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The ash under the drip pan is normal. I usually take mine apart and vacuum out about every 3 cooks. I once did a long cook on a brisket and it was windy, my brisket was cover in ash...I never new I had to clean it out....that won't ever happen again
275 is not too high to cook ribs at. You need to trouble shoot 1st to see the cause of the problem. I once cranked my RECTEC up to 450 with a greasy drip tray, the tray caught on fire and a plume of heavy white smoke poured out of the smoker. Never mind scorching the powder coat finish. After...
Try kicking the temperature down to 225 to see if you still get the heavy smoke from the grease. I also wrap my drip pan with HD foil, makes clean up very easy. Dumb question but is there a heat shield above the fire pot?
Time to put on your big boy pants. I looked at the thread and the 1st two responses were Awesome and Great job. Then there were 4 pages of guys trying to help you work out some problems. If there were one or two members that showed some concern for your safety then you should feel good about...
I'm not sure how you have everything hooked up but I would wire from the transfer switch to a recepticle outside. Then just plug your generator into it as needed
I was thinking about converting my Smoke Hollow 44 to charcoal. Has anyone done this before? It seems that all I would need to do is make a custom firebox for the charcoal and remove the gas burners. My biggest concern is regulating the air flow. The bottom is open, should I seal that off with...
8 Hours @ 275 sounds about right to me as well, the last one I did was 60 lb and took 6 hours. You may want to wrap with foil at some point and be careful not to over cook the loin & belly, the hams and shoulders take the longest. If you can get a water pan below the middle of the pig that will...
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