Bought a $200 offset smoker and my pellet grill feels neglected

Picked up a used Char-Griller offset off Facebook Marketplace last month for $200, mostly to see if I could handle real fire management. After 4 cooks I finally got a decent bark, but the temp swings are still kicking my butt, especially on a windy patio in Tulsa. Anyone else go back and forth between pellet and offset, or should I just commit to one and learn it properly?

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loganhart14d ago

Man, I swore up and down I'd never mess with charcoal again after getting my pellet grill. Then my buddy let me run his offset for a brisket one weekend and I ate my words. The flavor off real wood and coal is just different, that clean smoke taste you can't fake with a pellet tube. But yeah, wind will wreck you, I built a simple three sided wall out of cinder blocks around mine and it cut the swings way down. Four cooks in you're still learning the fire, give it ten more before you decide. Keep both if you can, they're good at different things.

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