Recent content by casetruck1

Good discussion, good to see how people believe. I have been debating whether to reply or not. I am a born again Christian and believe in heaven and hell. The Bible says that one day is withe the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. So i dont know how time played into...

Satellite internet is all that I have available at this point. Have had hughes net and viasat both. Viasat is the best one. This coming spring, I am suppose to be getting 1g up and 1g down fiber through my utility company.

Yeah, mine has a plastic drain. I have had to replace lower unit multiple times due to the lime build up in tank. I am on a well and everybody around has lime build up in theirs to some extent. Every time I try to get as much out through the hole as I can. I am prob going to have to replace...

I dont have a vac sealer, could you get away with bagging and freezing chicken and pulled pork?

Looks good.

So I am trying to decide if I want to do another cook this weekend? I hate to fire up the cooker for just me and my family. I guess I could have friends over to watch some football outside on projector but the UT game is not until 7. Weather is suppose to be good this weekend. I don't know...

Took me a minute but I got it. LOL

So last Saturday we had an annual event at church. We always cook a bunch of chickens and usually throw some bologna on the cooker for "snacking" purposes. This year was a little bit damp but we got started early and got the chickens done. This year we cut down amount of chickens we done and...

Praying for you.

Yeah mike it is a hungry beast on just charcoal from what i have figured out so far.

Thanks for all the input guys.

it is not an offset. My center grate comes out is how I initially load the charcoal. The whole bottom is one big open area for charcoal. I have a access/vent door in the back to add more charcoal. I did a trial run the other night with and it held steady temp for a while. I just need practice I...

Its an old fuel oil barrel or that was what type of barrel it was anyway. It uses charcoal. Sorry should have prob been more clear on that lol.

East TN around Knoxville

I am new to the site. I have checked out quiet a bit of the posts and found a lot of useful information. I have acquired a new to me fuel oil barrel cooker. I have only assisted with using it before. I have never been the "fire keeper". We have always used charcoal, I am fairly new to...