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I love the Miguel Vergara briskets, they were my favourite brisket cooks in the UK. I've emigrated to Greece now and getting a decent brisket is next to impossible as they slaughter their cows at around 200kg.

Indeed. That Miguel Vergara was the first brisket I cooked hot and fast. Had me doubting myself as it was ready to come off the grill after 4 and a bit hours. Needn't have worried, probably the best one I've done in my short smoking time.

Thank you very much, much appreciated.

Nice! Have you tried it out yet?

Hi, in that case would it be possible to get the plans from you at done point, please? My father in law is retired and pretty good at welding/metalwork, will be good to keep him busy 😂 Hoping he'll help me improve mine as they're rudimentary, at best.

Nice set up. Stumbled across this whilst looking for DIY gravity fed smokers, might bug you with a few questions soon, once I know exactly what it is in planning to do 😅 This time last year I'd barely started smoking and was really settling into life as an electrician in Colchester, fast forward a year and I'm a house husband in Greece looking to get a ribs place off the ground in northern Greece. Life!

Proq make the Napoleon smoker, so they're the same quality. Shelly, can probably get an 18 inch fornetto razzo on eBay, discontinued stock.

Have unpacked the brisket. It's my first so have nothing else to compare it to, unfortunately. It's a big old piece of meat!

Picked up my brisket today. Won't be unpacking it until Friday so will post some unpacked photos then. In the meantime:

Meant to say thanks for these errors ups ages ago as I got a good deal on a Fornetto Razzo 22. So thank you!

Yeah, will let you know. It's my first brisket so not sure how much my opinion counts but will post photos of how it looks when I get it and obviously post smoking

https://www.garrhousefarm.co.uk/farm-produce/beef/ I emailed the lady that runs it, very helpful.

Hi all, I've found a farm near me that sells their own beef, pork and lamb and have ordered a packer brisket from them. Had to explain what it was and include photos but hopefully it'll be great. Not picking it up until they get their most recent slaughtered cow back from hanging next week but I'll keep you posted. I'm based in Colchester.

ProQ make the Napoleon so I imagine they're pretty similar. I almost bought a proq but got a ridiculously good deal on a 22 inch Fornetto Razzo, which again is extremely similar.

Thanks for the info, fellas. Have only ventured out about as far as poplar nurseries which had a good Weber range.

Hi, both just down the road. I've not long been in Colchester so still getting to know the area. Any decent barbie stores around?

Thanks! Appreciate your input. Going for the smoker rather than the kamado as it feels like I learn more.

Not a deal, a friend of a friend is selling their kit. Comes with the kamado adapter which almost seems pointless to me as those things are ridiculously solid when it comes to holding temps. In not really buying it to use now but when I finally get around to doing brisket, I think it will come in handy. Wouldn't be using it on my kamado rather my Fornetto Razzo 22.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but would you say this is a worthwhile purchase for 90 quid delivered? Comes with a large battery pack, spare probe and additional speed controller. Cheers

Thanks for the welcome, guys. She turned up today but I've not had a chance to evaluate her properly yet. Did a two hour burn in at 300, will do another one tomorrow whilst I'm doing a leg of lamb on the monolith. Will be doing some ribs on the Fornetto on Sunday, with a bit of luck.

Hey everybody, it's good to find an active UK based smoking forum. Only started smoking a few months ago and it's been a step learning curve. My dad gave me his old barbie, a char-griller smokin' outlaw and that was it. First attempt actually went pretty well, despite leaks everywhere, second was a bit better after a few seals, 3rd was worse, finished mods, 4th was okay, 5th wasn't and then a 6th 2kg butt took 14 hours before I gave up and stuck it in the oven 😄. Between cooks 2 and 3 I won a monolith kamado junior so have been doing quite a few cooks on that too, pulled lamb being a revelation. I've decided to stop throwing good money after bad with the smoking outlaw after reading the amazing ribs review and finding it explained a lot, but I still wanted an offset. Came close to getting a cactus Jack on eBay but was outbid at the last moment. With everywhere else being out of stock of my second choice, the Oklahoma Joe longhorn, I today ordered a Fornetto Razzo 22 as they were only 228 on eBay and am looking forward to seeing how vertical smoking works! Sorry for the essay.