type of budget are you looking to stay in. Also are you partial to using charcoal, wood, propane, electric? I switched to a pellet smoker about 6 years ago and have never looked back. Once I know what you're wanting to spend I can give you some feedback on any of the types of smokers you might prefer. I'm looking at in the next year or two building a nice pellet smoker that's much larger than my current one.

ive not dried food but we’ve done jerky in the smoker. Quite good. I’ve been thinking about getting a dehydrator though to dry it. Crazy it’s already August.

that means it need company so it’s not lonely. You need at least one more then.

Well that sucks.

KING all the way. Darned be the space. lol

They got $0 of my dollars

I bought absolutely nothing on Prime Days this year. Just nothing we really need and nowhere to put it right now.

Makes me think of that song. I’m rednecker than you.

I've always believed this. Doesn't matter what day it is. Now we just need to wait for the call to arms for BF site helpers.

August back to school is too soon.

Ya ours will be VERY tight this year also.

I hope it doesn’t go that way. Would like to shop them again this year.

it was the one you sent out in one of the packages to the contest winners. Never saw who got it.

Just read this news article. I hope they pull it off left a big hole in our shopping last year. https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/toys-r-us-to-open-stores

Awesome thank you. Will be trying these out definitely. ya I saw some about baking powder after we tried them. May have to give that a shot.

We did some wings in it the other night and they came out pretty decent. Need to figure out how to get them to crisp up more though. I’m actually looking forward to trying some fries or tots in it. Quieter than the convection oven and the kitchen doesn’t heat up as much in our limited use. Any suggestions/recipes you may have would be great.

We finally broke down and got an AirFryer. Wife found a sale on BB and we had a $10 rewards cert. SO ended up like $50 for a 5.2qt.

Mine are all packed in storage right now.

Hopefully you're getting to more good days than bad.

Happy June all. Wish it would be cooler and less humid here. Can’t wait till the end of the month. Heading to the mountains in NC for 2 weeks.

Sad, I ad a 15 year old Husky we ad to put down about 5 years ago. Was a sad day but to be honest I was happy for him once it was done because I hated seeing him suffer. We had to clean the carpets often because of him and his issues.