Battle for Bullet Smoker Supremacy - Part 2

The Illinois BBQ Society Presents "The Battle for Bullet Smoker Supremacy" sponsored by The Backyard Barbecue Store in Wilmette, Illinois. This epic battle pits the Weber Smokey Mountain against the new comer, the ProQ Excel 20. Months in the making, this battle came to pass on August 9th, 2008 with results that may (or may not) surprise you. Part 2 of 2.

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• barbeque
• barbecue
• weber
• wsm
• proq
• bullet
• smoker
• water
• battle
• showdown
• contest

[gary31753]

Good video. My minor complaint is that the background music was distracting and sometimes made it difficult to understand the cook.

[banditbbq]

@gary31753 Thanks. This was one of the first videos put together and have since learned from my mistake of having the music toooo loud. I appreciate you watching!

[pal51961]

OMG, these guys are lame. Who would test a smoker with WINGS!!!!????? Why not smoke some ribs, butts or brisket? I've never heard of smoking the crap they did. This did not tell me anything. When I get my Pro Q I will post a video properly comparing each unit under a 4-12 hour session.

[banditbbq]

@pal51961 Thanks for checking out the video. You probably missed it, but this comparison was done at a one-day contest. The star of the show this day was not the comparison of the two smokers, but was the contest where Jason was taking time out of his busy contest schedule to help with the GENERAL comparisons. If you want to throw rocks, I would like to invite you to compete against us ANYTIME. By the way, you better bring your A++ game, because when it's all said and done, I doubt your skills.

[fatturdburger]

A study by the French environmental campaigning group Robin des Bois found that a typical two-hour barbecue can release the same level of dioxins as up to 220,000 cigarettes.

Dioxins are a group of chemicals known to increase the likelihood of cancer.

The figures were based on grilling four large steaks, four turkey cuts and eight large sausages.

This amount of cooking was found to release 12-22 nannograms of dioxins into the atmosphere.

[banditbbq]

@fatturdburger But BOY does it help to make the food taste good! I promise not to go preach on your page, if you'll kindly do the same. Thank you for your concern.

[virtualweberb]

For safety's sake, the Weber water pan should be placed into the middle section off the heat, then filled with water from above after the middle section is placed over the charcoal bowl. Cold water + hot coals = serious steam flash and potential for serious skin burns. This is true not only for the Weber smoker, but for all water smoker brands.

[k9pjuice]

pretty even when judged by a man with a wsm tatoo ffs. Would have been better to put the extra grill on the pro q and have the fatty above the chicken dousing it in lovely flavour. Dropping those full water pans into a lit smoker seems a pretty dumb move. Don't get me wrong i've a weber kettle and love it dearly but that pro q just seems to be the biz

[k9pjuice]

@fatturdburger , who on this planet cares what the french have to say

[DaZoneRanger]

How long did you smoke the wings for?

[Encino1972]

Good video - but drop the background music. I have used the same WSM for 8 years and it's still going strong - 1+ cook a week. I'm going to buy another WSM and keep my old one for 2nd smoker. Quality smoker.

[Mvleeuwen1971]

I found this video very helpfull in making a choice which smoker I'm going to buy next week. Thanks and nevermind those whiners who are nagging about the quality or the fact that you had wings on it... Loved it!

[duhamell1972]

@pal51961 I simply did this video as a favor for Jim since i am very knowledgable of the Weber Smokey Mountain at no time was this meant as a cooking contest for the 2 smokers just merely a comparision. If you did really purchase a Pro-Q the I would gladly put my WSM and my bbq skills up against anything you can offer. I do thank you for reviewing the video but i doubt your bbq experience is up to par with ours.

[gypsycabs]

Real nice video. I'm thinking of adding a bullet style grill to my arsenal, and these videos really helped me along, even if you didn't find a clear cut winner. Keep up the good work and I look forward to watching!