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  1. remmy700p

    Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition

    You're doing it exactly backwards. You need to leave the exhaust damper WIDE OPEN -- ALWAYS! -- and adjust temps via the firebox intake damper. If you close off the exhaust stack you are stifling draft which fosters the formation of creosote. You NEED the flow of gases across the meat to cook...
  2. remmy700p

    Cheap offset and Charcoal Use

    Offsets use a lot of fuel. That's why they're more economical to run as a stick burner.
  3. remmy700p

    Offset grill/smoker upgrades and mods.

    I think River Country makes the best thermos. I run two of these in my TMLE:
  4. remmy700p

    First brisket on my modded TMLE.

    What temps were you running? What wood(s) did you use? What is the purpose of that big smokestack thingy??
  5. remmy700p

    Smoker question for a newbie

    That's a tiny cook chamber, especially for the size of the firebox. I think you're going to hate the small size of that smoker... looks like you can hardly cram a 9-10# pork butt in there much less a packer brisket. And, once you get proficient using charcoal/cooking wood, you'll never go back...
  6. remmy700p

    What is it

    Looks like a species of ash to me...
  7. remmy700p

    PIT BARREL COOKER

    I've done bone-in and boneless leg of lamb on my Weber kettle (offset) with Kingsford and chunk wood. One thing about this protein is that you can run it hotter than typical BBQ, i.e. like a tri-tip. 300F-350F works great. I'd guess that targeting a 130F internal temp on a 6# boneless leg @...
  8. remmy700p

    PIT BARREL COOKER

    Wished you lived closer. I'd take that KC off your hands!!
  9. remmy700p

    Heres a nice mod for my WSM 18"

    Keep going and you can cook chicken for the folks on the 2nd floor!
  10. remmy700p

    New Brinkmann Trailmaster Vertical Smoker

    Depends on how they're burning. If they're real dry and catch well, I'll put them next to the basket. If they seem to not want to take off, I'll drop them right in the basket on the coals. I try to set them on top of the FB to warm them up before putting them in.
  11. remmy700p

    New Brinkmann Trailmaster Vertical Smoker

    No problem! I think the Brinkmann TMLEs have such a large internal volume that lump/briquets just aren't enough fuel for them. They really want to be stick-burners. Here's a pic showing the typical size of the chunk I use (compared to a Kingsford briquet): Note that when I have several of...
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  13. remmy700p

    New Brinkmann Trailmaster Vertical Smoker

    Ozark Oak lump started with Kingsford Blue in the minion basket (essentially just as a 'heat sink'). Most of the fuel after that is large chunk wood. I'll add a couple handfuls of lump every hour or so just to keep the heat sink stable.
  14. remmy700p

    New Brinkmann Trailmaster Vertical Smoker

    I would guess that, given your gap dimensions, your charcoal basket is just a bit too small for the volume of the cook chamber. A way around this is to 'cheat' the basket toward the intake side of the firebox and put your chunk wood (baseball sized or larger) outside the basket and up against...
  15. New Brinkmann Trailmaster Vertical Smoker

    New Brinkmann Trailmaster Vertical Smoker

  16. remmy700p

    Woods For Smoking

    In other words, their branches swing both ways?
  17. remmy700p

    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    Very nice mods. Q: Can you explain what the "variable damper" would be used for?
  18. remmy700p

    Used Pitmaker vault

    Yeah... you don't wanna be pulling a rental trailer down the highway at 70mph EVER. You have no idea how they are maintained (I'm gonna guess... never). One wheel bearing goes out and you'll fill your shorts.
  19. remmy700p

    Pit Barrel Cooker: thicker white smoke... Need help

    It's the moisture in the apple wood. Don't sweat it.
  20. remmy700p

    Oklahoma Joe Tempt Control Thoughts

    It's 14" long and 16" wide. Works great at turning that firebox-side heat blast into uniform CONVECTIVE heat in my TMLE, but still allows you to choose a hotter and colder side to smoke/roast on. Try straightening it out entirely and suspending one end just above the top of the firebox inlet. I...
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