Recent content by OldFartFarmer

doing a beercan chicken for dinner, full basket of briquets --kingsford 10 lit dumped in 1/8 slice on my 4inch vent top vent half closed temp has been a steady 240 2 hrs and a half into the cook, bird is at 112deg I dont see any problems hitting 300 or 350 with the top vent fully open and the 4...

im just guessing here, I think you'll get your 350 with a 6 inch, i havnt gone full out for any length of time, and started tampering down when i hit the 250 zone, although it was on the rise, I figured id use the 4 inches and if needed add another one next to it, but im happy right now with...

tested with kingsford briquets lit 15 in my chimney filled basket in the back dumped lit ones in across the front of basket filled it up to top of basket went up to 300 deg then dampered it down to 175 it cooked at the temp for 7.5 hrs with steady temp it was 83 deg out

needing to get my probes into the smoker, I carefully cut away some of the gasket the width of the cables just above the top hinge (I hang my little probe-box on the handle) there was just a slight wisp of smoke, Im going to goop the probe wires together just around where they go through by the...

I got a 5hr smoke from one basket framed full with lump hardwood charcoal and was able to keep my temp at 175deg didn't have to fuss and fart with it, so im happy before I always had to fuss and fart with the temps always going up as the box fire burned more coals doing a test with kingsford...

I dont know if anybody has covered up there grease hole, Ive read every page here and dont remember anyone mentioning it, maybe im the first to be stupid? but to me a tin-foil pan and no air leak is worth ot with the small trouble with grease fold up the foil and toss it when done

I ground off the tab on one of the pinwheels, then i drilled 1-hole in each side of the meaty side large enough for an angled head bolt to go through and sit below flush, then placed the other pinwheel on top of that, running my bolt through the center hole , I cut a spring placed that on the...

from amazon, 2- LavaLock® Smoker Pinwheel BBQ air Damper Pit Grill Vent, Steel 4 6 8 12 (4" Diameter) , 1- UDS Ugly Drum Lid Exhaust 2" Teardrop Flanged Vent Damper Builder Part by lavalock

heres the pics i promised, excuse the poor pics it is pouring out, and the sun was just rising, I couldn't wait and started its first burn using lump-hardwood charcoal, vents wide open it would go to 250. easily dampered down to 150 close all vents and poof coals went out, im a happy smoker, to...

the top vent is so much better than the one it comes with, it actually closes down tight, where the one that comes with it has gaps on the sides as it flaps open and closed, still leaking air, not a bad upgrade for 24 dollars

im waiting for my pinwheel to get here, I did get the top vent today, got it painted and mounted, im going to take pics of my pinwheel-build/replacement and ill post it, right now with vents closed and warped, top vent open all the way, using the wood-charcoal im hitting 300F tops, so sealing...

Took a heat gun and started heating up the doors, got them both opened, got the tape removed, sprayed pam around the frames, started a smokey fire in the box, closed the doors, no leaks except a slight one around the handle on the smoke box side, closed the sliding firebox vent, capped off the...

ok all, I put scotch tape around my door frames, smoker side and firebox yesterday then smeared the calk-sealer on the doors closed them up and let them sit till this morning, MY DOORS won't open LOL the sealer is stuck to the tape that is stuck to the door frames,,, HELP im an idiot,,shoulda...

you have a link to Disco's dry brine method ?

ordered me some TQ a few minutes ago,