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that's great news! I also did some testing with mine, have you tried the Franklin method of no fire grate, building a huge coal bed and laying the splits across the firebox? seems at least for mine, having the fire sat really low in the firebox helps with the drafting, I do however run my rear...

What's the main objective with the doing the mods? I think set it back to stock and try the method I mentioned above, but have the top fire door open just a couple of inches with the back closed, pin wheel open, you maybe surprised how well it works.

Great Mods! it's a shame Yoder don't let users know of the way these smokers are intended to run, ie using the top fire door for heat control. We have a brand in Europe called Cactus Jack, which are too based on the original Oklahoma Joe smokers, the heavy duty ones, we train people to run them...

Hi Kam, looks like I can get 45 degree 4'' bends, would a sweeping pipe help even more with the flow? 

This is great info kam, did you bore out the existing hole or move it closer to the grate level

That's good to hear, that's what I'm shooting for on mine. I run the lavalock baffles and they even it out in the same manner as well as reducing the intake to the main cooking chamber. Would chopping the existing elbow and welding the bigger 4'' gauge pipe have the same effect, or would you...

That's some great feedback Kam!  What things did you find once upgrading the stack in that way? 

Hi all, great forum! I've been doing a lot of reading about getting more heat through my joe highland, as the other night it felt like I loose a lot out the firebox end, so I decided the stack might not be drawing enough. After running the sizes of the highland through the smoker builder...