Upright Smoker

[Hornin Hong Kong]

pickigns on smokers here are slim but there is one of these at the local aussie bbq place
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my wif wants to get me one for my bday

any thoughts on an uprigth vs offset.

Its just a major hassle to get somethign shipped from the states

 

[_e.]

That one looks pretty cheesy, like a Brinkman type. As far as uprights go, look for a Weber Smokey Mountain. Or for a few more dollars, a Kamodo type ceramic cooker, like the Big Green Egg. Then you have a really hot oven for stuff like gourmet pizzas, as well as a 'low and slow' smoker for barbecue.

I'll let someone else discuss offsets.

 

[l00p]

Are you keeping in mind that he is in Hong Kong and that getting things there, especially shipped, is a pain in the *** if not sometimes near impossible?

Me thinks that HK needs a BBQ Diner type place there with good brew. SoHo would be a good spot or LKF.

 

[_e.]

I figure if it's available in Australia, it could be had in HK. But I'm pretty much talking out of my *** right now.

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

you can get whatever you want but shipping it will cost as much as the smoker.

 

[01 grad]

Can I assume there are welders and steel pipoes in HongKong? Time to show them how to really barbeque is what I say. Imagine the looks of envy you'll get the first time you fire it up and the smoke is wafting through your neighborhood.

 

[alden]

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[Hornin Hong Kong]

my wife got me the above and it weigs all in about 4 lbs.

I will be biting the bullet and shipping something proper in soon.

 

[cbs]

How much would it cost you to have someone buy a WSM and personally ship it to you? They're fairly compact and not too heavy.

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

maybe 100 bucks. If I order a smoker fromt he US I think I'll get something fairly elaborate however

 

[taco]

I would order a big green egg

 

[cbs]

Shipping the Big Green Egg would certainly be cost prohibitive. But the BGE is based on Asian-style komodo smokers/grills. Surely you can find something like that in Hong Kong, no?

 

[Luke Duke]

If you want a vertical smoker, go all out and get a Komodo Kamado. I think they ship out of Indonesia so shipping may be similar to what it would be here.