- Jul 20, 2010
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I cooked a brisket in the 500 Sunday and once up to temp she stayed there for a long time. She held 250 forever then when she dipped to 225 I add a hunk of wood and back up to 250. I am very impressed with how long she holds and how little I have to mess with the fire box. Now I have time todo other things and not worry about the temp and fire.I hope it is big enough so you dont have to do more work. I have used several calculators for pit design and they all say your is too small. Please let us know how it works when you burn it. Might save me from buying so much steel.
I did open up the cook chamber opening and also the firebox air inlet and it helped out with the ash problem.
Also I finished the 120 gallon smoker on the cart and did another burn out in it. Now I am ready for Saturday's cook for about 600 people.......