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Now I am on my laptop and don't have my phone nearby...
Anyway, check this out. So the red pipe is how I have it now. I do have 2 decent size holes in the front of the pipe (the side facing the CC).
While I was on vacation I had 'my guy' work on my smoker. The only mistake he made was by making the wrong direction cut on the bottom of the stack. It was suppose to be cut the other direction so that the smoke would be guided into the pipe...does this make sense?
Should I just leave it as is...
My father in law got this piece so I could check it out and see if I can make the food shelves out of this material. I have a feeling it does not have enough surface area for the meat to rest on...what do you guys think?
140F is necessary so that bacteria don't have a chance to grow. Lot of people shoot for 165F because you never consume it right that second. But you could adjust it depending on if you have to take the food someplace or if you eat it at home with your family etc. But def heat it to above 140F
I'm on vacation atm but will post some pictures later this week.
When I get back I need to get material for the food racks. What is recommended? I suppose something made of stainless steel? Any other advice is appreciated. :)
Hi Al,
Sorry for the late reply. I'm on vacation.
I did try them again. Had a similar experience as before. First 3 hours went great. Then foiled them with warmed up apple juice. After an hour and 20 min they were around 200f. perfect!
This time I nuked the bbq sauce and put them back on...
Thanks!
Another question about the exhaust stack. It's going into the tank straight through the roof. How low does the stack need to go into the tank? As low as the height of the 1st food shelve? In between shelve 1 and 2?
And then about the food shelves, how thick does the stainless steel...
Update from my side. Heating up the foiling juice really helped. After 3 hours of smoke and 1 hour wrapped, the racks were at 195F. However after unwrapping them, saucing them and putting them back on for 30min, the temp dropped again. I will make sure my sauce will be at lest room temp, maybe...
I had to wait for the steel to arrive. 8mm steel for the FB. 6mm for the RF plate. And have 2mm steel ready to be cut to insulate the FB. Some pictures.
Will continue to update this thread.
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