Recent content by Ronyon

I though I should report back, just for the lols. Just smoked a bunch of thighs and managed to screw them up!! My tempatures never got high enough, until way too late. Turns out my "clever" idea of stuffing the fat catching pot with cabbage and onions led led to evaporative cooling! After I...

@Winterrider-do you ever add thermal mass in the form of firebrick ? I have some firebricks from my grill top pizza making set up and I'm sure they can stand the heat. I figured I might put the on a top shelf above all the meat, so they could retain otherwise wasted heat without slowing down...

Excellent, I have a 1/2 sized hotel pan coming, I'm hoping it will be a good fit.

TLDR: How can I cook leg quarters on high without over smoking or flareups? I just started using this smoker, it is a hand me down in great condition. I like smoke, but what I'm trying to do is use it as outdoor oven. We are eating keto, and for reasons of economy and ease, baked leg quarters...

Very nice gear. That size definitely fits in our dishwasher, I have the same pans but only one perforated one, mostly used for pizza. I'm thinking of using a stainless steel steam table pan for the "mailbox". I

I'm a newbie, but the door seems like a very safe area to cut into to avoid refrigerant lines.

So 120v will probably do the trick, thanks guys! I hope to get this thing to the point that anyone can operate it, and using 120v power will help. Olof, I hear you on the sheet pans. Mine came with some full sized, and luckily we use half sized trays in our home, to fit our tiny Chambers gas...

Those look very nice, but the cheapest was 285 dollars. Guess I'll stick to electric, or scavenge a system. I do have a defunct gas water heater sitting around, and they have just such a system. Its designed for natural gas but that shouldn't matter for the valve. So, on a different note, I was...

I've abandoned my other plans and bought a non-functional warming cabinet. It's the cube style, smaller than I wanted but still plenty of room for a beginner like me. I'm planning on a maze in a "mailbox", but it would be in a drawer under the smoker. For heat I like the ease of 120v electric...

I've never used any of these devices, so I just don't know-what residue is left behind after burn? Charcoal? Ashes?

So I was looking around the site and found this: Smoker Finished and Smoking. Wazoo used a layer of Hardie board under his aluminum lining, and a wood frame. He also used thicker aluminum layer than what I proposed. I think I will adopt the hardi board, it should really stiffen the structure and...

Carbon steel sheets at Menards cost more one 2'x4' sheet than a 20"x 50 foot roll of flashing. The off gassing temperatures for galvanized steel seems to be very high, up over 600 F. The melting points seem to be much higher still. I'm eager to avoid overbuilding...

I was borrowing an idea from the world of rocket mass heaters, but the goals here are different, so it just doesn't work.

I hauled it home... Its a nice box, and I am definitely gonna use it for a cold smoker, dehydrator or such. If it were functional as a fridge, I suppose I could safely cold smoke meats before or after they were cooked, but without that functionality I think I still need a hot smoker. To that...

I wish it were a warmer, I lost the bid on that! So you got yours cheap,put in the work and got great results. I'm still on fence about what to do, but I've already told the wife about it, so the hardest part is over! Now to go get it and see how hard it is to take apart.