Masterbuilt Dual Fuel mod

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harryset

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Original poster
Mar 15, 2013
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Bemidji, Minnesota
Someone suggested making this mod to the masterbuilte dual fuel smoker, so I thought I would give it a try on my first smoke using charcoal.

The mod was to cover the burner hole with a pie tin in order to get better control of the heat, by using the vents, as intended.

I couldn't liberate a pie tin, so I substitued a couple of layers of heavy duty aluminum foil, to cover the burner hole.


Then, I loaded up my charcoal plate thusly.  A hefty panful of unlit charcoal, topped off with about 1/3 load of charcoal from my starter chimney.


Proceded to smoke the St. Louis style ribs for a few hours at around 250 degrees, only added coals once in the last hour of smoking.


Here's the load, with the frying pan chip holder mod.


I got great control of the smoking temp using only the vents.  The immediate temp when starting up was around 350, but I was able to get it down to 250 very quickly.
 
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