- Jan 29, 2017
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Hi Guys,
Just joined after building my Ok Joe Longhorn! Thanks for all the mod tips.....she is fully modded and ready to burn. :)
Seasoned her last night and will be smoking today so of course here goes my first question.
On the little Silver Smoker (that I got rid of), I only had the temp gauge that was in the middle of the door and I would get that to 250 and for pretty much all my smokes and things came out ok. 6 hours at that and my ribs were spot on for example.
Now with the Joe I have the gauge at top and I added the two Dozant's at grate level. When fired up last night, my standard coal/wood combination got the top stock gauge to 250 as expected but the bottom gauges were right at 225 both front and back.
So....which temp do you guys rely on? If I really want 250 per some of the recipes, do I go with grate level or top of chamber level? Heat rises I know, and the 250 up top was pretty reliable, but f course now I want to really get this down to a science.
Most appreciated,
Terry
Just joined after building my Ok Joe Longhorn! Thanks for all the mod tips.....she is fully modded and ready to burn. :)
Seasoned her last night and will be smoking today so of course here goes my first question.
On the little Silver Smoker (that I got rid of), I only had the temp gauge that was in the middle of the door and I would get that to 250 and for pretty much all my smokes and things came out ok. 6 hours at that and my ribs were spot on for example.
Now with the Joe I have the gauge at top and I added the two Dozant's at grate level. When fired up last night, my standard coal/wood combination got the top stock gauge to 250 as expected but the bottom gauges were right at 225 both front and back.
So....which temp do you guys rely on? If I really want 250 per some of the recipes, do I go with grate level or top of chamber level? Heat rises I know, and the 250 up top was pretty reliable, but f course now I want to really get this down to a science.
Most appreciated,
Terry
