The Weber Smokey Mountain (WSM) is really the king of the bullet smokers.You may be tempted to go with a cheaper Brinkmann model, and if your budget just can't afford the WSM, then you can do some prefectly acceptible bbq onthe brinkmann.
But if you can afford the extra for the WSM, you will getmuch better temperature control, and getting good temperature control meansyou can keep a good consistent low temeperature for doing some trulyoutstanding smoke cooking.
I am by no means an expert on the subject,only having used my WSM about 10 times.Even so, I have been gettingresults better than any ribs I have tasted at any restaurant (with theexception of real honest to goodness BBQ joints that cook over hardwood for12 hours plus...).You can tell real barbecue because it has a pink smokering in the meat, which I always get when I use the WSM.
You will want tocheck on the net for the virtual WSM web page, it has a lot of information,and I found the info there a lot more useful than the methods recommendedin the owner's manual.
This cooker is not for the impatient who wantinstant results, your first few times using it may be frustrating until youlearn to control where the temperature is going, not where it is right now. But stick with it and you will start to make some truly great bbq.Andunderstand that you are going to be cooking low and slow, which means it isgoing to take 4, 5, 6 hours or more to do ribs, but once you get the hangof it, they will be some of the best ribs you have tasted.
More than afair number of barbecue champions use the WSM get results as good as if notbetter than those guys using the $1000 plus offset pits.The WSM is agreat value and the perfect starter "pit" for someone thinkingabout getting into serious barbecue.
(You can do yourself a favor byusing hickory wood chunks as part of the fuel, and real lump charcoal, notbriquettes.Briquettes are nice and all, but they are filled with clay andother impurities, really if you are going to the trouble of using charcoalinstead of gas, go with real charcoal if you can find it)
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