I've only had mine for about a month, but I use it a lot, really love just pushing the button and inserting the food.
I love to tinker so thought I would share a couple of mods I have done.
I found the food close to the sides and the top shelf needed to be moved to keep from becoming too dark. Here are the deflectors I installed to create some turbulence.
I placed the butt on the middle shelf right next to the side to see if I had elimanated the hot spots, seems to have worked fine.
I also installed a deflector under the top vent to slow down the heat loss.
I bent the top vent tab so that I could close it more, cooked a butt this weekend, 10 ½ hours at 246°, took it out when it reached 205°, top vent open about ¾ “, using Richoso1’s post to calculate consumption, I used about 1 gallon of propane.
This is what really surprised me, this is the wood box after 10 ½ hours, I filled it full at the start and this is what was left, I've usually have to refill about every 2 hours.
Thanks for looking, Gene
I love to tinker so thought I would share a couple of mods I have done.
I found the food close to the sides and the top shelf needed to be moved to keep from becoming too dark. Here are the deflectors I installed to create some turbulence.
I placed the butt on the middle shelf right next to the side to see if I had elimanated the hot spots, seems to have worked fine.
I also installed a deflector under the top vent to slow down the heat loss.
I bent the top vent tab so that I could close it more, cooked a butt this weekend, 10 ½ hours at 246°, took it out when it reached 205°, top vent open about ¾ “, using Richoso1’s post to calculate consumption, I used about 1 gallon of propane.
This is what really surprised me, this is the wood box after 10 ½ hours, I filled it full at the start and this is what was left, I've usually have to refill about every 2 hours.
Thanks for looking, Gene