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  1. brianyzf

    Anyone smoke with Ash

    I have a bunch of ash trees in my yard and was wondering if I could smoke with it? I haven't read any mention of ash on this site. I know it burns pretty hot because I use it in my fire pit. I know nothing about trees so I up until yesterday I had no idea what kind of trees I had. So once I...
  2. brianyzf

    Best place to monitor temp.?

    I was wondering where is the best place to monitor the temp. inside my ECB. I have done the mods and currently just stick a thermocouple down through one of the holes I drilled for my top vent. I stick it down in approx. 4-5 inches so it ends up just above whatever I am smoking. For example...
  3. brianyzf

    How long to brine whole chickens?

    I'm going to smoke a couple of whole chickens tomorrow and was wondering how long I can brine them for? THis will be only my second time smoking so I'm very new to this. My initial smoke was also 2 whole chickens (which turned out excellent, by the way!) and I brined them for about 4 hours the...
  4. brianyzf

    First Smoke in a Thunderstorm

    Well, yesterday I smoked 2 whole chickens in my newly modified ECB. By the way, it was my first ever smoke and the results were very good. Even though as soon as I threw the chickens on and got the temp. stable I was hit with what felt like hurricane force winds (ok slight exageration!) and...
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