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  1. scott m

    FIREBOX too big? How would I modify it?

    I did a fourteen hour cook using a reverse flow smoker and noticed I was going through a lot of wood to maintain a temperature of 250F.  When the temperature would settle at 250F most of the wood had burned down too much.  I added pre-lit charcoal from a charcoal chimney and threw in slivers of...
  2. scott m

    WHOLE BRISKET

    I cooked two briskest on a reverse flow smoker.  One was a whole "packer" (point and flat) brisket and the other was just the flat.  When I pulled off the meat at what I thought was 205F they seemed fine.  Texture seemed great.  The flat was perfect but for some reason after resting the whole...
  3. scott m

    BBQ is an Art and Science

    I am from southside of Indianapolis and started a barbecue habit with a concrete block smoker assembled without mortar in my back yard.  It is absolute basic "old school" backyard barbecue, but the results were terrific once I mastered it.  I tried cooking a 100+lb whole hog one weekend just to...
  4. scott m

    REVERSE FLOW SMOKER

    The device I purchased has no damper or baffle plates.  Instead it has an artful 6-5/8"  steel pipe (horizontal chimney) for the smoke and heat coming out of the firebox.  Without any kind of modification the device produces very hot fast moving smoke and uneven heat. I have used firebricks to...
  5. scott m

    Cement Block Smoker

    ain't she a beee-yoot?
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