Which is the best BBQ Grill or Smoker to Choose and Buy – Charcoal, Briquettes, Wood, Barbecues | 4k
Which non gas BBQ Grill or Smoker should you choose and buy ? This is an important decision and you should ask yourself several questions before you buy a Barbecue. Whether you want to cook on a Weber Kettle, Pit Barrel, Bullet Smoker, Pellet Grill, Gravity Fed, Cabinet or Offset. Whether you want to cook with Charcoal, Briquettes, Pellets or Wood.
I’ve cooked with a wide range, so have some insight into choosing the right non gas Barbecue for you. Most of the simialr videos to this are trying to sell you something, all I want is that you buy the right BBQ for YOUR situation. I’ll go through the Pro’s and Con’s of each BBQ type and give my recommendation for someone starting out. I’ve added a table at the end of the presentation, scoring different aspects of the various types of BBQ’s I talk about.
This video is aiming at people that are very early in their BBQ journey. They may be cooking on gas and wanting to take their BBQ to the next level. This video asks the questions that each person should ask themselves before making a decision.
This video is very long and goes into a lot of depth, I have added some timelines below so you can skip to the parts you are interested in.
Short Cuts
The Questions
1:32 The Questions to ask
2:20 What type of food do I want to cook?
2:43 How much is my budget?
3:05 What type of a cook do I want to be?
4:45 BBQs for Grilling – Hot and Fast
6:48 BBQs for Low and Slow
12:12 BBQ’s that can do both
15:50 The price ranges
17:14 My Recommendations
18:20 My BBQ’s and why I bought them
24:50 Summary of the Questions to ask yourself
25:37 Table of star ratings for each BBQ Type
– Grilling
– Low and Slow
– Ease of Use
– Price
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first tanx for the video a really really good experience, , 2nd plez. can you tell me an advice on smoker that can be fit on medium size food truck used outside the car , it will be used to cook cow cheeks low and slow for streetfood tacos
I have a Kamado Joe. It's great for slow cooking, but you do have to babysit it to keep the temperature from drifting. It can be challenging to keep the temperature low. You only have to open the air valves just a sliver to keep it at 220 degrees. I cook brisket all night long and there is still a lot of leftover good charcoal after all that time. Mid way through a cook, I would like to be able to add wood chunks to make more smoke, but you cannot do that while the indirect cooking shield is in place (at least on mine). The Komodo is great at grilling/searing steak at high temperatures.
3:05,
INTRO SOUND TOO LOUD : OUCH
Got a masterbuilt 560 smoker last week. Find itโs pants for veggies and skewers etc. Would you suggest a webber as a good addition?
This video is a trick. Youโll end up with 4 grills/cookers/bbqs/smokers anyway!
A brilliant video and very helpful! The score sheet at the end is fantastic. Thank you!
Thanks nice job!
I have an electric smoker. Love it. Use it at least once a month. Looking to upgrade whenever it fails.
Stumps.
I have the Yoder and I love it!!
I have a Rebel, which is just like the Asassin and I absolutely love mine. You can crank it up to 500 degrees but I wouldn't recommend it. I went that hot once, I wasn't paying attention and didn't think it would get that hot but it did. I was trying to clean the smoker but I won't do it again. This is easiest, efficient and long lasting smoker. It's really great if you have cold winters and it doesn't effect it at all.
Thank you from France to share your knowledge and experience.
As soon as he started asking those questions, I subscribed! ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ
Great Information!
im new hector thanks for your vids man, im an argentinian with good meat but in need of a good smokey grill
Just so you know hector you have your microphone set up wrong, the top of the foam (pointing towards your zipper) should be pointing upwards towards your face.
I have an Assassin and I can't believe no one ever talks about them. Absolute work of art.
great video , you explained it all very well
Yoder all day long
Pellet stoves take 110 also ,no way, Weber summit for me like it better than the other kamotos.
Amazing run down !!! of options bud, sadly not all is available in UK!
Hector – You don't talk about potential or future fuel costs. The kamados are expensive up front, say as compared with a WSM. If you BBQ more than 2X a month you might want to consider the long term fuel costs. I have an 18" WSM at my cabin in Alaska. It does a great job but takes about half a bag of briquettes for a low and slow cook. Depending where you live your briquettes might cost .50 cents a pound, ( Alaskan prices are almost always higher) so lets say 9 lbs./ cook = $4.50 a WSM cook.
My 40 year old pre-BGE kamado has instructions that say "Don't use over 24 briquettes or it gets too hot and might crack".
At 18 briquettes per pound that's 1- 1/3 lbs or $0.67 a kamado cook, a saving of $3.87. Depending on how many cooks I do a year, that expensive kamado will pay for itself in 7 to 15 years. An example: Three cooks a month = 36/yr. 36 X $3.87 = $139. $139 X 10 yrs =$1,390. I can buy that expensive Classic III Kamado Joe for $1,699.00 plus tax instead of a $350.00 18' WSM that leaks smoke and heat. After 10 years I'm saving money and I enjoyed each and every year using those added K.J. features.
I also have a good heavy duty offset smoker and it's great, but I would not recommend them to anyone that doesn't have a good source for wood sticks or chunks.
Paying retail for those little bags of wood at the big box stores will drive you to the "poorhouse".
I bought a Chargriller Akorn kamado on sale at Walmart for just $69 a few years back. I wasn't in the market, but it was too good of a deal to pass up. That was my intro to kamado style cooking. It would heat up too fast and wouldn't get as low as I would have liked. I replaced the gaskets with bge gaskets. Replaced the temp gauge with a higher quality unit. Sealed up basically all air leaks besides the ones I could control. Problem solved. I got an Inkbird Bluetooth thermometer (a wireless themo is a MUST) from Amazon and Kickash ash basket. My grill cooks 17 pound packers no problem. Easily holds temps and is super efficient with fuel. I did buy a Pitmaster BBQIQ system for when I'm feeling really lazy. Quite simply it is the most versatile grill I've ever had. When it wears out, I'll probably get a Kamado Joe just for all accessories. For now I can't justify it. I love my Akorn. Get a Kamado and never look back.
Thank you
Very helpful video.
I am looking at the Weber SmokeFire EX4 (2nd Gen) Wood Fired Pellet Grill as I hear itโs very easy to use and clean. Moreover, wood flavour, I think is the best.
The one thing that puts me off, is that there is no rotisserie with this grill.
I am a novice and would like to cook roasts , as in a good English roast (sorry), but also typical bbq chicken , fish, seared sirloin steaks etc.. Not really interested in very long slow and low cooking.
What is your opinion about this please?
Loved the stuck on an island comment. I feel the same about the Komodo Kamado. Love it! Great in-depth overview.
Damn, Iโm sucked into this video simply because of my admiration for how straightforward this guy is. Love it.