Are vertical or horizontal smokers better?
Chef's answer
Vertical pellet smokers are designed to smoke and roast foods but cannot grill. The heat source is usually further away from the meat. Horizontal pellet smoker grills can smoke, bake, grill, and some offer direct flame broiling. Vertical smokers tend to be superior meat smokers..
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Firstly, it acts as a heat sink to distribute the heat more evenly throughout the entire cooking chamber. And, secondly, to filter the smoke through more slowly so that everything you're cooking gets exposed to a similar amount of heat and smoke and you don't need to rotate pieces throughout your cook.
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These vertical grills are some of the cheapest on the market, so you don't need to break the bank. The grills are ideal for high-heat searing and grilling. Vertical pellet smokers are the best at smoking and roasting meats.
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Vertical pellet smokers offer a whole new barbecue experience. They provide a larger cooking space and better airflow than many of their contemporaries, while still providing the high temperatures and fuel efficiency of standard wood pellet models.
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As well as looking the part and producing some of the richest, smokiest meats, offset smoker advantages include: They're ideal for cooking lots of food at once. You can easily add more fuel and/or wood chips without opening the cooking chamber which disrupts the temperature and smoke levels.
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Then, open the cooking chamber an rotate the meat. If you have the standard offset smoker, you're going to have to keep your thermometer or temperature probe somewhere close. It's harder to maintain constant heat in this type of smoker. Harder, but not impossible.
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Despite being called stick burners, offset smokers work best when fuelled with a combination of wood and charcoal. Cooking with a combination of wood and charcoal is far less fiddly than cooking with all wood, producing a smoky flavor without the risk of excess ash, soot, or creosote ruining the meat.
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Vertical pellet smokers are designed to smoke and roast foods but cannot grill. The heat source is usually further away from the meat. Horizontal pellet smoker grills can smoke, bake, grill, and some offer direct flame broiling. Vertical smokers tend to be superior meat smokers..
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