Looks like the price has doubled since I last ordered and at that price it doesn't include all flavors.
Did you look on Amazon?
amazon.com: Bradley 120 bisquettes (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Bradley+120+bisquettes)
I usually buy on Amazon, but the price has nearly doubled from ~$30 to ~$60.
http://www.amazon.com/Bradley-Technologies-Alder-Bisquettes-BTAL120/dp/B0076LV0K0/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1354459781&sr=8-13&keywords=Bradley+120+bisquettes
Ebay still has them and usually cheaper
Ditto on Ebay. That's where I get 90% of mine
Quote from: Smorker on December 02, 2012, 06:54:42 AM
I usually buy on Amazon, but the price has nearly doubled from ~$30 to ~$60.
Amazon still has several flavors for under $30 for a 120 count package.
Be sure to include shipping charge in the price; if ordered from Amazon and over $25, they give free shipping.
Just checked Ebay and they are 55+ now as well. They are drying up everywhere, all sizes and kinds of wood. Is this normal through the winter?
I ordered Oak on Amazon over 8 months ago. Still nothing has shown up. Bummer, looks like my little bradley is going to not get any use. I will just swap to another popular one where it seems that people can get the wood more readily. Sad day
I called customer service and got the following response:
we are not discontinuing 120 pack bisquettes; we can crank out 48 packs much faster and the big box stores are snapping up the 120 packs.
Home Depot (online) has 120 packs for about $34 that depends on what flavor.
Maybe it's time to figure out how to make our own; I know it can be done a lot cheaper.
I just spotted this at home depot - all 120 packs are out of stock.
Cabellas and Bass Pro Shops don;t list 120 packs at all.
Amazon is out of stock.
Bradley is out of stock on all 12 packs as well. It looks like it is profit motivation for Bradley to produce 24 and 48 packs and not produce 120 packs.
Today I just purchased a 120 count hickory bisquette box from one of Amazon partners for $40 + $5 S/H, but there were only 5 left and now they are out of stock.
They have other 120 packs of different flavors and not as good of price. I just keep checking Amazon until I get a hit.
Maybe a homespun conversion to pellets ?
:o
Well not sure i should mention it here or not. But with mail order about the only way for me to get them when i need them. I have turned to a popular smoke alternative. So i can use pellets, chips or dust. Even My own. I do still use the puck when I can get them and at a good price. But afraid most times its out of my price range. So I wont mention the name here. Im sure many others do and know too!
might have to take a look at smoke daddy smoke generator and pellets. a 5 lb bag is $ 7.75 if you order 20 lbs you get free shipping
Quote from: beefmann on November 22, 2013, 03:24:37 PM
might have to take a look at
I've been looking at those the last few weeks. I might be going that route if I can no longer find Bradley bisquettes at a reasonable price. Amazon lists 120 packs of hickory for a little less than $40 with free shipping and no sales tax but, of course, they are out of stock and no date on when they will be available.
I'm beginning to think that these bisquettes for the smoker are like printer ink cartridges when it comes to where the money is made for their products.
Quote from: TedEbear on November 23, 2013, 04:14:30 AM
Quote from: beefmann on November 22, 2013, 03:24:37 PM
might have to take a look at
I've been looking at those the last few weeks. I might be going that route if I can no longer find Bradley bisquettes at a reasonable price. Amazon lists 120 packs of hickory for a little less than $40 with free shipping and no sales tax but, of course, they are out of stock and no date on when they will be available.
I'm beginning to think that these bisquettes for the smoker are like printer ink cartridges when it comes to where the money is made for their products.
;) ;D
I just purchased 120 packs of Whisky Oak ($45) and Alder ($33) from Amazon.ca. Gonna be end of Feb by the time I receive them though!
Canadian Tire sells only 24 packs for $9.99 + tax (says it's $10.79 online) and Home Depot sells them in 48 packs for $20.99 + tax.
Man I love my smoker but I can't find pucks, every time I think I found some they cancel my order because they are out. the ones you can find are way over priced - every dealer listed in my area is out of stock too - there is no way to even use this thing anymore, going to something else.
Bradley really needs to update their site as well, most of the companies they list as selling them stopped doing so.
I bought 3 120ct Hickory from Bass Pro at the end of November for around 35$ no shipping. I just checked the website and they're not listed anymore.
Allied Kenco still has 120 count. Just checked their site.
Allied Kenco, forgot to check that one out. I just went on ebay and there are NO 120 count boxes of any kind available
Try Home Depot.com. According to a friend they have the 120 count pucks at a price that they used to cost on Amazon. $35-$36 ? Have them shipped to your closest HD and there's no shipping cost either.
