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  1. kvl505

    To much smoke with the minion method

    Great information here. I was questioning whether the minion method would create not so desirable smoke since it is constantly lighting unlit briquette's. I did a shorter smoke of chicken drumsticks as a trial Sunday.  I dumped a whole chimney of hardwood briquette's in the basket and the heat...
  2. kvl505

    Temperature control for my Oklahoma Joe Longhorn

    Thanks everyone for the information. It was useful. I am now running a clean fire. Like others have clearly pointed out, it just takes a little time to get an idea with slight adjustments with your particular smoker. I think that is called patience. 
  3. kvl505

    Temperature control for my Oklahoma Joe Longhorn

    There is a lot of good info on this site. I am trying out my new OK Joe Highlander.  It seems with mods on the OK Joe's Highlander most everyone curtails the heat from the FB to SC. When I tried that, it choked the fire and kept the temp too low. I only blocked it half way, with metal angled...
  4. kvl505

    Oaklahoma Joe's Highlander, Dropping The Chimney Down To Cooking Grate Level

    Thank you for the info. I'll try that. It's kind of funny, such an inexpensive mod and such major difference in results. I'll keep trying. I want to tune this thing before I do a full brisket.
  5. kvl505

    Oaklahoma Joe's Highlander, Dropping The Chimney Down To Cooking Grate Level

    Does anyone have insight into lowering the vent to the cooking grate producing bad smoke? I just purchased the OK Joe's Highlander a few weeks ago. I have been attempting to modify it to be more efficient. I see many people  here(all over the internet as well) recommend and use vent duct to...
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