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    Need help with my firebox.

    That sounds like a Jambo design. I thought a lot about doing it that style but settled on the more traditional way to build any offset smoker and add tuning plates. I like your explanation on heating the pit up that sounds like it would work. My last smoker was a C.O.S . That I modified with...
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    Tuning plates

    Great I was hoping I read that right. I have read too close and the IR will over cook things from the bottom and too far away doesn't take advantage of radiant heat from the plates. A mix of rising therms and smoke and radiant heat is the sweet spot. I love it when a plan comes together...
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    Tuning plates

    Thanks again Dave you are a wealth of knowledge! I understand how the tuning plates operate so I guess what I took from that post is it kinda depends on your baffle plate and size of smoker. So as long as it's not too close to the grate or too far away a happy medium is the way to go. Is...
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    Tuning plates

    The distance to the cooking grate doesn't matter? Just to be sure.
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    Tuning plates

    Good afternoon everyone. I have been searching older threads and haven't come up with a height for tuning plates to the cooking grate. I know that you should put them above the baffle plate and opening but I'm not sure the distance from the plates to the grates. Right now in my build they are...
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    Food for thought.

    Well said Raven. As I read everyone's ideas and opinions that's the best yet. The people eating my food that I've slaved over will tell me how they like it done. I can cook for myself when I cook for myself If that makes sense. That's great!
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    Food for thought.

    That makes sense. I usually cook my food for a bite off chew because I'm always trying to cook it to the correct temp or tenderness to get better at the craft. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who notices this. Thanks JJ
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    SMOKE STACK BASICS

    This is all good stuff. So if I catch the drift here with my smoker build that has a 6" stack I'll just have to watch my exhaust damper to to regulate flow and my inlet dampers for heat adjustment. If I have that correct. By the way mine is 6" pipe for the exhaust because it was totally free...
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    SMOKE STACK BASICS

    Great info! My stack is 6" by 16 and I think it's a little short so I may extend it. Great info for me to know since I'm 3/4 of the way complete with my smoker.
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    Food for thought.

    In my case I put the meat in a pan and covered it to keep it warm until it was time to eat. The ribs are like velvet and the chicken was moist and fell right apart in your hands and the people loved it! Maybe I should reevaluate what I think is right and what "tastes" the best. I have a pic...
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    Food for thought.

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    Food for thought.

    So I was thinking about some of my past cooks today and remembering good "and bad" cooks that I've had in the short few years that I have been tackling the Q. I came across a theme. My two best cooks of spare ribs and chicken quarters were in my eyes overdone. People talk about "fall off the...
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    Need help with my firebox.

    Another question that I posted in a different thread was my cooker is made of 3/8 thick pipe. Of people who have a cooker this thick is it a pain to heat up?
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    Need help with my firebox.

    Sorry for the lateness of my response I got it figured out my firebox is round so I had to figure out the square inches of a football shape. Got a local shop to cut them using a cad program so they were perfect!! Here is my progress so far. Thanks for the help!!
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    Heat advice.

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    Heat advice.

    I am in the middle of building my smoker and it's going fairly well just thought I'd something today. How long is it gonna take to get this bad boy up to temp. I only ask because it's made of 3/8's pipe and is 52" long. I'm curious if anyone else has a smoker this thick and how it works...
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