Old gas grill smoker

rodgea

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Sep 17, 2014

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• Sep 17, 2014

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Hi I made a smoker from an old gas grill someone was going to throw away it works well I smoked a rack of ribs with it but for some reason I keep getting billowing white somke every time I shut the lid after I shut the lid for about 4 minutes I get good thin blue smoke but then it turns to heavy white smoke like the fire is starving for oxygen but I have the vent wide open and the wood is sitting on a metal grate so it can get air underneath im thinking maybe the oak wood im using is too wet maybe some suggestions would be great I have included a video of the smoker

 

oldschoolbbq

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• Sep 17, 2014

• #2

Roger, do you have an exhaust stack on your Smoker somewhere

That's my first guess . Some Q-view would help in solving your problem.

Later and as always . . .

 

rodgea

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Yes I do I took a video of my smoker click the link thanks.

 

bryonlr

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• Sep 17, 2014

• #4

sry the link didnt work

 

rodgea

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I will take some pics of it tomorrow and post.

 

rodgea

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timberjet

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• Sep 17, 2014

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Someone else who knows more may chime in here but it looks to me like you may want to extend your stack down to near grate level for a better draw of air. Just my 2 cents. Like I said there are some great smoker builder/designers that are members and I bet someone will be along shortly.