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  1. ski-freak

    Side Burner Air Intake "Butterfly" Modification?

    I made a small refinement so that the thickness of the valve tab will no longer block the butterfly from closing all of the way. I simply used a flat file for a minute or so to make a small notch:  Now the Butterfly Air Intake can be closed all of the way:
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    Side Burner Air Intake "Butterfly" Modification?

    Tcoop: See the 3rd picture in the Original Post. The lower hole is indeed below the charcoal basket (bed of coals). The upper hole is just below the top of the charcoal basket, so its position relative to the bed of coals depends on the depth of the bed of coals. In the case of a shallow bed of...
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    Side Burner Air Intake "Butterfly" Modification?

    Now that it's cold out I need to use more charcoal to maintain the same temperature, but wide open on the bottom intake, half open on the top intake, and wide open on the exhaust stack is still consistently the best configuration. My charcoal basket will hold 2 Weber chimneys of Stubbs...
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    Seasoning my OK Joe/ Testing my convectiong plate and Temp gauges

    denden28: My convection/diffuser plate does a good job of evening out the temperature across the indirect food chamber of my OK Joe. It's certainly within 10 degrees F. It drops right in and is made from an 18" X 24" sheet of steel from Lowe's, and is easy to remove for cleaning - though the...
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    Home-Made Fan Assisted Stoker for my Side Fire Box

    I am just not getting the effect I was hoping for with this experiment. I have the airflow condensed into a column and aimed directly at the bottom corner of my charcoal basket, and I can vary the speed of the airflow from very low, to very high (26 CFM) over 6 speeds. I have experimented...
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    Side Burner Air Intake "Butterfly" Modification?

    Experimented a bit while smoking some Cornish Game Hens and Turkey Breast, and glad I didn't close off the upper opening altogether. The best heat and smoke flow seemed to be with the bottom intake wide open, and the top intake half open. It was also cold and dark out (just under 50F) so I was...
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    Hello from New Zealand

    Welcome and looking forward to some lamb recipes!
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    Side Burner Air Intake "Butterfly" Modification?

    I will report my findings after some time experimenting with this new feature.
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    Hello from Grafton MA.

    Hey BOSMECH Welcome here, and there are others from New England here too. This is a great place to share and to learn!
  12. ski-freak

    Side Burner Air Intake "Butterfly" Modification?

    Dave, this valve plate only came about because of your encouragement to consider a way to preserve the upper air intake, and to also incorporate independent adjustability of the two original openings, so THANK YOU for helping me to better understand air intake principles before I implemented a...
  13. ski-freak

    Side Burner Air Intake "Butterfly" Modification?

    The normal adjustability of the Oklahoma Joe Longhorn Air Intake still allows full control over the Lower Air Intake, and here it is shown closed: Not too bad for a simple inexpensive and easy (and fully reversible) modification to the air intake scheme - and no welding needed as the bent tab...
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    Side Burner Air Intake "Butterfly" Modification?

    OK, instead of permanently closing off the upper air intake I made a little valve out of a piece of 16 Gauge sheet metal, with a bent tab for a control handle: Here's how it went in (Upper Air Intake Valve Wide Open): Upper Air Intake Valve Half Open: Upper Air Intake Valve Closed:
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    Side Burner Air Intake "Butterfly" Modification?

    Thanks Dave! The top of the charcoal basket is immediately below the opening between the two chambers (the two chambers are bolted together), so what you see directly behind the basket and partially obscured by the basket is the wall of the firebox below the hole. What you see through the hole...
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