Recent content by smittsmoke

That is awesome!

LavaLock RTV 650 F BBQ grill smoker sealer Hi Temp FOOD SAFE Silicon adhesive 3 oz

Half the fun for me is the mods!  Baffling, firebox lid, fire brick and so on....love this smoker.

Yup..did turkey legs after a brine and rub, same issue. Tried to finish them up on the grill, just not good enough.

That's amazing!  Good for you.  Just finished two chickens with a Jermaican rub in my smaller version.  Fantastic meat, tough, chewy skin. Need tto keep it real low in sugar for daughter who has diabities.  

Need to wait till this Sun...just no time this week. 

Where the hell did everyone go???

Did two racks of baby backs yesterday using the 3-1-1 method, sprayed them every 30 min with an olive oil and apple cider vinegar mix.  Struggled with really knowing temp due to all three thermometers disagreeing with each other.  In the end, they were excellent.  Did not boil them to a point...

257 seems still too high for smoking...going to increase size of water tray.

Okay, seasoned her for an hour at 300 degrees.  Could not for the life of me get it lower. Added a water tray, now running at 257 degrees for the last hour steady...used the minion method and then added wood.  All seesm well. First real cook tomorrow morning. A tad nervous although excited...

Yes, I do like the look...thanks.

Still waiting on Nomex and spring handle...although here was the driver for this mod. Chimney fits right inside when needed. Large enough opening to add wood chuncks as well. Almost ready for first fire to season...

Ended up using an old gate hinge bent up a bit....attached it to the back of te piano hinge as suggested.  Wotrks perfect.

Okay, that makes good sense.  I just closed up that opening with U-Channel.  Looks clean and will keep excess heat from going into that air pace.

The sand act as an insulator or as a heat sink?