Easy or Hard

[LostArrow]

Bought three 7-8  lb butts when I found on sale for &1.69/lb.
Planned on cooking tomorrow, but cold front coming through
Getting into low 30's with 15-20 mph winds!
I'm home alone this weekend & was hoping to sit on deck tending the offset & opening the 12 pack of Fat Tire I put in fridge Wednesday!
So do I use the Akorn which isn't affected by weather , but is about as boring as watching water drip 
Or remember the old days, pull out my bag of tricks & cook on offset

[smokeasaurus]

I am going down the hill to grab a WSM 18.5 for winter cooks here on the mountain. Just gonna be too darn cold for tending a fire during the winter months. I can always use the Kettle for when I want to add fuel during spring and summer.

So Smoke says:  Akorn

[HighOnSmoke]

I have to agree with Smoke, use the Akorn and sit back and enjoy your Fat Tires.

[teesquare]

Another Akorn vote! Why make it hard? You will keep yourself busy trying to stay warm

[smokeasaurus]

The fat tires should do the trick to keep LA warm 

[squirtthecat]

If it was easy, everybody would be doing it!   

I'd take the challenging route, and enjoy the results even more.

[Scallywag]

Mid to low 30's and I would be outside cooking with shorts an a t-shirt. 

[teesquare]

Mid to low 30's and I would be outside cooking with shorts an a t-shirt. 

But you have seal and polar bear in your gene pool.....

[sparky]

I am going down the hill to grab a WSM 18.5 for winter cooks here on the mountain.




So Smoke says:  Akorn

Smoke, I have all three sections of a 18 in my shed.  They need the legs, thermo.  Stuff like that but all three sections.  Parts only cost you less than $75.  Brand new sections.  You can have it for free.  Let me know.

[Pappymn]

Mid to low 30's and I would be outside cooking with shorts an a t-shirt. 

And sandles.....was doing it yesterday and we started the day at 25 degrees

[sliding_billy]

Offset unless you have something to actually do while cooking.  Fussing with a fire in the cold while drinking is fun.

[Hub]

Where's your sporting blood?  Go with the offset.  It takes fortitude and skill to cook on a stick burner in the wind 

My old Yoder offset was a real handful in the cold and wind but I could usually muddle through if I was hungry enough.  Looking back on that now, I think I'd just drink the beer, freeze the butts and order a pizza 

Hub

[smokeasaurus]

I am going down the hill to grab a WSM 18.5 for winter cooks here on the mountain.




So Smoke says:  Akorn

Smoke, I have all three sections of a 18 in my shed.  They need the legs, thermo.  Stuff like that but all three sections.  Parts only cost you less than $75.  Brand new sections.  You can have it for free.  Let me know.

Thank You so much Sparky. Already got it burning outside playing with the vent settings...Old Smoke is always a day late and a dollar short 

[CDN Smoker]

That's a lot of cooking power you have on that deck

[Big Dawg]

I'm with Smoke, I'd light up Fat Boy.  But, given the choices available, I'd hit up the Akorn.  If I ran into trouble I could always call on my son-in-law, he cooks on a Vision.





BD