Ok I'm building a new house that has an outdoor kitchen. This isn't a total open air outdoor kitchen, it's under roof with walls surrounding all but one open end leading out to a sitting area, fireplace then to the back yard. Think of a square box with one end out of it. The kitchen is positioned against the house furthest from the open area.
Currently I'm a pit smoker but love the idea of the pellet smokers. I was going to put a regular natural gas grill with ventahood in the kitchen for hamburgers and hot dogs that would be rarely used but I'm now considering a Memphis built in. My questions are:
Is the heating controls good enough to work with a ventahood constantly trying to pull air through the smoker? Does this even matter on a pellet smoker?
Is their any adverse reaction to the cooking on a pellet smoker with the ventahood, meat drying out, overheat etc. I really wanted a pit but with the ventahood it would constantly be pulling air through the smoker and I would be fighting an overheat situation constantly.
Would a ventahood be able to handle most of the smoke exhaust from the pellet smoker in smoke mode? Remember I'm semi enclosed so a lot of excess smoke would cause issues.
Thanks in advance.
Currently I'm a pit smoker but love the idea of the pellet smokers. I was going to put a regular natural gas grill with ventahood in the kitchen for hamburgers and hot dogs that would be rarely used but I'm now considering a Memphis built in. My questions are:
Is the heating controls good enough to work with a ventahood constantly trying to pull air through the smoker? Does this even matter on a pellet smoker?
Is their any adverse reaction to the cooking on a pellet smoker with the ventahood, meat drying out, overheat etc. I really wanted a pit but with the ventahood it would constantly be pulling air through the smoker and I would be fighting an overheat situation constantly.
Would a ventahood be able to handle most of the smoke exhaust from the pellet smoker in smoke mode? Remember I'm semi enclosed so a lot of excess smoke would cause issues.
Thanks in advance.