I agree. There are those that choose pellets, and those that know how to actually smoke meat with real wood. The chicken looks fantastic though.

All cleaned up

I've been pondering a pellet smoker for some time. Haven't made up my mind yet, but the set it and forget it feature would probably reduce my beer consumption by a considerable amount.

That sounds like a negative.

I get up at 4am, unlock my phone, turn on smoker. Take meat out of fridge, rub it down, go back to sleep. Wake up at 6am again, put meat on smoker, insert probes attached to smoker and go fishing. Fish all day, check temp of meat on phone, keep fishing and drinking beer. Get home at 2-3, clean fish, take a nap til 6pm. Wake up, check meat temp on phone, get sides ready. Pull meat around 7-8pm. Eat and pop another beer

If I’m smoking at night. Put meat in around 10pm. Sleep like a baby, wake up at 9am to check meat. Run errands, come back around 12pm and pull meat.

And those of us who are good with stick burners cooking with them for 30 years and got tired of being a babysitter. Now all I have to do is look at my phone to see the internal temp of my meat and I am sure my smoker temp is right on. Do not mistake convenience for lack of skill.

I bet you drive a truck with a auto trans.....but there are actually those who can drive with a real manual trans. No offense, just pointing it out.

I get up at 4am, unlock my phone, turn on smoker. Take meat out of fridge, rub it down, go back to sleep. Wake up at 6am again, put meat on smoker, insert probes attached to smoker and go fishing. Fish all day, check temp of meat on phone, keep fishing and drinking beer. Get home at 2-3, clean fish, take a nap til 6pm. Wake up, check meat temp on phone, get sides ready. Pull meat around 7-8pm. Eat and pop another beer

If I’m smoking at night. Put meat in around 10pm. Sleep like a baby, wake up at 9am to check meat. Run errands, come back around 12pm and pull meat.

I get up at 4am, unlock my phone, turn on smoker. Take meat out of fridge, rub it down, go back to sleep. Wake up at 6am again, put meat on smoker, insert probes attached to smoker and go fishing. Fish all day, check temp of meat on phone, keep fishing and drinking beer. Get home at 2-3, clean fish, take a nap til 6pm. Wake up, check meat temp on phone, get sides ready. Pull meat around 7-8pm. Eat and pop another beer

If I’m smoking at night. Put meat in around 10pm. Sleep like a baby, wake up at 9am to check meat. Run errands, come back around 12pm and pull meat.