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  1. gnappi

    Which of these smokers to buy?

    It leaked like a sieve the first time I used it and the charcoal wouldn't burn all the way not staying lit. Based on comments in here, I bought some "lava Lock" and secured it with food grade RTV and bought the coal pan with holes keeps the charcoal lit and hot. The door handle / lock now...
  2. gnappi

    New wood in town

    ??? It's not what I say it's what the world says. Whatever you think you know about the pic you posted is incorrect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_elliottii
  3. gnappi

    Which of these smokers to buy?

    I don't know about that. I bought a Char Broil vertical smoker and after fixing the door leaks and dumping the charcoal pan I LOVE it. I bought a "stainless companion" pan for charcoal, and an extra stainless grill and it has GR8 capacity, holds temp and smokes very well.
  4. gnappi

    New wood in town

    Actually, those are SLASH pines and a soft "piney" wood not good for smoking. These are very desirable of the State to plant in parks and home scapes. The australian pine is very different, it is a subspecies of oak, and they are invasive non native and the State is hell bent on finding a way...
  5. gnappi

    New wood in town

    Australian pine is NOT a pine ,it's a hard wood like oak. They call it a pine because it has long needle like "leaves " 
  6. gnappi

    New wood in town

    I have a bunch of typical smoke woods on hand, but this week I bought 100 1/4 split logs of mixed Australian pine and oak. I got it primarily for my firepit  but with the idea of using the Aussie pine as a smoke wood.  I've read that it mskes a good smoke wood. Tonight I burned a batch of it...
  7. gnappi

    Seasoned Hickory

    My Dad used to send me Hickory from trimmed trees on his property, but before he shipped them he made "hockey pucks" from the ~4" logs with his chop saw for me. In the summer here in Florida I stored them in a charcoal storage bin exposed to full sun and I used them in about 5-6 months and they...
  8. gnappi

    Dealing with the wind

    Thanks Al, I imagine in CF you don't get much wind? I only lived there a few months but I do remember the BBQ smoke always going straight up.
  9. gnappi

    Dealing with the wind

    Thank you Frosty, I really had no choice on the design. You can't see them but there are wire trellises with grape vines directly behind the stone wall as well as a Canistel fruit tree directly in the corner only 3 feet away and I wanted to protect those. So stone was my only choice. I started...
  10. gnappi

    New smoker from southeast Florida

    Hey there, new member here. I've posted already a few times, and after a 20+ year hiatus started I smoking again and am in full swing! Thanks to this site I was able to get my smoker in good order quickly and get back into smoking without unexpected frustration. Luckily I live far enough...
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    Dealing with the wind

    Several years ago I built a wind block for my chiminea, but after it rusted to dust, I put a fireplace grate in it and for the last year it's been a well protected firepit. Enter the vertical smoker and it's the perfect size to pull double duty. When I want to use the smoker I just lift the...
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  14. gnappi

    Chicken racks with beer

    It seems like opinions on the web are split between "it's a waste of beer" to "it makes the chicken moist" But, I've never read an opinion gleaned from a side by side comparison of two chickens smoked at the same time with and without the beer. Then again, why beer? Why not apple / guava / pear...
  15. gnappi

    Who's excited, looks like spring is early this year

    Spring? What is spring? We only have two seasons here in So. Fla... Fall and summer :-)
  16. gnappi

    What's your biggest BBQ challenge?

    Interesting thread. Thanks. For me the most vexing thing was learning the nuances of the vertical smoker. I've always used bullet types and had no issues with those. Thank goodness for the web. Reading reviews from previous owners (both positive and negative) and their learning experiences...
  17. gnappi

    Smoking Wood Score!

    My Dad had apple and pear trees and every year or so he would send me a box full of puck sized apple and pear wood. I like the pear better than the apple, but both are very good.
  18. gnappi

    mango wood

    "I've never heard of anyone spraying anything on a mango tree to produce fruit." I have three producing mango trees (6 total) and there are some cultivars that are susceptible to anthracnose and do get sprayed with coppercide to get them to fruit. Trees that get anthracnose will not produce...
  19. gnappi

    Cleaning OK Joe or any offset smoker

    I haven't heard the expression "dingle berries" in a very long time, you didn't by chance grow up in the Catskills? Anyway, now that I have a vertical smoker the bottom gets lined with foil, so no cleanup there. The stainless parts I clean in the kitchen, the doors and rest of the interior I...
  20. gnappi

    Pterodactyl deviled eggs

    EGGS? Wow! What could be cooler? I made a half dozen tonight! Eggssellent!
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