Well Jack I guess the Old Smokey is the only cooker that anyone should ever own. Sorry I even posted my cook
Just be aware that this thread was posted in the PBC part of the forum. And I felt your comment was not appropriate even if it was "tongue and cheek". Noah is a forum sponsor and it is not respectful IMHO to treat a sponsor that way.
That would be like someone posting about how great Milt's pellets are in his part of the forum and then I post "yeah they are good but this other pellet is much better". Or someone gets a smoker from Eric at Pellet Grill Outfitters and posts about it in his part of the forum but then I post "good price but you could have got a better price here." or "Should have bought an Old Smokey" something that Eric does not carry in their product line.
This part of this forum is to promote the PBC. That is why this part of the forum was created.
I know there are members that posted in this thread that have many different cookers. Some might feel that they could have done a better job with their WSM or MAK or even in their Weber kettle but they chose not to do that.
If this was posted in the non-sponsor area I would probably just kept quiet about it. Probably would not have responded to your first comment at all. But I felt like it should be addressed.
The Old Smokey produces some great looking food and your posts have proven that. But that is not the end all be all cooker IMHO. I have seen great cooks on this forum from all kinds of equipment.
Truth is that it is 20% equipment and 60% experience and knowledge.... Period!
You give someone like a Old Dave a simple hibachi grill and he will still put out something fantastic because of him... Not the cooker. And look what RickB can make from his home oven.
We are all here to learn. If I wanted to get into a "my cooker is better than your cooker" I would go to another forum. I have seen enough of that already at other forums.
