{"id":276024,"date":"2025-06-06T00:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/barbecue\/oklahoma-joes-rider-dlx-aka-the-survivor\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T00:30:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:30:05","slug":"oklahoma-joes-rider-dlx-aka-the-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=276024","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Joe’s Rider DLX aka “The Survivor”"},"content":{"rendered":"


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My smoker has come home from college!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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I don’t nickname many of my grills but after 2 years of service at a house with 9 college students, I’ve nicknamed this one “The Survivor”.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

When our youngest son moved out of the fraternity house and into a house in “The Fort” 2 years ago, I let him have his pick of all my grills and smokers to take with him. He didn’t hesitate to pick my Oklahoma Joe’s Rider DLX<\/a> because he loved the convenience and the ability to switch between smoking and grilling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I felt bad about sending this smoker\/grill to be the only grill for a house of 9 young men attending the Univerity of Tennessee. I mean….I remember the stupid stuff I did in college<\/b><\/i> and could only imagine what that poor grill was enduring. Words like abuse, neglect, and mistreatment came to mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Look at that poor smoker. Yes, it is literally\u00a0chained up<\/b> outside!
[Cue Sarah McLachlan’s Angel]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Damage Assessment<\/h3>\n

But now that our youngest has graduated and the Oklahoma Joe’s Rider DLX returned home a few weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised.\u00a0<\/p>\n