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    Just moved to a new town, inherited an ancient smoker. Need help with my new design

    hey guys, I just moved 3000 miles from home for work. Back home, I had an Aldon Brown flower pot smoker with an electric hot plate that I extensively modded to suit my needs. It worked really well and I got pretty good at cooking 14 lbs of meat at a time. Direct heat remained a problem for the...
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    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

    Pulled the pork at 1:55 pm at 198-200 IT and the brisket at 2:05 pm at an IT of 192. Currently wrapped and resting. Smells AMAZING. Much better than last time's campfire mess.
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    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

    198 IT on the pork butt and 190 on the brisket. Going to leave them about 20 more minutes then pull them and rest for 90 minutes! 
  4. cyberik

    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

    198 IT on the pork butt and 190 on the brisket. Going to leave them about 20 more minutes then pull them and rest for 90 minutes! 
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    Basic Brisket Smoke

    Edit: wrong thread
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    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

    I know everyone likes pics, so here it is this morning at 170 before I wrapped it.
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    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

    I (mostly) took your advice. I woke up to find the smoker had ran at 245 all night and the wood had died down so just a little bit of sweet residual smoke. I got up to temperature for the initial cook around 1:00 am and went to bed around 3:30 with fresh wood on there before sleep, so it...
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    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

    I put my wood chunks in an aluminum foil packet and into the pyrex baking dish that I was using to hold the wood- seems to be working like a charm. My gauge temperature immediately shot up to the 240-250 range and stayed there, and plus I burned through the fuel more slowly. Going to bed for a...
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    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

    Also, do I have too much airflow cooling my smoker? I have the 4 drill holes and plus some escapes from the side (may eventually need to install a gasket)
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    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

    Hey guys, I just did a dry run of my new equipment for the 4th of july smoke that I am going to start overnight. I wanted to test my new gear including a new grill thermometer with longer probe to penetrate through the terra cotta (last one was too short so read low on temperature). I cranked...
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    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

    Hey guy, sorry I was busy at work for a few weeks. Thanks so much for the feedback. So if I am understanding you guys right you only smoke for 4-5 hours then just let it run at temp after that? You don't keep the smoke on it throughout the whole ~10 hour cook?  I am doing another butt and...
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    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

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    Thanks for the help upfront, finally constructed and tried out my Alton Brown flowerpot smoker

    So I got some help from you guys in building it and in how to cook the pork, so I finally took the plunge and fired up my smoker.  I had some issues which I will outline below, but it was mostly a success. I identified 2-3 discrete mistakes that I can correct for next time. Some questions I...
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