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Is it possible for the throat opening from the firebox to the CC to be too large? If so what would the drawbacks be of too large?
I assume it's better for it to be too large than too small. I have a pecos and based on calculators online the throat should be 51in² & its currently 36in². I want...
So I have made some modifications. It didn't work as well with a full chamber of meat. Hopefully the pictures attached will give you an idea but with the new design I get air flow across the top & down below. Its really helped with temp swings but still maintain tons of air flow while allowing...
I really enjoy processing my own venison. Typically as i process out each deer i save the trimmings up and freeze them. By the end of the year i typically end up with enough trimmings to make a ton of stuff with..... For the burger i believe in this picture i have roughly 40lbs mixed at 80/20. I...
Ahh yes i love vension ribs. I myself butcher all of my game exspecially vension. Brats, Kielbasa, summer sausage, snack sticks, burger you name it I've probably turned venison into it. Just last week i smoke a vension rack and wish i had a better picture. I marinaded mine in Allegro Game Tame...
Yeah i was running into that issue with closing the damper. Getting nasty smoke however since i removed that lip i dont have that issue no more. I shoot for 275 on all my cooks. I think its the easiest temp to maintain on this grill and keep clean smoke plus coals that hot make a fresh log start...
I actually watched that video a few weeks ago. I haven't decided if I'm ready to take on that kind of mod. I can say that I really enjoy doing different mods just to see how they work. Its like a science experiment. Also one day i really want to build my own pit and i would rather know how these...
Yeah i tried the door thing as well. I was able to move my hot spot from the fire box side to the exhaust side just by changing how much the door was open. I also gave up on that. Now i leave the smoke stack wide open and control the heat with the damper on the door. The biggest thing i noticed...
I ended up cutting that lip out. I can say that there is a noticeable difference in the air flow through the cook chamber and it actually got my temps closer from end to end.
I would like to update this. A few months ago i loaded my smoker up with 5 butts totaling roughly 38lbs. Though this method above seemed effective running dry i discovered its not as effective running loaded with meat. i struggled to get temps above 200 so i pulled this plate out and installed...
I thought i would also share some interesting finds when doing my cook. I had 6 different probes all around the cook chamber so i could really see the flow of heat... especially with that much meat in the chamber.... I drew up a little diagram in autocad to reflect how i saw the heat traveling...
It was probably the best pulled pork I've ever smoked. I wish I would have removed more of the fat cap. I left most of it on because I thought I needed it to protect the meat.... but I didn't. Nothing got burned. I ended up pulling most of the fat cap off after the cook. You can see some in the...
I agree 100%. Today I really learned mine. I thought I would never be able to use all of my cooking surface but today I did. Due to the diverter in my smoker the center is the hotspot & the outsides are the cool spot... even closes to the firebox... the pork was amazing is all I can say. After...