18 pounder

[cowboyj103]

Starting prep for the cook beginning tonight, got it trimmed and injected. Hoping it comes off Sunday evening to take in to the shop Monday.

 

[Fueling Around]

Nice
Open invite for lunch on Monday?

 

[bigfurmn]

I'm open for lunch Monday

 

[Ishi]

Post the results

 

[JLinza]

I'll tag along...

 

[sandyut]

Save me a seat at the table!

 

[cowboyj103]

Hoping it’s good. My old backyard offset finally bit the dust after a decade when I went out to clean it and get it ready. The firebox door rusted enough to fall off when I opened it. It was honestly a little heartbreaking, that thing has made many holiday dinners and hundreds of pounds of great food that a lot of people have enjoyed.

Had to rush to replace it and offsets are hard to come by these days! Everything is pellet now. I was able to find an Oklahoma Joe highland at Lowe’s, I’ll attach the photo of where it was buried. The salesmen probably didn’t like me too much for making them dig it out. Anyways, got it built and put the fiberglass heat seal around all the doors. Hoping it does well, seasoning it now.

 

[Fueling Around]

Bummer
So Monday lunch date is off?

 

[cowboyj103]

Bummer
So Monday lunch date is off?

Nope, got the new one built and a fire in it now to burn it in. Got fiberglass tape sealing up all my doors. Brisket is gonna go on around 3:30 this morning on schedule. Right now I’m just playing with the airflow on the new one.

 

[Fueling Around]

Congrats on the new. Hope you learn it for the first cook.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

That's a big boy. I wish you good luck on your first one on a new smoker. I hope you watched lots of videos from the experts to get you started.

 

[cowboyj103]

It’s doing great so far. Put it on at 5 this morning alaska time, it’s 10:30 now. Got a long way to go. The new smoker is doing really well. I heat taped all of the doors seams and it has zero air leaks, so it’s burning much less wood and holding temp so well that it’s almost not even challenging. This one should be damn good.

 

[cowboyj103]

Four hours in

 

[Redicans]

Nice!! Looking good so far!!

 

[Redicans]

Hoping it’s good. My old backyard offset finally bit the dust after a decade when I went out to clean it and get it ready. The firebox door rusted enough to fall off when I opened it. It was honestly a little heartbreaking, that thing has made many holiday dinners and hundreds of pounds of great food that a lot of people have enjoyed.

Had to rush to replace it and offsets are hard to come by these days! Everything is pellet now. I was able to find an Oklahoma Joe highland at Lowe’s, I’ll attach the photo of where it was buried. The salesmen probably didn’t like me too much for making them dig it out. Anyways, got it built and put the fiberglass heat seal around all the doors. Hoping it does well, seasoning it now.View attachment 714017

Out of curiosity what was your old smoker that bit the dust?

 

[cowboyj103]

Out of curiosity what was your old smoker that bit the dust?

Firebox door finally rusted through and broke off.

 

[cowboyj103]

Twelve hours in and I hit the stall. Hanging out around 164 on the flat and a little over 170 in the point. Thinking it’s about time to wrap it up.

 

[sandyut]

man that looks good!

 

[cowboyj103]

man that looks good!

Thanks!

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looking forward to the finish! Looking good!

Ryan