stumps smokers?

[sparky]

i was wondering if anyone has experience w/ stumps smokers.  i was reading about gravity feed smokers.  they are suppose to hold a temp of 250 for 12 hours.  lump.  how cool it that.  it is strictly a smoker not a grill at all.  any input would be great.

[sparky]

also check out Spicewine and Pitmaker and Backwoods..they make the cabinet style charcoal smokers as well.

But remember...."Stumps don't build Junk"

are these smokers gravity feed ones?  i will google each one.  thanks for the input. 

[Tenpoint5]

Sparky I was just down in Texas and we fired up his Viking (Made by Stumps) ran all night and did a whole brisket cook on 1/3-1/2 bag of regular charcoal. It is a dry cabinet cooker unlike the backwoods which use a water pan. We did use chunks of wood in it but they had to be cut down to about charcoal size so the would feed into the burn/ash pan. I really liked the way it cooked. Not a big smoke ring producer but that is just for show. The taste was perfect.

[teesquare]

I see a lot of them in this region at competitions... But we also see a lot of other cookers...I like the addition of the water pan - for the enhanced smoke ring ( colo /presentation points...) but you may be able to add a water pan to the Stumps or other similar units...

[TMB]

Sparky, a buddy of mine has a Stump smoker and loves it.  I went camping a  few weeks back and looked it over.  Looks well built and seems to hold the temp nicely.   

Now he soaks his wood (shameful I know) but it had a very fine blue smoke and stayed right at the 235 mark for the entire 6 hr cook/smoke.

He ask me what I used for wood in my BEESR and SRG's for comps I told him Traeger pellets.  He asked if he could have a handful so I gave him 3 cup fulls.  Now he DIDN'T listen to what I told him to do with them, he tossed 3 cups into the fire and OMG the smoke was unbelievable we thought he cought the camper on fire.