Recent content by killswitch

Holly crap! Incredible price. I wish I had gotten the wide version but it was much more when I bought mine. With a few mods it is a great smoker.

I will totally try that next time I am at Costco. The Sacramento info will add pressure as well. Thanks Noboundaries!

There is a great thread on this forum called "let's talk brisket". Everything you can possibly imagine was well described there and it was my secret to getting a perfect brisket for the 4th.

I made an internal baffle as well. It ends in the center of the box in the hopes it would center the hot air going vertical. I would not use lump charcoal again. Briquets consistent size and cooler burn would be better. The fire box divider did a great job extending the length if time I got on a...

Looks delicious! Seriously excited about some more ribs and brisket today!

Epic day with my first use of my Dyna-Glo smoker. I have been up for 34 hours at this point and to those of you who do this on a regular basis I salute you. Brisket turned our surprisingly great and I credit that entirely to this forum and the 30+ pages of "Let's talk brisket". I started at...

Epic day with my first use of my Dyna-Glo smoker. I have been up for 34 hours at this point and to those of you who do this on a regular basis I salute you. Brisket turned our surprisingly great and I credit that entirely to this forum and the 30+ pages of "Let's talk brisket". I started at...

Excited to be doing my first brisket tonight but freaked out about having to start it at 2:30 am so it will be ready for our 4th of July dinner at 4. Never had a grill burning while I slept. Sketchy... Did you stay awake most of the time or just crash and wait for an alarm from tour thermometer?

Damn... If I could find packers at $1.67# I would buy a case of them. Everything is so expensive in the Bay Area.

Welded up my own minion style basket separator. Hoping it will lower the temps a bit and extend the burn time.

Close ups of the draw hasps.

The fire box was easy. I put it on the door side to keep the adhesive as far away from the fire as possible. Cleaned it with 409 and alcohol and stuck it on. The main door is more difficult because the gap is a bit thinner on the hindge side than the handle side. I applied it the same way but...

Just did my first test burn/seasoning on my Dyna-Glo today. The lump charcoal seems to burn very hot and I think I got too much of the basket going too early. It got up to 300 very quick and with the damper completely closed and the chimney choked it took a while to get down to 275. With it well...

I have checked multiple times at my local Costco and they never have had packers. Flats only. The only place anywhere near me that had packers was a butcher shop at 5.99#. $77 out the door. At least he has 6 to choose from.

Here is a look at the temp chart of the first burn test. The blue arrows are where I opened the main door, then the fire box two times. Making a home made version of a minion basket separator to split the basket and the burn in half to lower the temps and extend cooking time.