Alternate use camp chef smoke vault

[wabear]

Nice day in NWI Didnt want to smoke up the house for a couple strips

 

[chopsaw]

Good thinking !

 

[Jim_C]

Good idea!

I don’t think I can do that now. I’ve plugged half of the burner ports to allow smoking at a lower temp.

But I like the idea.

 

[realdocBBQ]

Good idea!

I don’t think I can do that now. I’ve plugged half of the burner ports to allow smoking at a lower temp.

But I like the idea.

Do you know what size screws you used to plug up the holes? I am thinking of doing this for mine, and I also have a Great Outdoors Smokey Mountain I need to do the same thing for. I'm wondering - are most of these burners the same in terms of the hole sizes? I am going to use mine for holding ovens at 150ºF - I can just keep my Camp Chef at that time, but once in a great while it blows out. The Smokey Mountain was blowing out every 5-10 minutes when I had it turned down that low - so I need to figure something out.

I GUESS plugging the holes allows some back pressure on the burner and allows you to keep the gas level turned up higher to keep it lit better? Any suggestions would be great, thanks.

 

[BigW.]

Here's two threads that have the info about plugging burner holes:

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[Jim_C]

Do you know what size screws you used to plug up the holes? I am thinking of doing this for mine, and I also have a Great Outdoors Smokey Mountain I need to do the same thing for. I'm wondering - are most of these burners the same in terms of the hole sizes? I am going to use mine for holding ovens at 150ºF - I can just keep my Camp Chef at that time, but once in a great while it blows out. The Smokey Mountain was blowing out every 5-10 minutes when I had it turned down that low - so I need to figure something out.

I GUESS plugging the holes allows some back pressure on the burner and allows you to keep the gas level turned up higher to keep it lit better? Any suggestions would be great, thanks.

I don’t remember off the top of my head. I think I took the burner to the hardware store and figured out the minimum thread size that would hold. I’m out of town at the moment. I’ll need to look when I get home.

 

[realdocBBQ]

I bought some #16 3/4" nails at the store. I plugged every other burner hole. The nails went in easy, but they're really too small, probably. They don't press fit in and if I move it around I think they're going to slide out or rattle out. Also it looks when it's burning like it is still allowing some gas out of those holes - it looks like there is still a flame, but it is just smaller, like each alternating flame is super tiny. So, I probably need to get a bigger size.

I might look at what it would take to remove the burner.

 

[Jim_C]

I pulled one of the screws out and took a couple of pictures. I did pull the burner out to put the screws in.

I bought some #16 3/4" nails at the store. I plugged every other burner hole. The nails went in easy, but they're really too small, probably. They don't press fit in and if I move it around I think they're going to slide out or rattle out. Also it looks when it's burning like it is still allowing some gas out of those holes - it looks like there is still a flame, but it is just smaller, like each alternating flame is super tiny. So, I probably need to get a bigger size.

I might look at what it would take to remove the burner.

 

[Jim_C]