I haven't smoked a brisket since I stopped raising my own beef. The quality of brisket just really hasn't been there for my snobby ass.
I've used a New Braunfels Bandera model since the early 90s. You can smoke a LOT of meat in it. I usually have a couple pork loins cut in half, a couple pork butts or shoulder and a couple racks of pork ribs. ........chicken and/or sausage if there's room.
Here's what one looks like. I've had an original and in the past 5yrs, the company that bought them out, started building it again.
https://www.oklahomajoes.com/bandera-vertical-offset-smoker
I found mine at a Walmart at almost half price to move it.
Great smoker and grill. I wouldn't use anything else that would fit on my back porch. Just nothing on the market that's better that's not a custom job.
A pic of the last loin I smoked.......time to fill the whole chest again!!
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