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I had the same question. The book doesn't say anything about botulism or lawsuits so I think this system must work well. It worked well for her for 47 years.
I was hoping to see more posts on people using it.
From what I read Karla was a very neat woman, and was willing to share everything...
Progress going slow. Have a big remodel competing for my time. Managed to bend up some stainless steel and cut some new stainless pieces to hold the inner tub to the outer shell. Have to totally redesign the doors/seals now which also involves adding new door latches. The magnetic strips are...
I was curious if you could have taken pliers and bent the bent lip out to a nice 90* angle that would have made it easier to work with? Not much difference between rivets and screws though. Either one works good
It's coming along! Couple of smokes in it and it won't be pretty anymore. As long as it cranks out good bbq nobody cares what it looks like.
Agree with you 100% on patience. I rushed my first build so I could get smoking, didn't turn out as I had hoped. The next build I spent a little more...
I'm going to redesign the chimney a bit. And the fans will be on a quick detach base that will slide and lock onto the chimney. I will need to find a 120 v fan speed control. The fans also have plugs that connect the power leads to the fan motor, so I can easily disable one if 2 is too much...
Well I thought about using it as a cooling system. Running an open loop of ice water. At least to cool the intake air. But it's agreed, too complicated.
I took the heat exchanger apart yesterday and have a pretty good plan for the fans.
What was your max temp? You probably need to get your heat up around 300 to 325 in order to crisp the skin. That goes for smoking any poultry. You can do it in the oven if your smoker doesn't get hot enough.
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