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Old Chum,
I started with an cheap offset smoker, sadly I purchased mine. My advice would be to ebay it, add the money you will waste on sealant fire rope and hi temp paint and buy a weber kettle. To chase a cheap offset will take you to the brink of madness.

Cheers
Tiny


I was afraid of that ...

BraaiMeesterWannabe wrote:Do you have a pic?

I'm not sure how to post them to be honest?

Hi everyone,

So i was gifted one of those £80 cheap offsets apparently everyone hates, but as my only means to learn on how can i improve it?

It seems really leaky and the metal is only about 1.2mm thick so i'm guessing i'm going to run into problems.

Anyone on here than can help me out ...

Hi,

I'm surprised at how many posts i've seen from Essex people! (I'm from Basildon)

Been cooking for a while, absolutely love smoked food but i'm completely ignorant to the world of smoking so please excuse the stupid questions i'm probably going to ask.

I was gifted an off-set smoker but the ...

Same here, unfortunately i'm from Basildon.