Who Is Meadow Creek For?

Meadow Creek is not for everyone.

So, what’s the point?

Well, two things. First, if you are not a good fit to play around with a Meadow Creek smoker or grill and end up buying one, I’d consider that a mistake, not to mention how poorly you might brag to your friends about Meadow Creek. LOL

Second, my goal is to help searching souls connect with the object of their dreams and expand the vibrant “community” of Meadow Creek fans scattered across the USA. Some of them don’t even know about Meadow Creek yet or perhaps they still have a smoky idea of what they’re looking for.

Meadow Creek is for people who like to play with fire. Gas and electric are fine ways of cooking, but as a rule, it’s what you use when you need a push button performance. Cooking with wood or charcoal is a different style of cooking—in fact, it’s a culture of its own.

We’ve been preaching about the awesome performance of Meadow Creek offset smokers and how well they hold the temperature, but this is in the context of burning charcoal or wood. In other words, you will need to tend the fire. You will keep adding a little fuel once every hour, maybe every 45 minutes. For good performance, you will use decent charcoal and wood for fuel. If you ignore it too long, your fire will die out.

It’s the raw truth for those of us who love to play with fire—those who find meaning and fulfillment in keeping watch over the firebox.

I have to say that my TS250 is everything that I expected and then some! It holds the temps like a dream and does not burn much wood at all. I have had 3 BBQ cooks with it cooking ribs, pork loin, and a turkey so far. Each cooked very well and had great flavor. I think the best part is being able to get it going and set the temperature and go do other jobs knowing the temps will hold. The quality in Meadow Creek cookers is top notch.
Russell Welkley

Meadow Creek’s revolutionary sandwich-grate grills are also charcoal fired. The magic of chicken quarters over the fire on a Meadow Creek chicken cooker is really amazing… the smells, the sizzle, the heat, the grease, the smooth action of the rotating sandwich grates, and perfect, delicious barbecue.

Getting cold feet? Perhaps it’s time for you to turn the knob on your heater clockwise… or check out Meadow Creek’s gas-fired pig roasters. Or their commercial gas burger/steak grills.

Meadow Creek is for people who love the cooking experience. If all you want is the “eating experience”, meaning you “cook because you have to” in order to enjoy good barbecue, do yourself a favor and buy a pellet smoker with a digital thermostat or something else that’s congruent with modern living. There’s no shame in that.

But if you are one of those who finds joy in mastering the right balance of draft and wood, Meadow Creek is an awesome choice. Yes, there is the hassle of cleaning the ashes out of your firebox, but for those of us who love the cooking experience, it’s just a necessary part of life.

This past Saturday I cooked for our church group on my PR60. I cooked a case of beautiful pork butts that came out perfect on a 11 hour cook at 225 degrees. Being “old school” in my cooking techniques, I still use a burning barrel and use hickory and oak wood coals to fire the PR60. Where most people use charcoal and load their PR down with charcoal, I watch my temp and fire it up accordingly with hardwood coals. Besides making wonderful BBQ that people come back for seconds for, the old burning barrel is a perfect place for friends hang around and visit, which is the best part of a BBQ event. The PR60 is a wonderful cooker and it can be used in many ways to cook good food on. It does a great job holding a constant temperature regardless of what you are using as fuel.

Regards,
Charlie Benton, Casar, NC

Meadow Creek is for those who appreciate integrity. Meadow Creek is a solid brand built on a strong culture of honesty, hard work ethics, and the Golden Rule: “Do to others what you wish they would do to you.”

Sometimes things happen outside of our control, but Melvin and the team at Meadow Creek do all they can to make it right. Occasionally something breaks in shipping or the customer is disappointed in some way and Meadow Creek always goes the extra mile to take care of these situations. As a dealer for Meadow Creek, we at Yoder’s Smoky Mountain Barbecue try hard to do our part to support the customer at all times.

I really appreciate the versatility of the SQ36. The only problem I had was breaking the stub handle off one of the draft doors on the firebox. Lavern and Marlin were great about it! They had a new set of spiral handle doors made for me and shipped out no charge! The new doors are installed, they look great, and they will never break again! Great customer support from the team at Smoky Mountain Barbecue!

Thanks, guys!
Tom Stover
Kalamazoo, MI

Meadow Creek is for people who expect quality. Not a lame, cliche type quality. I’m talking hand-made in the USA by talented craftsmen who really care about their products and customers.

Reading over the customer stories submitted by Meadow Creek users, I’m quite inspired to hear how many of them are raving about the performance and quality of their Meadow Creek equipment.

The smoker keeps a constant temperature like a dream and even doubly so for the roaster. The last time I cooked a whole pig on a borrowed rotisserie mother nature got ugly and it was a flaming nightmare. This time she was fully willing to put the MC PR60G to the test. I set the temp, loaded the pig and down came the rain and a fair bit of wind. So I adjusted the gas to keep the heat flowing and from then on it was sweet dreams with me only getting up twice through the night to see that everything was running smoothly.

Thank you Meadow Creek for building such solid equipment and thanks to Yoder’s staff for the excellent service.

Sincerely,
Blake Anderson
Chef/Owner
Terre It Up Catering
Alberta, Canada

The construction of the PR60 is unbelievably tight and held heat better than I expected. We can’t wait til we can have 70 more people over for BBQ.
Thank you.
KGJ

I’m really impressed with the quality of this equipment, and so is everyone else who stops to look at it too. This past weekend I fired it up and cooked 4 pork butts, 8 racks of St. Lewis style ribs, and a case of whole chicken legs. They turned out the best I’ve ever made, no exaggeration!!! These cookers make a seasoned professional out of an amateur. This was well worth the wait.
Thanks again,
Jim from JD’s Smoky Pit BBQ

Probably the best thing about the Meadow Creek BBQ26S is its versatility. I can load it with charcoal and hickory chunks, close the lid, and adjust the dampers to extend the cook time out to an hour and a half for some nicely smoked BBQ Chicken. I also have the fixed charcoal grate and griddle. By setting the charcoal pan at the higher location the cooker makes a superb charcoal grill. It cooks some of best steaks I’ve done in the last 40 years. Same goes for the griddle.
John Moyers

Everything was awesome, I couldn’t be happier with the versatility of the SQ36. Maintaining temperature is very easy once you get the vents at the right spot.
Take Care,
Kevin Rau

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If you have any questions, feel free to call or email us.

Sizzling regards,

Lavern Gingerich

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