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BikerBob
BikerBob Posts: 284
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My old Lodge Sportsman Hibachi at the mountain house is starting to rust out the bottom. I do not want to put an egg there because it could get damaged by anything from neighbor's dog to a bear and it is not easy to move into the barn. I would cry if one was damaged or stolen.
I've had and may still have an old Brinkman smoker but it requires a lot of work for a long cook.
The Lodge has done a good job of steaks if I will learn how to use it again. It does not work for smoking. I have done ribs on it.
Any idea for a lightweight, cheap charcoal cooker.
A Weber starts to cost almost as much as an Akorn and seems less useful.
Any suggestions.

Thanks

Bob
Cooking on the coast
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Akorn
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,552
    Webber kettle- $100.  Lots of space for the $


    Greensboro, NC
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Replace with the lodge....that is a great old school. Love them.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • tml1230
    tml1230 Posts: 237
    Great post, can't wait to follow along and learn from opionions and the thoughts that will follow!!
    as Wolfpack said.... U can't go wrong with a Webber kettle ....when u doing it on a budget. I have had 3.weber kettles that served me well..... Latest one is lonely and unused .....since I found this damn web site.
    Sarasota Fl. and  Lake Toxaway N.C. (and Novembers on the island of Kauai) (and April in France.... Don't hate on me for that)
    BGE  medium and minimax
    HOW  BOUT THEM GATORS !
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  • Hawg Fan
    Hawg Fan Posts: 1,517
    edited December 2017
    If you're handy, you can build your own Smokey Mountain smoker for less than $100.  It's a fun and easy build and is large enough to cook a ribs, butt, chicken, etc.  Search You Tube or google for a list of material. It's light weight and you can remove the pot and grill burgers, steaks, etc.  The You Tube video will get you started.

    Pictures of my build below.

    https://youtu.be/bKV6t-szbL8



    Any road will take you there if you don't know where you're going.

    Terry

    Rockwall, TX
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  • epcotisbest
    epcotisbest Posts: 2,176
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Yep, Akorn Jr for me. 14" grid, will do a burger or a butt! About $150. I doubt if they still have 'em anywhere at this price, but Walmart had 'em marked down to $35 a couple of months ago. Love this cooker!

    Check here... https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=52497353

    Just enter your zip and click Search Inventory.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    Weber kettle with slow n seer.  Pretty tough to beat.

    Phoenix 
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  • BikerBob
    BikerBob Posts: 284
    Thanks for suggestions. I thought it was cold here with temps in the thirties, but the forecast for the Tennessee house was 16. It will be springtime before I consider cooking outdoors there.
    The Akorn is no longer on sale so there is no hurry to buy one now to sit until I head north. I have found some small Webers on line.
    I like the Smokey Mountain Smoker, it would be appropriate in east Tennessee.
    I am tired of winter and wish springtime would hurry up.

    Bob
    Cooking on the coast
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    BikerBob said:
    Thanks for suggestions. I thought it was cold here with temps in the thirties, but the forecast for the Tennessee house was 16. It will be springtime before I consider cooking outdoors there.
    The Akorn is no longer on sale so there is no hurry to buy one now to sit until I head north. I have found some small Webers on line.
    I like the Smokey Mountain Smoker, it would be appropriate in east Tennessee.
    I am tired of winter and wish springtime would hurry up.

    Bob
    WSM is a great cooker. You have many good choices   
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