Smoking a Fattie!

I've always been fond of grilling on the weekends. Maybe its the manly man in me or the fact that you get to play with fire! I love flipping burgers to feed friends, trying new spices, and the smells that come from the grill on a hot day (cold beer in hand) are incredible. I wanted to take it to the next level so a few weeks ago I bought a smoker!

I've seen tons of tutorials on the web urging me in that direction. "How to make a smoker", "Build a smoker with a 55 gal drum" even one using a galvanized trash can! Every time i went to Lowes the grills lined up in front of the store would seem to taunt me. Smokers there ranged from 150$ to 400$. I was not about to purchase one for that price! I started pricing the parts keeping my eyes open for the pieces to put together my own smoker. My wife was less then thrilled. In fact I think she said I was Freaking Nuts.

After a few weeks of looking around I happened across a mini-smoker at Walmart. It was 30$ (end of the season I guess) I was puzzled and excited. First off after pricing all the parts I would need for my home made smoker, it would still come to about $40. This was a savings. ;) It was a little smaller that what I was planning to build but I figured 30 bucks .... this will be a pretty good trial. I took home and had it built in less than an hour.

Then next weekend we fired it up. Ribs! .... not bad either for my first attempt. My second would be pork tenderloins with a Seattle Rub! That was amazing! I just read a recipe for Fatties and my mouth is watering! This weekend I'm smoking fatties! (or sausages) ;)

Any way http://www.brinkmann.net/Shop/Detail.aspx?category=Outdoor+Cooking&subcategory=Charcoal+Smokers+%26+Grills&sku=810-5301-C&id=288

That's the smoker I bought. I highly recommend it. If you've never had smoked meat before you gotta try it. It's expensive at all. If you want a slightly different grilling experience then give it a try. There are tons of websites out there that you can pick up the little knowledge you'll need to be smoking on the weekend.

I give the Brinkman Smoke'n Grill Charcoal Smoker a big thumbs up and a WOWTHATSGOOD!