Just repeat the words "six thousand dollar smoker" a few times. That's retarded. The guy who's marketing them, himself, said that you're not paying all that extra cash for functionality. Just aesthetics. It probably smokes meat just fine and will last a while, for the extra four or five thousand dollars ( 
) more than a BGE, but save some money and just hire scovie to stick some tile on a BGE.
Calling it "art" is employing the loosest definition of the word possible. C'mon it's just a shiny smoker. I guess if your main reason for buying it is to impress people at dinner parties, whatever. Maybe consider buying a few of those metallic colored glass balls you see in people's lawns and put them next to a normal smoker to save some cash. Now those are art!
Imo, that UDS that RogueJim built recently blows this thing out of the water as far as aesthetics go. I'm of the opinion that smokers are a tool that should look "manly", not "pretty". I guess you can't make pizza on a UDS, but you could buy a kamado strictly for pizza and still save a few thousand dollars, while still impressing everyone.
I guess it just comes down to conspicuous consumption. Things like solid gold bicycles and diamond encrusted toilets are difficult things to have a rational conversation about.
) more than a BGE, but save some money and just hire scovie to stick some tile on a BGE.Calling it "art" is employing the loosest definition of the word possible. C'mon it's just a shiny smoker. I guess if your main reason for buying it is to impress people at dinner parties, whatever. Maybe consider buying a few of those metallic colored glass balls you see in people's lawns and put them next to a normal smoker to save some cash. Now those are art!
Imo, that UDS that RogueJim built recently blows this thing out of the water as far as aesthetics go. I'm of the opinion that smokers are a tool that should look "manly", not "pretty". I guess you can't make pizza on a UDS, but you could buy a kamado strictly for pizza and still save a few thousand dollars, while still impressing everyone.
I guess it just comes down to conspicuous consumption. Things like solid gold bicycles and diamond encrusted toilets are difficult things to have a rational conversation about.
