Getting ready to order a Smokette, but...

Plasticman,

A great addition is the NU-TEMP 701 remote temperature probe. It is wireless and when you do an overnite smoke you can set min and max alarms and sleep in comfort inside up to 65 feet away while the Cookshack does it magical work outside and you can monitor the temps...

If you don't need the wireless capability, then the polder digital probe is a must have
with the Cookshack so you don't have to keep opening the door.

Enjoy your cookshack,it will make you HAPPY!

PrestonD

Plasticman,

Welcome to the forum.

CS always runs a special during the Oklahoma State Fair (in Sept) so you might call them and ask. They're good people, just call Customer Service, ask for Karen and just tell them. They'll work something out.

First thing you need for you CS is to read the 10120 Posts and ask the 1699 members. Wow that's a lot of information. There's a lot of great info from a lot of great members.

Thanks for the advice! I just spoke to the good people at Cookshack and they gave me some valuable info on purchasing.

I don't believe I would be buying a Cookshack if it were not for this forum. Keep the questions comming because I am reading!

Plasticman

I just bought mine from Cabela's and the only thing that I could reccomend is to buy the protective cover to go with it, and maybe some extra wood because from what I see the box they send won't last long because you will probably use it so much.

You'll use it a lot, but you won't use much wood. At 2-4 oz per load, 5 lb wood will do 20-40 loads. You may want to experiment with different woods before stocking up. And, you can easily make your own wood chunks from any branches or logs you're interested in. See other messages here about various wood species; most fruit or nut woods work well as do maple, oak, and alder.

I have 2 cookshacks, a smokette that I've had for several years, and a model 50 from last Christmas. Had a couple of quality challenges with the model 50, but cookshack took excellent care of the problem. (They even let me cook in it once for a family party before I returned it. What a great attitude for customer service). Even if you have to spend a little more, the customer service is worth it.
If I had it all to do over again, I would buy the model 50 as my first smoker. Only occassionally need the room for a large party, but it is far superior for smoking ribs. The ribs are much better when they can hang in the smoker versus laying on a rack.

FIManager,I will Second that.