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It's pretty good. Better than nothing. I've noticed that u need to leave a little gap in between the deflector baffle and the deflector piece. Otherwise you get a hot spot where the support grate ends near the exhaust side. There just isn't enough holes in the support grate to release more heat...
does anyone know if there is a difference if i use 1/4 inch steel for tuning plates vs a thinner set? i am guessing the 1/4 inch is better as it will help deflect more heat? even will hold heat longer probably for the long smokes
Looks good! And I think I need to close my stack a little bit. I have been running it wide open. I think that because it is such a large diameter stack that it is causing more air to be sucked in at the inlet on the firebox. So I will play around with the stack and the inlet damper to see if I...
That gray steel is from the firebox. Put it in the main chamber. I cut an old grill grate with a sawsall and put it in the firebox to keep the coals and wood up off the bottom of the firebox. I can also scoop underneath the grate to get ash out so the fire can have more access to oxygen
i do what you do but my temps rise up to however big a split i put usually up to 270 and slow decline down. this is for about 40 mins max. i start with half chimney of charcoal and use oak. damper open half or less than that. so i dont understand why mine is not steady steady. it goes up a...
All the way to the right as in all the way near the actual damper? I been doing this too. I center it and put the fire as close as I can to the actual side door to the firebox
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