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bbq cookers WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE GRILL? Dana “Big Papa” Hillis BBQ From Florida lighthousepointe@ hotmail.com We cook BBQ a lot and have several grills to choose from. I get asked which grill or pit is my favorite to cook on, and that is a tough question to answer. I think too hard about that question, and the answer is I'm glad I don't really have to own just one grill. If you could only have one grill, it would be one that could do an excellent job on the most items you're going to be cooking. Here is a look at some cookers that do a good job. MEADOW CREEK BX 18 AND BX 26 These are two of my favorite cookers and they do a great job on several different types of meat. Everyone loves chicken wings, and both of these cookers are nicknamed "chicken flippers" because of their ease of cooking wings. The BX 18 is a tabletop model that will cook ten pounds of wings at a time, and the BX 26 will hold 18 pounds of wings, which is convenient because the jumbo wings from GF's come in six pound bags. This allows you to cook three bags at one time. The regular wings come in six pound bags too. The jumbo wings have around 25 or 26 wings which equal out to about 18 pounds or a total of 75 to 80 wings. The regular six-pound bag of wings has about 50 wings. 18 pounds of regular wings add up to 150 wings total. The BX models have a charcoal tray on the bottom, and you fill it with charcoal and then add some wood chips. The wings go on the rack above that actually folds in half and encloses the wings in between. Every 2 minutes you flip the entire rack creating an even cook on the wings. It takes be- tween 20 and 30 minutes to cook a batch of wings thor- oughly. These cookers also cook pork chops, burgers, chicken thighs and several other things. The flipping rack makes cooking super easy for these items too. Thes cookers defi- nitely need to be in your favorite grill or pit collection! Green Mountain Pellet Grills Green Mountain has a vast selection of cookers. I have one of the Davy Crockett models that is a tabletop model fueled by pellets. These little cookers are very convenient and do a good job cooking a variety of different foods. I bought my son Shane one of these for Christmas a couple of years back, and he cooks on his all the time. He has mas- tered cooking pork butts while also doing a fine job on briskets and ribs. The Davy Crockett is wifi enabled which allows it to be controlled by your smartphone. This is actu- ally a fun feature to play with. The Green Mountain Grill units have made some significant upgrades, and many of the newer models are bigger and fit well on your back porch! Bubba Grills Barbecue Pits I have a Bubba Grills stick burner and it could possibly be my favorite grill of all. The grill is well built and it allows you to cook old school with wood and charcoal flavors that we all love. Lonnie Smith makes a great cooker and the first time I cooked our new pit, we landed a perfect score in BarbecueNews.com - 14 OCTOBER 2019