Newbie from CA

scooter 2 · January 15, 2010, 10:35:54 AM

Hi, I'm Scott from Antioch, CA which is in the San Francisco east bay area. I've not been BBQ'ing with indirect heat & smoke for very long but have come a long way since August. I started with a Traeger 070 then shifted to a MAK. I'm here to do research on purchasing a Bradley smoker for vacations. Looking at the propane powered tent version which seems to be very portable.
So, just wanted to intro myself and I'm looking forward to doing searches to find answers and asking the occasional question to get educated on Bradley Smokers.

Regards,
Scott

KyNola · January 15, 2010, 10:39:52 AM

Hey Scott! Good to see you on this forum buddy. Thanks for becoming a member. Several of the folks here will be able to tell you all about the BPS.

Hang around and have some fun with us.

KyNola

FLBentRider · January 15, 2010, 10:46:48 AM

W E L C O M E to the Forum scooter 2!

I've got a Bradley propane Smoker, and it is very portable.

I used it to smoke the Thanksgiving turkey.

I haven't quite gotten a handle on how many uses you can get out of the "tents".

Like most (low-BTU) smokers, it doesn't like wind much.

Caneyscud · January 15, 2010, 10:56:37 AM

Welcome Scott.

There are several on the forum that have the BPS and will be around shortly and answer your questions. I have no experience with one. But I do have experience with a Lil Tex. Fine machines. And what I can tell from limited reading about them. The Mak see like awesome machines. Can't believe KyNola didn't have anything to say about a Mak!

KyNola · January 15, 2010, 12:53:44 PM

CS,
Scott and I had communicated by PM a couple of times about the MAK prior to his buying one. I didn't want to clutter the introduction forum with talk about a particular machine.

KyNola

scooter 2 · January 15, 2010, 01:57:46 PM

Thanks Larry, we can talk MAK in the non Bradley cooker forum :)

Quote from: FLBetRiderI haven't quite gotten a handle on how many uses you can get out of the "tents".

One of the questions I need to investigate. I figure as long as I can get at least 5 cooks in each tent should be enough then toss the tent and use a new one for the next trip.

Was also wondering about heat control, one Amazon reviewer indicated it's difficult to cook under 250* in the BPS. ???

Caneyscud: I agree with your food group pyramid! ;D

FLBentRider · January 15, 2010, 03:36:36 PM

The issue with re-use is that the smoke makes the inside sticky.

So if you have to fold them up for storage, then sometimes they rip when you unfold them.

If you can leave it "open", (like I did when I was on my last road trip) then you can probably get 10 smokes or more out of them.

Paddlinpaul · January 15, 2010, 06:37:42 PM

I started with my gas gill in the back yard. My Dad has a maple sugar bus in Lanark ON (maple syrup capital of Ontario, Canada). He has hickory mixed in the bush and gave me what I needed to smoke on my grill. I had great results (according to my dinner guests) with pork back ribs. I wrapped the hickory in foil, half of it soaked in water, and placed it directly on the flame. I put the ribs on the other side with no direct heat and monitored the temp to keep between 225 and 250. 4 - 5 hours of smoke at that temp, then 45 - 60 min with BBQ sauce and they were great.
All I can say is the Bradley removes about 90% of the work.

MAK DADDY · January 19, 2010, 10:12:06 PM

Welcome Scooter, this place rocks, I mean SMOKES!

KevinG · January 20, 2010, 04:23:16 AM

Welcome aboard Scott! Sounds like you've got a smoking habit going there.

dbondy · January 20, 2010, 05:52:53 AM

Welcome to the fun scooter. Lots of great info and awesome help here. :)

ArnieM · January 20, 2010, 06:28:09 AM

Welcome to the forum scooter. It sounds like you're pretty well equipped already. :D