{"id":1543,"date":"2012-08-07T05:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:14:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:14:08","slug":"review-backwoods-smokers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/review-backwoods-smokers\/","title":{"rendered":"Backwoods Smokers Review [Chubby, Fatboy, Party]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1562 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 543px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 543\/367;border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Backwoods 3\" data-src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-3.jpg\" alt=\"Backwoods Smoker Review\" width=\"543\" height=\"367\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-3.jpg 543w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-3-300x202.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1562\" style=\"border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Backwoods 3\" src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-3.jpg\" alt=\"Backwoods Smoker Review\" width=\"543\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-3.jpg 543w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-3-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In 2009, my cousin Tim bought a Backwoods Party.\u00a0 He absolutely loved it.\u00a0 A few months later he bought a Backwoods Fatboy.\u00a0 He loved it even more.\u00a0 A year after that I bought a Fatboy and fell madly in love.\u00a0 Then our team bought another Party.\u00a0 Then we bought two Backwoods\u00a0Competition Hog cookers on a trailer.\u00a0 Then\u00a0three\u00a0different guys on the team\u00a0bought a Backwoods Chubby.\u00a0 Then another team member bought a Backwoods Competitor.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re counting, SLABS a&#8217; Smokin currently owns&#8230;10 Backwoods cookers.\u00a0 TEN.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reasons We Use Backwood Smokers <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We spent a lot of time and did a lot of research on different styles of smokers before settling on the Backwoods family. The main reasons we like these cookers so much include&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vertical Design<\/li>\n<li>Insulation<\/li>\n<li>Temperature Consistency<\/li>\n<li>Results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The vertical design.\u00a0<\/strong> It makes sense.\u00a0 Smoke and heat rise, right?\u00a0 So why would you buy a cooker with a side smoke box?\u00a0 That goes against logic.\u00a0 The vertical design allows the smoke to naturally travel up and through the meat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Insulation.\u00a0<\/strong> Ever watch BBQ Pitmasters and see those guys wrapping their smokers in blankets and other insulation pieces when it&#8217;s cold and rainy?\u00a0 Yea, the mere thought exhausts me.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have to worry about that with Backwoods.\u00a0 The walls are thick and hold the heat, leaving zero concern for temperature drop.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve competed in 30 degree weather, cooked overnight in the dead of winter, and have seen no difference in the performance from these cooks to the cooks I&#8217;ve done in the middle of July.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1558 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 461px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 461\/307;border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Backwoods 1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fatboy Backwoods Smoker \" width=\"461\" height=\"307\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1558\" style=\"border: 4px solid black;\" title=\"Backwoods 1\" src=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fatboy Backwoods Smoker \" width=\"461\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/app\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Backwoods-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Temperature consistency.<\/strong>\u00a0 With my Fatboy, if I have a full firebox of charcoal and wood, it will sit at 225 for about 8 straight hours without blinking.\u00a0 No fans, no fancy gadgets.\u00a0 Just perfect venting and amazing efficiency.\u00a0 This is critically important to a father of four that wants to play with his kids and not worry about adding coals and messing with vents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award Winning.<\/strong>\u00a0 Since 1987 no line of smokers has won more awards than Backwoods.\u00a0 Period. Proof is in the pudding, friends.<\/p>\n<p>I love Backwoods Smokers.\u00a0 They are high quality, made in the U.S.A. and give you everything you want from a smoker.\u00a0 No matter what model you go with, they all cook the same with great results. I bought mine from <a title=\"St. Louis BBQ Store\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stlbbqstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The St. Louis BBQ Store<\/a>, and couldn&#8217;t be happier with the service and knowledge Ron Kaup provided me.<\/p>\n<p>Have you used a Backwoods?\u00a0 Prefer a different type of smoker?\u00a0 Tell me about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2009, my cousin Tim bought a Backwoods Party.\u00a0 He absolutely loved it.\u00a0 A few months later he bought a Backwoods Fatboy.\u00a0 He loved it even more.\u00a0 A year after&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1011,"featured_media":1562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1543"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7880,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions\/7880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}