I just checked Home Depot and yes the prices are good but everything is shown as "out-of-stock". No 48's or 120's in stock. :( :( :( :(
Quote from: Old Frenchie on January 07, 2014, 06:01:45 PM
I just checked Home Depot and yes the prices are good but everything is shown as "out-of-stock". No 48's or 120's in stock. :( :( :( :(
Aaargh! I wonder what the heck the deal is with the short supply? This shortage is a couple of years old.
Just ordered a 120 hickory and a 120 apple from Allied Kenco. Had to pay shipping, but they have them. With shipping, worked out to $48.00/120.
I just got an order update from Amazon.com. My order I placed a few weeks ago for the 120 count hickory box ($39.99) has a ship date of February 11 through 25. This is insane. I just got my Bradley Original Smoker (BS-611) for Christmas, and I'm already having issues finding the key component that makes it a true "set it and forget it" smoker. I am changing over from an offset smoker.
I must confess though, I have trial packs of Maple and Hickory Peterson Pucks waiting for me at the Post Office as we speak.
Quote from: Mischievous on January 07, 2014, 03:17:10 PMthere is no way to even use this thing anymore, going to something else.
Keep the Bradley and get an A-MAZE-N pellet tube for it. I did that recently after being frustrated with the lack of sources for reasonably priced bisquettes, out of stock everywhere, etc. A 20# bag of pellets ($15 or so when they're on sale) can last a year or more. ;)
Quote from: ragweed on January 08, 2014, 03:31:54 AM
Just ordered a 120 hickory and a 120 apple from Allied Kenco. Had to pay shipping, but they have them. $39.95. With shipping, worked out to $48.00/120.
Pucks just arrived. Not bad, two days from TX to NE, UPS Ground. Interesting though. Guess there is still a "shortage" of 120 count pucks. My 120 consisted of 2 X 48 and 1 X 24!!! And the 24 was not in a box, just the tray. Looks like Allied bought a bunch of 48 packs.
With the shipping charge considered, it wasn't that great a price. But they have 'em and now I got 'em, in two days.
I wouldn't consider $1.20 an hour to be all that high a price, I pick mine up at Cabela's on sale and average $.90 an hour. I figure that's not a bad deal since I only smoke 3-4 hours most of the time. I like my AMZEN-PS and I'm sure I'll like the tube but I haven't seen a big enough price difference based on the amount of pellets burned in 3-4 hours so far to make it something to make a total switch for. My biggest concern for smoking now is the constantly rising meat prices reducing the amount of smoking I can do. I can afford a lot more bisquettes than I can meat to smoke with it these days. Just my opinion though, not saying that works for everyone else.
I guess I have been lucky, whenever I wander through a store that carries the bisquittes
I check and pickup some. I have 400-600 in garage now. Usually replenish before I run out of
A specific wood. I do use amazn on green egg, cold smoking (short time) and webers.
Long cold smokes the Bradley with cold smoke adapter is still the best. (Bacon,ham etc)
Well its got to the point where it just don't seem many are using the pucks as before. I was hooked on them too. Until it got to the point they were to outrageous in price or shipping or I just couldn't find them locally. To many times they forced me to use alternatives. Then I was given a gift here for a new alternative. Im in love with now. So I think i surrender. I will wash ,clean and double check both my smoke generators this year and post for sell.
It is a great system and i like it. But it is the source of the most income for bradley I believe too. And I'm not knocking them. As i love my original setup. But my thoughts are if it is as we all seem to think they should fire marking and suppliers and revamp. A wider distribution would make them readily available, and probably bring cost to them and price to us down. I still use them when i find some where im at. But not enough to keep trying. And for those trying to replace with home made pucks I doubt you'll ever achieve what bradley has in quality. Shipping is just a game today and adds way to much to cost.
FWIW I just got back from Halfords here in Edmonton and they have got pallets of Bradley pucks. Every flavour, every size box including 120s. I believe they ship for free over a certain $ amount. Never had to buy from them online though.
https://www.halfordsmailorder.com/eSource/ecom/eSource/items/4-S1-lV1BS-lV2B-FOODCOOK-lV3B-FCSMWOOD-lV4B-FCBRBISC.aspx
Well thats good for those who can afford to buy a large amount. But kinda shafts us who cant. I would try to get it into local chains like kmarts, walmarts and such. Bet theyd sell twice as many over night.
So what is the deal? Amazon ... Home Depot ... local resellers ... out of stock.
It's the NFL playoffs! Missing out here and thinking about buying a new smoker. The price of the bisquettes is just too high.
Quote from: dautry on January 14, 2014, 01:12:11 AM
So what is the deal? Amazon ... Home Depot ... local resellers ... out of stock.
It's the NFL playoffs! Missing out here and thinking about buying a new smoker. The price of the bisquettes is just too high.
