Heinz's charcoal-electric-propane

heinz

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• Dec 26, 2013

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This started last Christmas with a Red Stone bullet smoker grill from Tractor Supply. It was a charcoal unit and first thing I did was convert over to electric by using a oven thermostat and 2 heating elements for ovens (a new element can be bent into any shape before it's heated up)


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I tried to put pictures in with tapatalk  but there is some problem doing that and it closes the app. Now I  have to get the pictures from my phone to the computer to add to this build.

 

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• Dec 29, 2013

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Heinz, morning...... On the bottom of the page is a choice.... Mobile or Desktop...... I think that changes stuff so pictures work.... Not sure..... I'm always on the desktop......
That is good info on bending a NEW element.... thanks....

Dave

 

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heinz

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is what it looked like to start with

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• Dec 29, 2013

figured out how many watts I could use on a 120V 20amp breaker 1900 watts max equals about 16 amps you only want to be pulling 80% of breaker amps to keep from tripping

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is the elements installed

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• Dec 29, 2013

used a thermostat for a oven

 

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Here it is ready to try

 

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Here is my first batch of chicken wings seasoned and ready to go. It was like 25 deg out side and I couldn't get the temp over 200 so I had to put them in the oven what a disappointment, so now I had to figure out how to get more heat? propane would have to be it 

 

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So I took the side burner off my grill and mounted it in the bottom

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Here the valve set up on the out side

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• Dec 29, 2013

Iron skillet chip pan, the pan ended up being to hot at this level. I put metal pcs under it to raise it up then the flame would go out so I put a flat pc of steel about 1/4 thick on the burner then set the skillet on a old pulley so it was about 3/4 of a inch up  

 

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so now after a year  and a bunch of wings, mac and cheese. ribs, pork tinder loin, a whole turkey and a few briskets.

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heinz

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This Christmas I got a Masterbuilt Pro dual fuel from Home depot it will be way easer to have multiple layers in it with the door so now to start modifying it!