doggone bbq
Newbie
I have a Char-Griller with a SFB and a few mods. I have switched from charcoal to wood in it and have a horrible time trying to find a good, consistent temp and smoke no matter what fuel I am using. I was hoping switching would help me and it hasn't. I just finished my 4th run with just wood.
This last weekend I ranged from having the vents closed for over 4hrs and opening the lid every ten minutes to dump heat when the temp climbed over 250 on the hot, to having a box fan running outside the thing with temps barely climbing over 180 a few hours later. I have seasoned, dry, high quality hickory and am using a good therm probe lying on the grates. It seems like my cooking chamber temp will be really high, 250+, if I have nice TBS, if I have my temps in the 220 range I have white smoke. I do run some good hot coals before trying to settle the thing down for cooking, I light my fire at least an hour in advance.
Any suggestions from some good fire users?
This last weekend I ranged from having the vents closed for over 4hrs and opening the lid every ten minutes to dump heat when the temp climbed over 250 on the hot, to having a box fan running outside the thing with temps barely climbing over 180 a few hours later. I have seasoned, dry, high quality hickory and am using a good therm probe lying on the grates. It seems like my cooking chamber temp will be really high, 250+, if I have nice TBS, if I have my temps in the 220 range I have white smoke. I do run some good hot coals before trying to settle the thing down for cooking, I light my fire at least an hour in advance.
Any suggestions from some good fire users?
