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Cant keep homemade smoker above 175 degrees
This sounds about right. Anyway; whatever you do, just run it empty with no meat to test it. Use a well calibrated thermometer to get the exact temperatures along your CC. This is just so you don't waste any good meat :). During my trial and error phase, I used around 50 lbs of coal on test...- hakamo0o
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- Forum: Side Fire Box
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Cant keep homemade smoker above 175 degrees
Hi, As Joe Black has stated above; 6" pipe between the fire box and the CC is not enough and your exhaust is too small and is choaking the smoker. I had the same exact problem before, people here helped me alot and I did go through a long trial and error phase too. The following is how I...- hakamo0o
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- Forum: Side Fire Box
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Condensation on top (inside) and acid rain problem
I would say that because your fire box is at the bottom and you have a "sort of" tall cooking chamber; it is acting like a heat exchanger. By the time your smoke reaches the stack at the top, it is cooled down due to heat loss from the chamber walls; which leads to condensate. I had a similar...- hakamo0o
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- Forum: Other Builds
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Final Smoked Salmon with recipe, instructions, and Qview
Thank you, I am going to search for Salmon fillet. I think they will be a good start. -
Final Smoked Salmon with recipe, instructions, and Qview
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Half a goat and a chicken (Q-pic)
I used glass wool insulation 1/2" thick, it came in a 40 ft swiss-role like pack. The IT for the goat was 165 F all the way even after buttering it and wrapping with aluminum foil. This meat was enough to feed 8 people :D for sure will do it again since summer did not even start.- hakamo0o
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Half a goat and a chicken (Q-pic)
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Half a goat and a chicken (Q-pic)
We are having an unseasonably warm April with temperatures reaching 102F mid day. Me and a bunch of friends decide to smoke more meat. We got half a goat cut into three major parts and a chicken. Got the smoker at 280F, used some dry rub on the goat and chicken then into the barrel. Here they...- hakamo0o
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