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I just bought this exact smoker at Tractor Supply. I'm excited to get started smoking. I'm green as grass though. I like your mods so far. I plan on removing the v shaped shield also. Being new at this, I read the booklet. It said not to use wood chunks, why is that?
Awesome. I smoked some wild turkey breast that I killed the other day. It turned out pretty good. I used a cheap meat thermometer from Walmart. I think it got a tad too done. Ordering a Maverick 732 for sure. When you cut your own wood do you use it green or dry?
I used it green already, But it is better if you can dry it for a few weeks, I saw on a post somewhere that a person puts his in the microwave to take some of the moisture out but I never tried it.
New to board. Got mine in May and after initial burn off, smoked a couple of racks of ribs. I wasn't too pleased with smoke leaking from the doors. But I did get it on sale and went ahead and bought the felt gasket liner from bg egg to line off the doors. Did 4 10-lb butts this wknd and they were all great. No smoke leaking. I will be looking for tips for a better wood chip box but happy with product.
Just got this smoker the other night and decided not to install the chip box or anything for the chip box. Instead I placed an old smoker rack in the bottom over the burners and put a cast-iron pan on it for my wood.
It smokes really good at 200 degrees I even caught the wood on fire.
Might want to prop up the grate with something so the skillet doesn't block too much of the opening of the burner. The wood chunks won't catch fire if you set the height right.
Might want to prop up the grate with something so the skillet doesn't block too much of the opening of the burner. The wood chunks won't catch fire if you set the height right.