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    RTV Silicone & Clamps

    Awesome advice mate. do you stick this on the door or the cooker, What brand? Do you have an option for the firebox. How do i seal up gap inside the fb and cc
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    RTV Silicone & Clamps

    Gday guys, i feel like theres not too many aussies around to ask and the aussiepitsmokers site is gone for parts and this smoker is made in oz My research about sealing up your smoker around the net seems dated and I wonder if new ideas and materials are recommended. so far, ive heard of...
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    Sealing up my smoker

    There is a lot of heat radiating out of the smokers pit and the fb connection something id like to fix for eco purposes and achieving temps better
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    Sealing up my smoker

    Thanks for the replies guys, the seal i need to make is where the firebox connects with the pit, crazy amount of heat being lose out of the gap. Ive seen the Americans use red RTV. Keen to hear some more possible solutions
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    Sealing up my smoker

    Gday guys currently smoking some pork and i think i might have worked out why im having a tough time getting up temps... leaks Im looking for what product you recommend to seal these up around my fire box lid and where the fb connect to the chamber. I have taken some readings to get a ball park...
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    Smoker and aluminium pans

    Bro im eating up fuel!! Ever tried the wsm?
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    Smoker and aluminium pans

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    Smoker and aluminium pans

    Not winning 2 hours later.. 2 full chimneys of charcoal mixed with heat beads and 4 logs.. i get 230f idle and i need 270. what in the F is going on. Why cant my shit smoker get up to 270 with all of this fuel
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    Smoker and aluminium pans

    Ok sounds like the verdict is they dont mess with the cook so much! baffle placement look ok?
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    Smoker and aluminium pans

    Gday guys ive lined the bottom of my smoker with aluminium foil and then lined the entire bottom with large bbq aluminium pans below smoker grates. just wondering if these pans would affect my smoking and temps + or - and if its a no no? my research tells me that to remove them for more even...
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    Going through so much wood!

    gday again, yeah its hard to find these types of farms where im from.. very! i have been looking into the FB charcoal grate level being more raised, stack exhaust being extended down to grate level and the removal of aluminium drip trays sitting underneath CC racks even if no foods above it(i...
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    Going through so much wood!

    Righto im using a big offset and so was the bloke i purchased the wood from. Im using pure stick and putting logs in. He says mate i get a Roaring fire then two chunks every couple of hours. In other words id go through 10 logs in 10 hours, the equilivant for him in chinks would be 5 logs cut...
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    Going through so much wood!

    Gday guys ive been MIA for some time but im back and realised i didnt see this thread thru. So I’m going through a stick every 45min and using wood as my main fuel source (tell me im right) BUT if i had a wsm id only be adding a couple of chunks every 2 hours??? WSM seems like the better...
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    I give up

    Thanks for all the responses I will get it done
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    I give up

    Makes more sense then to put the dial therms down on the lid at grate level. Why on earth put them up so high
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    I give up

    Just a standard Thanks mate will do. Im also presuming its hotter up the top on the smoker than on grate level and thats why my lid therms are hotter.
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    I give up

    Dial probes are the ones in the lids of the smoker? Sorry im aussie and we call things different
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    I give up

    Sorry boil the ones in the smoker lids or the ones that the maverick has that i put in the meat? Why boil it? What do I do
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    I give up

    Door on right photo
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    I give up

    so im onto my second cook. Chickens on my wood stick and this is what i see My thermometre attachment - top left = left hand side grill level the top right = right hand side of smoker on grill level. My thermometre that are sitting on the lid above centre read approx 300 on the left annnnd...
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