- Oct 6, 2010
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As suggested by Caiguar, let's post our Masterbuilt XL mods here so we can all share and get ideas as early adopters. Perhaps Masterbuilt can use some mods in their second generation roll out?
I am looking at getting this smoker and was wondering how you came about 4.75 inches for your holes? Over all, as of now, are you happy with the smoker? I have had numerous GOSM's and the idea of 1 vent makes me wonder about temperature control. Would modding a stack into it make sense? Sorry if this is the wrong place to discuss it.Since there were no holes that low for the rack hangers I had to drill holes 4.75 inches from the bottom to accommodate the lower rack position. It still leaves plenty of room for air flow. I decided to use a large foil pan for the water- this sacrifices one of the cooking racks. I called Masterbuilt and you can order spares for $19.99 and the hangers for $12.99 each(which seems a little steep for what they are). The GOSM large wood chunk box is $15.99. You will need to add shipping to all of the above prices. I happen to have the large smoke box with my GOSM 3605, so I was able to experiment without laying out any cash.
Thank you for the updates and info. After reading around, I might just venture into converting an old fridge, or warming type rack. Not sure yet. Depends on if i can convince the missus on a ugly big fridge in the backyard. I will follow the progress here.Update- fired it up with 2 large soaked hickory chunks and filled the pan with 1 gal. water. It took a little longer to get to 250, but I think that was because of the water. I had thin blue smoke and am now happy.
bikr4jc, this is what I ended up doing: I took a $10 replacement gas stove top cooking grate and set that on top of the raised lip where the burner is. I set a cast iron pan on top of that and wood chunks on top of the pan. Problem solved. I had perfect thin blue smoke piping out. :)
Thanks!!!
bikr4jc, this is what I ended up doing: I took a $10 replacement gas stove top cooking grate and set that on top of the raised lip where the burner is. I set a cast iron pan on top of that and wood chunks on top of the pan. Problem solved. I had perfect thin blue smoke piping out. :)
Yee haw! I love the concept of keeping it simple. Where did you get your grate and what sized pan?bikr4jc, this is what I ended up doing: I took a $10 replacement gas stove top cooking grate and set that on top of the raised lip where the burner is. I set a cast iron pan on top of that and wood chunks on top of the pan. Problem solved. I had perfect thin blue smoke piping out. :)