As I stated earlier in this thread, Allied Kenco has them. Got them in 2 days. For me 40 cents a puck is not too expensive. I usually only run smoke for 2 hrs, so $2.40 is not a show stopper because I think the Bradley is still the best way to smoke/cook ANYTHING. Just my opinion. :)
Rats!
Just got a message from Amazon today. They are unable to fill my order for the 120 pack.
Also still out of stock at Home Depot, and Cabela's doesn't seem to carry them any more.
Those Peterson Pucks I ordered are looking more and more to be the new deal for me. yes, they tend to ash a little, but they're cheaper in the long run, and best of all, available!
Does anyone from Bradley ever monitor these forums and offer any insight to general issues such as this? I would have hoped that one of them will jump in and reassure us that their product is worth waiting for, or something..........
Quote from: DryCreek on February 11, 2014, 04:26:28 PM
Rats!
Just got a message from Amazon today. They are unable to fill my order for the 120 pack.
Also still out of stock at Home Depot, and Cabela's doesn't seem to carry them any more.
Those Peterson Pucks I ordered are looking more and more to be the new deal for me. yes, they tend to ash a little, but they're cheaper in the long run, and best of all, available!
Does anyone from Bradley ever monitor these forums and offer any insight to general issues such as this? I would have hoped that one of them will jump in and reassure us that their product is worth waiting for, or something..........
Trust me they are monitoring and aware of the issue.
In another similar post awhile back Brian made a point of stating that if you can get your local store to order the 120 counts they will ship them out. In this economy I think stores are having a harder time justifying the expense of stocking larger quantity boxes when they can buy the smaller 24 and 48 count packs cheaper and they sell quicker to the average Bradley owner that doesn't smoke as much as we do here on the forum. I would bet that most of the really good deals on 120 counts are after they have sat in a warehouse for to long and the store needs to move them to get their investment back.
A common internet marketing tactic now days is to list products that a company can order but show them as out of stock, then if enough orders are placed in backorder status to make a profit ordering them they can get a shipment and fill the orders. But if enough orders aren't placed then they aren't out any money.
According to an email I got from Bradley this AM, the 120 packs have NOT been discontinued and will again be available in the future but he didn't know when.
Forum Members
"Rumors of our demise by fire are greatly exaggerated. Yes, there was a small fire in our plant, that had a short-term impact on supply, but all is good, and 120-packs will be trickling back into the marketplace soon. Supply of 48-packs and 24-packs was un-interrupted.
Thanks Brian.
Quote from: Bradley (Head Office) on February 12, 2014, 05:05:18 PM
Forum Members
"Rumors of our demise by fire are greatly exaggerated. Yes, there was a small fire in our plant, that had a short-term impact on supply, but all is good, and 120-packs will be trickling back into the marketplace soon. Supply of 48-packs and 24-packs was un-interrupted.
Thanks Brian.
Fire? I hadn't heard anything about it but hopefully the 120-pack bisquettes will soon be back on the shelves.
They must have forgot to put water in the puck bowl. ;D
I suppose I had a standing order in with Amazon. I got an email today that said my 120 pack had shipped and my credit card was hit for them.
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Fire at the plant......boy do I hope they had some salmon...some brisket...some pork and...some cheese before the fire dept. showed up.... ;) ;)
Well, I hope that they can get some production going here soon.
On the bright side, Peterson Pucks offers free shipping if you order five bags or more, and they have all flavors and all sizes in stock.
So, due to a dearth of Bradley products available to me through mail order, I had to commit to five more bags of the competitions product. If this keeps up, I may have to ask myself why I even keep checking at my two main sources (Amazon and Home Depot) for availability of the Bradley Bisquettes. I do like the ease of the system and its design, but if I can only buy 24's and 48's, it's not a very cost effective option. But, to put the marketing hype to the test, the Peterson Pucks really don't last as long as they insinuate. They imply that each one of their pucks lasts approximately three times as long as the Bradley product. The truth is they really only last a little over twice as long. This is from my direct experience. As a matter of fact, I have the Maple and Hickory pucks stacked in the smoker now and I am finishing a brisket as I type.
Quote from: DryCreek on February 23, 2014, 05:41:09 PM
On the bright side, Peterson Pucks offers free shipping if you order five bags or more, and they have all flavors and all sizes in stock
Do these work in the Bradley? Well, in the Bradley smoke generator?
Quote from: TNRockyraccoon on February 23, 2014, 06:40:47 PMDo these work in the Bradley? Well, in the Bradley smoke generator?
No! They do not. They are larger in diameter by about 1/8 inch and must be placed directly on the puck burner. Google 'Peterson Pucks', go to the PP website and watch the video on how they are used.
To me, that kind of defeats the advantage of setting my Auberins/Bradley up so I can set once and forget about it until the system shuts itself off. Having to be there to manually replenish the pucks is a bummer.
