Learn me on drum smokers.

The only thing I was worried about when I looked at drum smokers was usable cooking area, I have no experience using one. I did grow tired of my pellet grill and recently bought one of these, so far it is awesome!

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@MadMardigan i have zero cooking experience with the bronco drum. But if you have a little mechanical ability and some down time you can build an ugly drum smoker from scratch that’ll cook twice the food as the bronco. The bronco is built nice an heavy true to Oklahoma Joe’s style. I’ve never seen anything wrong with them just never cooked on one. They all have a learning curve, once you get around that you’re golden.
 
I know several here have built one, but looking at this to replace my masterbuilt I got rid of. It will be for a family of 3 mainly, and then a few get togethers.
 
I was just looking at those at the True Value in Pittsboro. Loved the heavy construction. I have a relatively new Akorn which does an OK job as a smoker but its a fine line between maintaining 225 and putting the fire out. It excels at high temp searing though. Maybe I need this as a dedicated smoker.

Wahoo if MadMardigan isn't interested I would be.
 
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Flashpoint said:
I was just looking at those at the True Value in Pittsboro. Loved the heavy construction. I have a relatively new Akorn which does an OK job as a smoker but its a fine line between maintaining 225 and putting the fire out. It excels at high temp searing though. Maybe I need this as a dedicated smoker.

Wahoo if MadMardigan isn't interested I would be.
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My father has an akorn and loves it. He was having the same issue as you until he put a Pitmaster IQ on it for low and slow. He smokes overnight without any issues.
 
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So I got that one from Academy, had a gift card needed to use.

I wonder, if I wrap the bottom around the fire area with this if it would help retain heat, and keep it from radiating heat?

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I'm no expert but I don't think you necessarily want to make it retain more heat. I think the problem with the Akorn is that its double wall construction retains heat too well, so you practically have to put the fire out to maintain a low temp.

OK Joes has that thing tuned pretty well as is, I wouldn't mess with it. YMMV
 
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