Temperature control for my Oklahoma Joe Longhorn

[smokey bruin]

Skull fish,

How did the mod on the exhaust pipe help?

 

[mudfarmer]

I've only done one smoke on mine with no mods. I had 2 fire grates sideways overlapping slightly cuz I thought it needed to be that high and it worked great

 

[oldeboone]

Hi, Dan .If you are concerned with galvanized bolts, Muriatic acid will remove it in short order. Ernie

 

[danbono]

 
Hi, Dan .If you are concerned with galvanized bolts, Muriatic acid will remove it in short order. Ernie

Hi Brunt off the galvanized bolts.

Dan

 

[porkandbeef320]

What did you use to seal up your lids with? I have noticed on my first smoke that I had smoke leaking out. My ribs were ok but could have been better. Thank you.             David

 

[tomcat66]

I used gasket material from a big green egg. Look this up on eBay. High-Temp Replacement Gasket with Adhesive backing for LARGE Big Green Egg RGKA

 

[mudfarmer]

Haven't put it on yet but I got some self adhesive nomex gasket for the chamber and fiberglass flat gasket for my firebox. I want to get it tight enough to run a blower with a tempstat

 

[whiskeyboyz]

1st - try using lump charcoal - it burns hotter and produces less ash. I own 4 offset smokers and half the fun of smoking is tending your fire. Not unusual to add charcoal/ wood for smoking ever 30-40 minutes. Allows some down time to enjoy a bourbon or a beer, and I also have a Lang 48 Deluxe stickburner and i have to add wood to it every 30-40 minutes to keep my temps up. 2nd check out www.kickassbbqsouth.com. I sell a metal baffle which controls the heat from front to back really well. Mister Baffler (U.S. Patent pending)  Custom bent for any offset smoker. and like the other guys said - leave the stack open all the time. Offsets smokers are like car engines - they have to breathe to run right.

 

[takeoutgetdirty]

Instead of adding duct work I added a plate to help bring the temperature up. I still need to add a baffle plate, just haven't done it yet. I want one that is removeable as I use my smoker as a big grill as well. I have been able to deal with it, by using more fuel

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• takeoutgetdirty
• Jun 8, 2014

I have been able to keep the temps farely stable with smaller fires then the older chargriller. I also keep my other wood warm, and ready to burn when needed.

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• takeoutgetdirty
• Jul 7, 2014

I haven't added gasket material around door yet but plan on it. My main problem is air flow. The one vent just doesn't seem to allow enough. I am trying to figure out agood way to allow more air flow and not lose the temp.

 

[james1nc]

 
Instead of adding duct work I added a plate to help bring the temperature up. I still need to add a baffle plate, just haven't done it yet. I want one that is removeable as I use my smoker as a big grill as well. I have been able to deal with it, by using more fuel

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• takeoutgetdirty
• Jun 8, 2014

I have been able to keep the temps farely stable with smaller fires then the older chargriller. I also keep my other wood warm, and ready to burn when needed.

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• takeoutgetdirty
• Jul 7, 2014

I haven't added gasket material around door yet but plan on it. My main problem is air flow. The one vent just doesn't seem to allow enough. I am trying to figure out agood way to allow more air flow and not lose the temp.

Looks like you need to raise your fire grate, it helped when I raised mine

 

[takeoutgetdirty]

I will raise it during next smoke. Thanks

 

[whiskeyboyz]

He is correct. Raise the charcoal grate an inch or two and load up the firebox with charcoal. ALso, the baffles I make just lay on the smoke chamber grate and are not attached.

 

[remmy700p]

If you want an easily removable baffle plate, this is what I did:

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• remmy700p
• Jul 3, 2014

It's one of a pair of double-thickness aluminum cookie sheets I picked up at Target. I drilled diffuser holes with a hole saw and large drill bit. The sheet hangs from the cooking grate via two easily bendable copper wires. Works awesome. I have side-to-side temps within 5F of each other using this setup. And it's cheap too. The two pack of cookie sheets is like $15. The larger one fits my TMLE perfectly.  http://www.target.com/p/ovenstuff-c...54247#prodSlot=medium_1_27&term=cookie+sheets

 

[the1bigbull]

You can order replacement stove gasket material on the Internet from almost anywere. The stove pipe mod keeps the heat from going straight across the top of your grill and leaving the cooking chamber. It helps the heat mix better and forces the cooler air out the pipe.

 

[whiskeyboyz]

Try not to be stick burning in the offsets. You will get more heat from using hardwood lump charcoal and lay your smoking wood off to the side to smolder and smoke. Lump charcoal burns hotter than briquets and pruduces less ash.

 

[remmy700p]

 
Try not to be stick burning in the offsets. You will get more heat from using hardwood lump charcoal and lay your smoking wood off to the side to smolder and smoke.

I'm going to disagree here. The charcoal helps to get a wood fire started and keep a heat sink, but, once you've got a good base of heat, chunk hardwood is your best bet for a solid fuel/heat source in an offset with the cook chamber/firebox ratio of the Brinkmann TMLE.

 

[ltomkins]

BGE

 

[adamstonad]

[/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]Here are pics of my mods for temp control.

 

[adamstonad]

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• adamstonad
• Sep 13, 2014

 

[adamstonad]

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• adamstonad
• Sep 13, 2014