They will work in a Bradley but require more attention. I think they are probably better suited to other smoker brands like the Chief models or maybe a Masterbuilt.
If they last over 20 minutes what difference does it make. The Bradley generator will just kick them into the bowl.
Quote from: renoman on February 24, 2014, 04:55:14 PM
If they last over 20 minutes what difference does it make. The Bradley generator will just kick them into the bowl.
I think the point is that they don't fit in the feed tube so the SG can't push them into the water bowl, If I remember what I looked up before you have to make a pyramid stack of them on the SG.
Quote from: renoman on February 24, 2014, 04:55:14 PMThe Bradley generator will just kick them into the bowl.
No; it will not. They will NOT fit in the SG stack tube. They have to be manually placed on the heating element and the ash or remaining portion of the puck has to be manually removed. And THAT is the main reason I won't be using them in my setup.
No, the Peterson Pucks do not feed through the smoke generator assembly. And yes, it is more work to stack four on the tray and have to wipe the ash away in two hours and maybe add one or two more.
But, they ARE AVAILABLE when I want to order them - in any quantity. And, they work out to be about half the cost of the Bradley product. I don't own stock in Peterson, nor am I a salesman for them. I just look to get the most product for my money when I pry open my wallet. While most of you are able to shop around from place to place, I live out in the sticks and we go to town only once a week. In that trip we have to buy feed and other ranch supplies, office supplies for my wife's home business and our groceries. They have built a new Cabela's Outpost in Waco, and I have looked there. They are higher than most online places by 10 to 20%. No where else stocks them where we go, so I am left to order them online. The 120 packs bring the per bisquette price down to a reasonable range. The 24's definitely do not, and the 48 packs price per unit are tolerable.
While most of you have figured out your cost per hour of smoking, and have a budget that allows purchase of the smaller packs, I have a slightly different circumstance. My Bradley Original Smoker was a Christmas gift to me from my son. He works in the kitchen of a high-end western hunting resort and they have been using a six-rack model for years. He thought that it would great for the 'set it and forget it" feature. I should also mention that I have an offset smoker (That I love) and I live in the middle of lots of white oak. My son also has very large mature pecan trees in his yard, and they frequently need to be trimmed. I have more free wood here than I could burn through if I fired up my smoker every day. So, being used to wood that costs little more than chain saw time and gathering, and then being faced with a cost of up to $3 an hour for smoke, I am conflicted........
Quote from: DryCreek on February 27, 2014, 05:47:52 AM
No, the Peterson Pucks do not feed through the smoke generator assembly. And yes, it is more work to stack four on the tray and have to wipe the ash away in two hours and maybe add one or two more.
But, they ARE AVAILABLE when I want to order them - in any quantity. And, they work out to be about half the cost of the Bradley product. I don't own stock in Peterson, nor am I a salesman for them. I just look to get the most product for my money when I pry open my wallet. While most of you are able to shop around from place to place, I live out in the sticks and we go to town only once a week. In that trip we have to buy feed and other ranch supplies, office supplies for my wife's home business and our groceries. They have built a new Cabela's Outpost in Waco, and I have looked there. They are higher than most online places by 10 to 20%. No where else stocks them where we go, so I am left to order them online. The 120 packs bring the per bisquette price down to a reasonable range. The 24's definitely do not, and the 48 packs price per unit are tolerable.
While most of you have figured out your cost per hour of smoking, and have a budget that allows purchase of the smaller packs, I have a slightly different circumstance. My Bradley Original Smoker was a Christmas gift to me from my son. He works in the kitchen of a high-end western hunting resort and they have been using a six-rack model for years. He thought that it would great for the 'set it and forget it" feature. I should also mention that I have an offset smoker (That I love) and I live in the middle of lots of white oak. My son also has very large mature pecan trees in his yard, and they frequently need to be trimmed. I have more free wood here than I could burn through if I fired up my smoker every day. So, being used to wood that costs little more than chain saw time and gathering, and then being faced with a cost of up to $3 an hour for smoke, I am conflicted........
With the local Cabela's store, all you need to do is watch the cabela's website for when the pucks go on sale, then grab someone in the store and tell them the sale price and they will give you a paper to take to the cash register so you get the internet sale price. the 48 packs on sale end up costing me about 90 cents an hour to smoke and since I never smoke over 3-4 hours it's not that much more than gas and oil for the chain saw with the price of gas today. Hope that helps you out. :)
Drycreek,
I can sympathize with your situation 100%. For me, convenience trumps cost. I've never computed or thought about cost per smoke and hope I never have to. But I am cost conscious enough to know that it is always better to keep your costs under control to the best of your abilities and life style choices. And it sounds like the Peterson Pucks will suit you just fine.