🚨 WATCH NEXT! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-boiC-k0B1Gk.html My 6 month update since I bought the 250! I’ve learned a lot about this pit but also bbq in general so far in 2022. If you guys have any questions about the pit, feel free to leave it in the comments! See you guys soon! Take Care ✌😁
Oh man thanks for the shout bro! The 250 is definitely the ultimate backyard pit. Cook at least 2 briskets and you can justify your fuel consumption. Anything more than 2 is just bonus. Keep killing it with your awesome content man! Always informative 🙏🏼
Great video. I made my 500-gallon smoker about 12 years ago. I've got maybe $500 in it, and this includes the trailer I put it on.I manage my fire kinda like they do with the big brick pits, and I move it around where it's needed. No stack, my vents are adjustable on the top of the smoker. I'd like to get into catering, I only use it once a year when I smoke turkeys for Thanksgiving. Those were some great tips.👍👍
Yes linseed oil is the way to go keeps that nice coat of sheen clear on it 👌 I’m with you on that 250 is perfect for backyard, pop ups even catering! I love my 250 from HDM SMOKERS.
I just built a 250 for my uncle and I have to say it was such a pleasure to run compared to my 500. It was the easiest smoker I’ve ever ran, and it was super fuel efficient. It was even easier to run than my lsg 20x42, and that thing cooks like a dream. Owning a 250 is definitely on my to do list.
@@darthmaul6693 I just use an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel. And warping really just depends on the tank. My 500 warped a little, but it wasn’t too bad. I built my brother a 125 and his door warped pretty bad. The 250 I recently built though didn’t warp at all.
Great information! I got offset envy for sure. Are you planning to get into some catering? I thought you mentioned doing that, just wasnt sure if you are still doing it. Great video as always brother. Have a good rest of the week!
I actually am! I have a potential yt collab to do a pop up event at a brewery here in Nashville on a 1k pit. I'm hoping to just learn as much as I can during the experience and use it to launch my own catering/pop up business (or continue to do it monthly with this person if its really profitable). We're still in the early stages, but we got the brewery locked in. There's a whole lot of planning to do and numbers to crunch to see if its profitable and worth doing. But if it goes through itll prob happen in the fall. And I'll post a video about the experience for sure :)
@@AntsBBQCookout Any movement on the pop up a the Brewery? I am in Murfreesboro, and if you need some extra help, I would love to volunteer some time. I am always looking for more experience, and have a 250 on a trailer if needed.
Thank you! It was a local builder around my area. I'm not sure if he's still building. But if you're interested you can see my first 250 review and I have a link to his Instagram in the description
You're making me think very seriously about building a 250. I love my 1k, but I'm itching to build another. Maybe your video will up the demand for 250's!
bro, i wish I had your 1k!! I think since you have such a monster pit already you should do a 120.. that would be the perfect combo to basically do anything you want!
I am definitely going to obtain a 250! I might have to wait two years but I am going to obtain one! I have already begun to prep my wife. When our son who enters the 7th grade graduates 2025 that is when I plan to have it. Possibly sooner if I obtain a financing deal.
hey thats awesome! if you want a smaller footprint and a cheaper smoker with close to the same cooking capacity, the Goldees smoker by M&M might be a better buy for you. I am getting one next month and I plan to sell my 250 to a friend
As always great information. My smoker is half that size. Had it for about 18 months. I would like to get into back yard pop ups. If you have any information on regulations. City, state, federal.
Very little, friend. In TN there are licenses you have to get, but I have also been told government workers don't work on the weekends.. so take that as you will 😂 I want to get into it as well, so once I get all the info I'll post a video about it!
Great video! I am really wanting to get a 250 eventually. Been debating on 5he build your own route. My dad is a great welder and has a bunch of scrap metal I can start with haha.
Is there a big difference between a 120 gal to a 250 gal as fat ease of fire management goes? My priority of Things to consider: Fire management; $$$, capacity, the size vs my back yard.
I just noticed how rich my grandpa was every Sunday we were eating brisket bbq and he let me help him with his 250 and he used so many good woods to smoke it and now that he died we just completely stopped the tradition I want to help get the tradition going does anyone know how I could do that
If I had to have 1 pit to rule them all it would be a 250. Comparing Primitive Pits offerings a 250 is only 3 ft shorter, 3 in less diameter, while being half the weight.
hahaha one pit to rule them all.. forged by the fires of mordor 😱 are you comparing it to a 500? because I had no idea that was the case. I've never seen a 500 in person before
@@AntsBBQCookout I can’t say this is the case for all 250s vs 500s for all builders . However, Primitive Pits 250 is only a bit smaller than a Primitive Pits 500. Alternatively, Mill Scale has their 529 (Meat Church rig). Cut the cook chamber down about 40 inches to make it more “backyard” friendly, but keep it on a trailer for easy transport. If anybody builds this rig I said it here first!
Really, a 250 gallon smoker for a "backyard enthusiast"? Who are you trying to fool? Why would a normal person need to burn so much wood to heat a 250 gallon smoker, sufficient in volume to feed 50 or more people? And, why a cooker this large for a brisket, and two racks of ribs, if one os not feeding 50 + people? Thumbs down to you.
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