Pitmaker BBQ Vault Smoker Review
Pitmaker’s popular BBQ Vault cabinet smoker has big capacity – five 25″ x 22″ slide out cooking racks, and a small 32″ x 28.5″ footprint. Each shelf is designed to hold two standard catering pans. These solid, heavily insulated cookers are known for durability, superb performance and colorful finishes.
A slide out firebox at the bottom supplies heat and smoke to the large upper cabinet. Both have doors with 3/4″ high temperature gaskets to prevent leaks and keep the smoke smoking.
The intake air damper is a 2″ ball valve that can accommodate a BBQ guru to regulate temps. The built in stainless steel water pan has a second 1 1/4″ ball valve for draining and cleaning.
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Product Information:
- Model:BBQ Vault Smoker
- Item Price:$ 3,250.00
*Price Subject To Change - Made in USA:yes
- Review Method:Researched it from Afar
We have researched this product from afar by gathering info from the manufacturer, owners, and other reliable sources, with our BS meters on high. - Primary Function:Smoker
- Fuel:Charcoal
- Primary Capacity:2750 square inches
Extra Large and Commercial (about 135 burgers)
Pitmaker
Pitmaker is a Houston area metal fabricator known for manufacturing colorful, large capacity, heavy duty cabinet smokers and rectangular offset pits for competition, tailgating and serious BBQ. We have seen several trailer mounted Pitmaker smoker/grill combo setups and they are very impressive, extremely well designed and built.
They also have two backyard charcoal/wood grills and a tailgater model. These cookers are based on Pitmaker’s large “Vault” cabinet smoker designs with a firebox on the bottom and cook chamber with shelves on top. All are heavy duty steel construction. We haven’t heard much about the residential Pitmaker grills, but their large capacity smokers have an excellent reputation and it’s a good bet they wouldn’t put their name on something lame.
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Published On: 7/17/2014 Last Modified: 2/21/2021
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