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ask for a food grade barrel, like nuts or juice .They have an inner liner that you need to burn off, after that assemble an cook. I had a problem with mine getting to hot but with the advice on here I was able to fix it.(exhust pipe to long ) Ya me and the old lady ate the whole thing!
well started with a 3lb. brisket that the wife got at the store. not as much fat on it as i would of liked. But hey, will smoke it anyway. it does smell good. Spitzin with captain morgans, apple juice, and cointreau.
found some stuff in the frig for todays smoke. Got some manchego and mozzareella cheeses, left over london broil, thinly sliced chorizo, 3 basil leaves, grilled onions and garlic, pepper, and 1 pound of JD sasuage.
More draft it will pull... mmm I didn't know that. I have the stack welded in the lid soI cut the stack to 6 inches long instead of 36"
I use 1/4 chimney full of cowboy lump. I did fill the barrel up with water and found very small water leaks where the bolts hold my basket and a few tiny pin...
ya the bottom is still intact and I boiled water and both of the thermometers read 215 so for the most part I think their right in there, for the hell of it I filled the drum full of water to see if there where any leaks that I could'nt see. all the bolts that I used had just a trace of water...
May be I should fill this thing full of water and see if I can find any holes that I cant see. The only way to lower the temp is by capping the exhust for awhile. And by what i read is you don't want to do this.
ya its got a flapper on it. I didn't have a ball valve at the time so I made a flapper instead. with all the air intakes fully closed This dumb thing still runs 300+ think I will give up on it.
And I thank you for your input. really!!! I really want to make this thing work. I here there the greatest thing for the price of the materal that is used.
no vents are open thats whats making me mad
I will lower the exhaust.
lit the lump using the minion(sp) meth.
yes The ash is away from the coals. I did "kick" it.
so I built this smoker, thinking I was cool and could show the old lady that I was good at something other than drinking beer. well after burning the inside with lots of wood (and almost cought the house on fire, a story for another time) to get the coating out of it, I installed the 1/2 in...
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