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A Backwoods cooks 6-10 hrs on 20-30 lbs. of charcoal. It cooks from 180-300 degrees. It just has a false wall on the back it acts like a a heat diverter. The cook chamber dimensions on the CC are 28 deep 24 tall and 52 wide. If you cook whole hog butterflied head off legs off you might could get...
Backwoods makes a whole hog cooker with a firebox on the bottom. It's pretty close to what your looking to build. Check them out. What your looking to build shouldn't be to hard.
That's the same pan in a Liberty pretty close. I've got a coffee can the old metal kind cut in half, I leave it in one corner and fill my basket full. When I get a full chimney lit I pull the coffee can out and dump a full load if coals in it. That's the minion
Method. I always preheat my too...
It's not easy to retire and old cooker, but when you get a new one it makes it a whole lot better. You'll like that Pitmaker Vault. Its been raining down here just about all week. I'm waiting on it to stop so I can paint my trailer smoker. Send me a pic of your new cooker when you get it.
I got 8th at last cook out of 56 teams. I'm going to comp on the 17. We're cooking whole hog. We've been fighting a lot of wind. I had to upgrade 3 pits. I've got 3 comps month of May. I wish I was more help.
I wished we lived closer together I would lend you my Liberty Pit. Good luck on your Comp. I would cook Brisket on that fridge. 300 won't hurt Brisket.
I've been thinking about your fridge for a while. I think your temp spikes come from the way you light your coals. I cooked on my drum the other day, I light my coals the minion method once it runs for 3 hrs the temp stays at 250 once they all get light it goes to 275. That's when I damper it...
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