Aussie BBQ Royalty | Paul Reitmier | Silver Creek Smokers

Paul Reitmier of Silver Creek Smokers is about as close to Aussie BBQ Royalty as it gets. He built his first standard flow smoker, an offset smoker of course, in 2005, almost a full decade before the Australasian Barbecue Alliance was created, and we have the scene we have today. Inspired by traditional Texas style offset smokers, his style of bbq smoker trailer is considered by many BBQ pitmasters on the competition BBQ circuit to be the best offset smoker for the money. In particular, his BBQ trailer and food trailer designs are extremely highly regarded. And the best part? They're all Australian made! In this Episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast, Paul and I get into all things BBQ, including: Paul's first offset smoker build (8:31) What the Australian BBQ scene looked like before the ABA (10:10) The founding of Silver Creek Smokers (16:52) How the trends in the Australian manufacturing of smokers has changed over time (20:06) Some of the iconic smoker trailer and competition bbq trailers he's built (29:02) Tips and Hints for wanting to know how to build an offset smoker (36:27) including: The Stack Effect and the importance of Draw (37:53) The differences between having a pipe smoker and a rolled smoker (41:22) Don't forget that Barbe Con is coming! June 26 & 27. Keep on the Smoking Hot Confessions socials for more details coming out soon! New to BBQ? Make sure you head on over to our website and pick your free copy of our eBook 'The Beginner's Guide to Real BBQ'.  https://smokinghotconfessions.com