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I haven't, but pictures of it makes it look way better than normal ketchup, almost like a tomato paste and less like ketchup which is kid's food IMO. I assume it will be more on the sour / vinegar side?
I make hot sauces quite a bit, so just guessing!
Fry sauce is big in Idaho. I would have guessed Idaho is where it started from to be honest and not utah. Close enough, though.
Fry sauce is absolutely awesome and I prefer it 10/10 over ketchup. It's basically a creamier ketchup w/ spices. It makes ketchup extremely boring, which is just sugar...
Just a TLDR of the above:
1) The smoker has superb draw now. I held a burning stick next to the intake. It pulls the fire inside of the firebox. The okalahoma joe never did this, certainly never did this w/ the restrictive stack lowering kit.
2) I did not find that I'm burning more wood, or...
A couple things to note:
1) There was 10-14 MPH wind speeds. I situated the Okie Joe in the best spot but still had some effect. The highest wind I have ever cooked in. It was also about 45F outside. Before you think this is an excuse, don't worry.
2) You will see in the Meater chart that I...
Ran out of gas today. Finally, after 10+ years of using the same bottle, lol.
I did have some progress though!
Here's a mockup of what she'll look like (stack will be 4-5" shorter though):
I thought about "finishing" on a different smoker if I had to, but if I was going to do that I'd probably just fire up my pellet grill since it does take time/effort to get the WSM going (the only part that has "effort", lol).
The "whole meat only accepts smoke for a certain amount of time" is...
I do want to confirm that this is the ideal location for the collector, correct? Right in the center happens to be right in the center of the grate as well.
Collector is done. I'll cut out the exhaust portion after it's mounted. I even backside welded it as well to assure it's sealed. Been 10 years since I last MIG'd
Don't worry about 1/4" too much. I mean, I've been spending some time in metal shops recently and even 12 guage steel is enough to knock out a bear. 12 guage should still have a super long life expectancy as long as it's cared for. Probably the same as your grand champ, which is probably mostly...
I finally found a solution for the stack. I really didn't want to go through all this effort to replace a 3" round stack with a 4" square stack. I'm sure the 4" square stack would probably solve the issue (especially with the stack lowering kit gone), but I really wanted to slightly overbuilt it...
This is 11 guage steel, slightly thicker than the okie job. I went and started cutting out the collector:
Got it lightly held together with some ugly tack welds. I ran out of sunlight, so tomorrow I'm going to check for straightness, then button it up.
It's a cute little collector.
The only time I smoke with firebox door wide open is when the joe is being an @sshole and acts starved of oxygen or when I really need to get the temp up. I like to keep the door closed and vent open. When it acts super happy I can actually close the intake vent 50%. The joe can go from super...
Heres' a couple pics of my last smoke.
Here's an example of smoke coming out of the firebox door. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a proper amount of pull means that this shouldn't happen.
This is also with a double stack. The Oklahoma Joe actually has a little less than a 3" diameter--it's about...
Cooking more on the Oklahoma Joe modified w/ the upward baffle and stack lowering kit. I also have 2x exhaust stacks fitted.
A couple things I am noticing:
I'm finding that the extension on a 3" pipe is not significantly improving airflow enough. Even doubling it up like what I have, you will...
Thought I'd update this! I did some investigative work, and decided to probe the grate level in the electric smoker. I think If ound the issue. 150F on the dial = 190F on the grate.
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