- May 25, 2014
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Hi,
I've recently purchased a new smoker like this one http://www.kmsdirect.co.uk/magento/...camping-cooking-black-powder-coated-steel-new
I've given it a go today but need a bit of advice. I wanted to cook a 2kg pork shoulder in it. I set the fire bowl at the bottom with the small steel rack in it to sit the briquettes on it.
I then filled a chimney stater with the briquettes (branded Big K) which was about 1/3 of the 5kg bag. I put newspaper under the starter and lit it, leaving it until the briquettes were covered in white ash. I then tipped the briquettes onto the small rack in the firebowl, fitted the water bowl above it, filled that with water and then put the rest of the smoker together.
I gave it 20 minutes to get hot but after that time, the temperature gauge on the smoker was about 58C. I thought maybe there wasn't enough briquettes in the fire bowl - there was about 1 layer with a few on top so I set off another batch in the chimney starter. I waited for them to be covered in white ash, disassembled the smoker, poured them in which almost filled the fire bowl. I reassembled the smoker and gave it 20-25 minutes. The temperature gauge reached 68C but wouldn't go up anymore.
After 2 hours, the temperature is now about 60C. I was going to do the pork shoulder in it today but have cooked it in the oven instead but I'm still running the smoke with no meat in as a trial run.
Any advice anyone can give me as I'm doing something wrong.
Thanks in advance
Carl
I've recently purchased a new smoker like this one http://www.kmsdirect.co.uk/magento/...camping-cooking-black-powder-coated-steel-new
I've given it a go today but need a bit of advice. I wanted to cook a 2kg pork shoulder in it. I set the fire bowl at the bottom with the small steel rack in it to sit the briquettes on it.
I then filled a chimney stater with the briquettes (branded Big K) which was about 1/3 of the 5kg bag. I put newspaper under the starter and lit it, leaving it until the briquettes were covered in white ash. I then tipped the briquettes onto the small rack in the firebowl, fitted the water bowl above it, filled that with water and then put the rest of the smoker together.
I gave it 20 minutes to get hot but after that time, the temperature gauge on the smoker was about 58C. I thought maybe there wasn't enough briquettes in the fire bowl - there was about 1 layer with a few on top so I set off another batch in the chimney starter. I waited for them to be covered in white ash, disassembled the smoker, poured them in which almost filled the fire bowl. I reassembled the smoker and gave it 20-25 minutes. The temperature gauge reached 68C but wouldn't go up anymore.
After 2 hours, the temperature is now about 60C. I was going to do the pork shoulder in it today but have cooked it in the oven instead but I'm still running the smoke with no meat in as a trial run.
Any advice anyone can give me as I'm doing something wrong.
Thanks in advance
Carl