Howdy folks. Sorry I haven't participated in a while. Had a lot of real life going on, both really great, and really awful. Have to keep moving though. Glad to be getting back to one of my favorite forums though.
I just picked up an Oklahoma Joe Highland smoker yesterday, and hopes are to break it in Saturday night for a Mother's Day meal.
All I've done so far is put it together. I have the gasket/seal/latch kit being shipped in. An old buddy who has this same unit advised me to do all that work before I do any burn-in or seasoning. My plan is to do all of that first, and then do other modifications later as time and money allow. None of it looks like it's very difficult to do (famous last words), so I'm hoping to have this thing to full potential by mid-summer.
Needless to say, I've gotten most of my information about doing these mods here, so thank you to everyone that's posted their experiences. I'm pretty excited to finally have my hands on a much larger smoker. You can see my old chimney smoker in the background of the first pic. I've wore it out over the last decade or so. I'm being asked to do more BBQ so the need for something bigger has gotten obvious (darn!).
My only question for you all is this: So far all I've done is assemble it. The next step is gaskets, sealing, and latches. Then burn-in, and seasoning. More mods later. With where I am at the moment, does anyone have any pitfalls to warn me about so I can avoid them.
Thanks to everyone in advance. Glad to be back to reading and posting. Hope everyone has an entire summer of awesome BBQ!
I just picked up an Oklahoma Joe Highland smoker yesterday, and hopes are to break it in Saturday night for a Mother's Day meal.
All I've done so far is put it together. I have the gasket/seal/latch kit being shipped in. An old buddy who has this same unit advised me to do all that work before I do any burn-in or seasoning. My plan is to do all of that first, and then do other modifications later as time and money allow. None of it looks like it's very difficult to do (famous last words), so I'm hoping to have this thing to full potential by mid-summer.
Needless to say, I've gotten most of my information about doing these mods here, so thank you to everyone that's posted their experiences. I'm pretty excited to finally have my hands on a much larger smoker. You can see my old chimney smoker in the background of the first pic. I've wore it out over the last decade or so. I'm being asked to do more BBQ so the need for something bigger has gotten obvious (darn!).
My only question for you all is this: So far all I've done is assemble it. The next step is gaskets, sealing, and latches. Then burn-in, and seasoning. More mods later. With where I am at the moment, does anyone have any pitfalls to warn me about so I can avoid them.
Thanks to everyone in advance. Glad to be back to reading and posting. Hope everyone has an entire summer of awesome BBQ!
