Hello all - just joining up today, though I've been a fair weather member of various other BBQ forums over the past 12 years or so. I'm a 41-year old step-dad of two littles and a backyard BBQ guy. I've been cooking (admittedly very sporadically over the past 4-5 years) on a UDS that I built back in the winter of 2010. Before that I spent a couple years putting smoke to meat one of the Masterbuilt Electric 30-inch units. More recently I've had the Green Mountain Grills Davy Crockett (love it for camping/hunting/tailgating) and an older Daniel Boone that I bought used and just never developed the proper "feelins" for . . . actually re-sold it here about 2 weeks ago. Thinking pretty hard about selling my UDS as well with the idea of upgrading to a charcoal/wood, smoker/grill combo to give me more capacity (for no real good reason), more versatility (so I can play around a little with sticks), and for the fun of it. My big "want" right now is a Lone Star Grillz 20x offset, but I'm struggling to talk my wife into why it makes sense to spend $2400 (by the time I get the add-ons I want and get it shipped to MT) for "another grill."
I've also been looking hard at The Good One (Open Range or Heritage Oven), the Assassin charcoal grills (36 or 48), the Meadow Creek SQ36, and a Johnson Custom Smokers Compact Patio or Rolling Tailgater. In other words, I'm a little bit all over the place, but any feedback that any of you can provide on any of those models or something you think would be a good alternative would be much appreciated. I actually found this site by searching for reviews on the SQ36. I had seen where smokeasaurus had done a review on that unit and then later on the Open Range. I'll me PM'ing him directly with a few pointed question.
Oh, and I currently grill on a 22-inch Weber or a Weber Spirit gas-burner when I'm lazy or in a big hurry. That's probably a longer intro than any of you needed, but then I guess you could have stopped reading any time you want.
Thanks in advance for any input or ideas!
