My new smoker/grill - The Good One Open Range

[Gunsmokers]

First off I'd like to thank Smoke for his prior review - it was inspiring for me to pull thr trigger on this cooker.

Here are some pics of it and it's first cooks:

 Loading up (That's Pete, owner- Rockford Ace Hardware, MI - who sold it to me):

unboxed:

stuffed with things:

Nice 'USA made' Thermometer:

Easy to follow instructions:

Assembled:

Checked thickness - yup - 11 gauge as advertised:


That night I followed the 'curing' instructions with the veggie oil and did a dry run.

So Saturday night we decided in steak and corn:


Reverse seared and holding steady at 250° F


finished the steaks with a nice sear on a cast iron skillet over the firebox:


Sunday night we did a 'beer can' chicken.....
Before:

reversed the lid - nice feature:

After:

gotta say - it was really good...and that smoked bacon's fat melted in the mouth 


 

~Gunsmokers~

[TMB]

I'm drooling    Wish IO had a little yardbird right now

[HighOnSmoke]

Congrats on your new smoker and that food looks delicious!

[hikerman]

Congrats on your new smoker!
Nice work too!

[Pappymn]

Congrats on your new smoker and that food looks delicious!

X2

[smokeasaurus]

Somewhere The Smoke and Chris Marks are smiling.

This is hands down the best off-set smoker on the market. At first glance, it looks to small, but this patio model can hold some grub.

When doing long smokes and I get hungry, I will slip the grilling grate in and grill up a couple of brats while still smoking. 

I still would line the bottom of the fire-box with HD foil. Some ash still falls out of the new charcoal grate set up.

The best change they made was putting a border around the expanded metal grates. We got some pretty bad cuts off of the old design.

I sure hope you got the cover. It is beefy and will really protect your Open Range. When storing, I keep the spinners half way open and leave the damper wide open to let air circulate through the pit when not in use.

Congratulations!!  It is always nice when my review can help somebody make a wise decision and be happy with their purchase 

[Smokin Don]

Great looking grill smoker and some fine cooking on it!!! Don

[tomcrete1]

Man that looks great!     Congrats on the new cooker!  I'm jealous 

[drholly]

Man that looks great!     Congrats on the new cooker!  I'm jealous 

X2! Sweet!

[Gunsmokers]

Somewhere The Smoke and Chris Marks are smiling.

This is hands down the best off-set smoker on the market. At first glance, it looks to small, but this patio model can hold some grub.

When doing long smokes and I get hungry, I will slip the grilling grate in and grill up a couple of brats while still smoking. 

I still would line the bottom of the fire-box with HD foil. Some ash still falls out of the new charcoal grate set up.

The best change they made was putting a border around the expanded metal grates. We got some pretty bad cuts off of the old design.

I sure hope you got the cover. It is beefy and will really protect your Open Range. When storing, I keep the spinners half way open and leave the damper wide open to let air circulate through the pit when not in use.

Congratulations!!  It is always nice when my review can help somebody make a wise decision and be happy with their purchase 

Thanks again Smoke - here is a pic next to my tried-n-true Weber 22" kettle:



~Gunsmokers~

[muebe]

I love the design of that smoker!

Great second review of it.

The food looks great!

[jjjonz]

Wow that's a nice looking cooker right there !!!

[Gunsmokers]

Cooked some wonderful steaks the other night:

The Good-One Open Range is a reverse sear dream!


pulled from the smoker box at 110°F  - and seared in the fire box...pulled at 125° F for about 10 min covered....final temp was 131°F

Nice medium -rare throughout.


 
~Gunsmokers~

[IR2dum]

Gunsmokers, those steaks look delicious and cooked perfectly.

[smokeasaurus]

Very Nice