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  1. dan5047

    Chargriller Duo w/mods

    Hi, I realize this post is 6 years old, but I'm fabricating my own tuning plate like the one you have. Could you possibly provide me the dimensions of the three different sized holes in the plate? Thank you!
  2. dan5047

    Ratios and Percentages, lean vs fat, etc.

    I've been honing my skills making venison summer sausage and have come across many threads regarding lean to fat ratios and percentages. Each post confuses me more it seems. To me, if I'm looking to achieve a 75/25% lean to fat ratio in a 15lb batch of meat, I'd use 11.25lbs of lean and...
  3. dan5047

    Bitter taste / creosote... Help!!!

    I just wanted to thank everybody for their help in this thread. I took your advice and chopped my splits a little smaller and preheated them inside the firebox away from the fire before adding them to the coal bed. MUCH cleaner burn. I made one hell of a pork shoulder last night. For the...
  4. dan5047

    Bitter taste / creosote... Help!!!

    My mistake. Yes. I do have that. I typically leave that wide open and adjust temperature by opening or closing the vent on the side of the firebox. I'm starting to wonder (as mentioned by another user) if I'm just using to large / to much pieces of wood to where I need to leave the vent...
  5. dan5047

    Bitter taste / creosote... Help!!!

    I don't have a top vent on my box. I can however, prop the loading door open a bit with a stick. My grate sits a good 2 inches off the floor of the box, so that seems like enough clearance.
  6. dan5047

    Bitter taste / creosote... Help!!!

    I've tried to keep the door open a bit until the wood lights, but I'm probably not waiting long enough. My firebox just has an adjustable vent on the side that you can rotate to open or close. Most of the time it's open full, unless my smoker temp starts getting too hot. Then I'll close it...
  7. dan5047

    Bitter taste / creosote... Help!!!

    BTW... I appreciate the quick replies. Thank you for your help.
  8. dan5047

    Bitter taste / creosote... Help!!!

    I've been wondering if this is the issue. My firebox is only about the size of a 5 gallon bucket turned on it's side. The chunks I use are roughly 8" long by 2" diameter. Perhaps a little too big for that size box? I seemed to have better luck in the past using the pre-bagged chunks from the...
  9. dan5047

    Bitter taste / creosote... Help!!!

    The wood I use is hickory from a tree that I chopped up about 2 years ago. I would think it's pretty well seasoned?
  10. dan5047

    Bitter taste / creosote... Help!!!

    So I've been smoking meats for about 5 years or so and have had some really good results with all types of meat. But I've had some problems with bitter smoke flavor. My setup: Side firebox type horizontal barrel (nothing fancy). I like to use a bed of charcoal to establish a good source of...
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