Recommend a Good Smoker for a Beginner

[LROSE]

Looking for a good smoker for a novice to begin cooking on...
Any recommendations?
Anyone looking to pass along a smoker to someone?

[r_u_sharp_2]

I went big on my first..... big green egg. Not saying it was the right way, but it's what I wanted.

[Raleigh]

Back in the day we used the old 55 gallon drum pit. You can get these for aorund 100 bucks at HEB. Meat on one side and the heat on the other side with a pan of water above the heat. It work then and it will work now.

If your just getting into it I would suggest this and save money until your ready for something bigger and better.

[bps3040]

An Electric, lol, works great everytime

[BuckRage]

An Electric, lol, works great everytime

this. once you figure out you like it you can graduate to a stick burner.

[Uncle Saggy]

I'm 90% stick........ But I LOVE my Masterbuilt Electric

[oktx]

Masterbuilt here.

[Aggiebow88]

I use a Klose out of Houston

[Wyatt 545]

Bge

[Uncle Saggy]

Do not mean to derail....... Can get a butt on the Masterbuilt a couple hours before I leave for work...... Add wood a few times and refill the water tray.... Tell the wife what time to wrap it and it's perfect when I get home

[banzai]

Buy Weber Smoky Mountain smoker online for $250 delivered. It will hold 225 degrees all night so you can sleep all night or leave it all day while you are at work. I can set two briskets on mine and let them smoke for 22 hours (about 1.5 hours per pound of a single) and they are done like clockwork.

There is an entire unofficial website that teaches you how to cook everything on it and how to mod it if you want.

[Cypress Hunter]

Traeger is the only way to go.

[cosmiccowboy]

For a rookie I would recommend a masterbuilt electric. I own and use a competition quality trailer pit but that's what I bought for my son for his first pit. Being able to concentrate on the meat and not the fire takes a huge variable out of the process. The problem with cheap wood starter pits is controlling the temperature...it's tough to maintain an even 215 degree heat...it's a constant overshoot/undershoot.

[Guns_up]

Depends on how much you smoke at one time. Had the big stack with the fire pit on the side and it was a true pain in the ***, never could get the temp set and stay at one level. Went a bought the Masterbuilt electric and love it. The only down side is how much you can smoke at one time. The one with the "chip Disks" I would stay away from since you cant control when IT adds another chip disk and I hear they are expensive to buy.

[Quackerbox]

Traeger is the only way to go.

Not anymore. Far to many others out there for less money than a traeger, with more options/warranty. Not to mention the lots of customer service issues with traeger