HereWeGoAgain
Diamond Member
Real barbeque is cooked over hot coals, not a wood fire. The wood fire is in a separate barrel called a burn barrel typically. Often a discarded 55 gallon drum with a big hole cut in the side on the bottom where you can shovel the hot coals out to spread under the meat cooking in the pit.I've got a Lang for real BBQ.
A MAK 2 star general for my pellet pooper.
A Kamado Joe....A pure joy to cook with!!!
A FireMagic gas grill...this thing is a beast as far as gas grills go. All parts are warrantee'd for life,even the burners.
And the 36' stainless Blackstone. Which we dont use very often because it can make a mess.
The best things we cook on it are smash burgers and Philly Cheese steaks.
If I had to pick one it'd be between the Kamado and the Lang.
The Kamado is far more versatile but the Lang makes some of the best BBQ I've ever eaten.
So called real barbeque takes a lot sweat and hard work. I'll settle for my wood pellet fire being close enough and just as close as any wood fired cooker.
I know how real BBQ is made.
I BBQed in competitions for years and it's done with indirect heat and smoke using various types of ...yes,wood which are generally called "splits". And at temps between 220 and 275.
Cooking over heat is grilling.
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This guy is arguably the best BBQer on the planet.
Check out his pits....
Well then if you've been in competitions then you're aware that the guys who whooped your ass were likely cooking on pellet rigs. LOL
As far as the best BBQ on the planet, it's probably coming from some tumbled down, ramshackle shack out in the Carolina backwoods somewhere. That guy's good because he has to be good or his kids don't eat, get clothes or new shoes. It sure as hell ain't from that Myron Dixon TV clown
You dont think Myron Dixon was BBQing right?
What do pellet poopers have to do with anything? But I'll address it....
Some BBQ contests dont allow pellet poopers because they take no skill. Throwing a hunk of meat on a pellet pooper and walking away is not a skill,anyone can do it.
I have the MAK 2 star pellet pooper and it doesnt compare to a real wood fired offset smoker.
And I believe you mentioned that wood isn't used in BBQ.......pellet poopers use...thats right,wood.
And I'm not seeing the difference between some backwoods dude cooking to make money for his family and Franklin doing the exact same thing.
Building a fire isn't where the skill comes in ya dummy. And staying up all night to tend a fire doesn't require skill or brains.
Keeping a pit at the right temp actually does take skill.
You got to keep the fire just right or you end up with billowing white smoke when you're looking for thin blue.