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So my first ever try of short ribs went decent but not great. I didn't allocate enough time and had to wrap and I've oven finish which I wasn't happy about. Anyways I learned a ton from this cook about the smoker and the meat. Getting 3 + hour steady burns with a few oak splits.
@ kit s,
The exhaust is set to take air from about mid point or even slightly less then middle of the cook chamber. If it drips it will never land on any meat, like say had I installed it on the very top.
There is a 1/4 inch plate welded in place from the firebox to the far end of the cook...
I am currently running 98% coal with the occasional chunk of red Oak about the size of a softball maybe every 2 hours or so. I could easily add small splits of oak. This is my second cook so still learning it's finer points.
Hello Fine folks,
SO I built a reverse flow smoker out of a 30 gallon compressor tank. It has a 1/4 inch baffle plate on the inside and my cooking surface is 3.5 inches above that. The firebox is 1/4 plate and is probably 20% oversized compared to what the online cals said to do. It's...
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