You’ve been wanting to try your hand at cooking with a stick burner and your local big box store has one priced to sell! Don’t pull your wallet out before you hear my concerns about cheap offset smokers.
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Mike G
May 22, 2022 11:53 pmI’d love to get a stick burner and I’m saving up for a Fat Stack brand 120 gallon tank smoker. They are a local company in OC CA so I won’t have to ship it. I know it costs a lot to get one shipped from Texas.
Kenyatta
May 30, 2022 4:28 pmI’ve seen Fat Stack’s smokers on Mad Scientist’s channel and they look great. They would be on my short list of considerations if I were to buy another stick burner.