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GMG Jim Bowie Help
I have heard that the DB is a little more fickle. My JB is within 10 degrees of the controler (higher) and about 10 from side to side.- gw1947
- Post #9
- Forum: Pellet Smokers
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GMG Jim Bowie Help
I have tried the JB without the deflectors and very simply put the heat is way hotter on one side. Explain how you use it without deflectors.- gw1947
- Post #6
- Forum: Pellet Smokers
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GMG Jim Bowie Help
The heat deflectors go under the drip pan and disperse the heat. They are a must to regulate the heat from sude to side. Without them you will have one side hotter than the other side.- gw1947
- Post #4
- Forum: Pellet Smokers
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GMG Jim Bowie Help
I have a JB and found that the key to temp control is adjusting the heat deflectors. Each machine is a little different and it took me the best part of a day to tune it. Once tuned it is an awesome machine. Won lots of ribbons and money with it. A true set it and leave it machine.- gw1947
- Post #2
- Forum: Pellet Smokers
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Looking into a pellet smoker, looking for opinions and advice
I have a Jim Bowie and have used it for over three years. I have cooked competitions with it for two of those years. I do catering and church functions. I have never had to fix it other than a new food probe. I am talking about at least a hundred pork butts, fifty briskets and hundreds of...- gw1947
- Post #3
- Forum: Pellet Smokers
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Another question for the GMG DB owners
I have one of each and bigger is always better. I should have bought two jb's.- gw1947
- Post #2
- Forum: Pellet Smokers
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New member
Hello everyone, I have been following the forum for sometime and decided to join. I started cooking in competitions last year (2012) and was somewhat sucessful. I cook with a cousin of mine and use two Green Mountains and an Oklahome Joe. We have an enclosed trailer converted for comp...
