Good deal on 24" Smoke Vaut

[mneeley490]

I set myself up for that one... wanted to see if you took the bait. Like a 20 lb salmon... nice job.

  After almost 3 months of no rain, and numerous wildfires and continuous smoke the last month, I am very excited for rain and cold this weekend, and creating a different kind of smoke.....I going to do a pork shoulder... and maybe a tri-tip or salmon. I have alot of frozen meat to get rid of.

Thanks to you also, and good luck to you as well!

Todd
 

You can have my rain, Todd. I'm sitting here in the convergence zone, but I'll send it up the pass.

 

[snowave]

Thanks! had some sprinkles earlier, but just breezy and overcast now.. Looks like the real rain comes Sunday/Monday... my days off. Good excuse to get the smoker going, and lay around, do an occassional mop.... and take naps all day. 

 

[snowave]

...of course, getting this thing put together could be more of a challenge than smoking in it. I'm not blessed with being mechanically inclined... and after a few beers, A screwdriver might as well be a hammer.
 

 

[nitrobass24]

Can someone who owns the CC24 measure the width and depth of the base/stand? Thinking about pulling the trigger on one of these, but want to make sure it will fit, where I plan to put it.

 

[packer backer]

Nitro, will try to do that tonight. I know I measured it for possibly getting a AMNPS 18", but there is no way. A 12" works on either the right or the left side with a few inches to spare (? 15-16" depth) but to lay it along the the other way puts it too close to the burner or not near a vent. I would suspect the width would be, well, 24", but the legs flare out a bit so add about 1" per side so about 26".

Will measure to be sure.

I had a torrential downpour all weekend, I guess I had that coming after teasing Snow about being slow. Never got to smoke a thing...

 

[snowave]

Well, I finally got my butt into gear and took a sick day today... to put this smoker together.

  Actually, I was up all night not able to sleep feeling poopy.. but after 2 naps and a run to get some ice cream, i felt a little better.

anyway, got this bad boy put together in about 90 minutes.. which for a mechanically uninclined person like myself, was faster that I thought. Plus, to make it more challenging... I put it together in a half lit room, and had the dogs tear open the bag of screw-nuts and scatter them all over the room last night.

3 of the screw-nuts were stripped right out of the package, but I still got it together soundly for now.. will get a few more at the local hardware store.
 

I seasoned it, and everything seemed to work perfectly. I plan to smoke something this weekend in the rain and snow.... not the pumpkin, however.. although I wonder if anyone's ever smoked pumpkin seeds?

IMG_6450.jpg

• snowave
• Oct 18, 2012

IMG_6451.jpg

• snowave
• Oct 18, 2012

IMG_6452.JPG

• snowave
• Oct 18, 2012

IMG_6454.jpg

• snowave
• Oct 18, 2012

 

[packer backer]

purely just to tease, but that handle on the right side is upside down!!!!

Looks great by the way. I had no nuts striped. That is odd.

Best of luck this weekend, I am planning on a fattie this weekend, hopefully pics to follow.

 

[mneeley490]

Hmmmm, smoked pumpkin seeds...I think you might be onto something there, Todd.

 

[snowave]

purely just to tease, but that handle on the right side is upside down!!!!

Looks great by the way. I had no nuts striped. That is odd.

Best of luck this weekend, I am planning on a fattie this weekend, hopefully pics to follow.

HAHA!! I think you're right!... although, i could have sworn that was the handle that only had 1 screw, and so I turned it around the other way (upside down) to keep it from swiveling around until I got another screw... but it sure looks like it's on wrong. I'll check when I get home... oh, and promise not to tell the wife, please if it is wrong!

 

[snowave]

OK, so maybe I didn't do as good a job as I thought... also notice, I got the knob plate on wrong! LOL   all cosmetic stuff, but still!

btw, the nuts weren't stripped, they were actually just made just slightly off. I got a few more at the hardware store, and it's done.

smoked some tri-tip last night, and it turned out great, other than using a little too much hickory... just tossed some jerky on there today.
 

 

[packer backer]

Snow, I hope you know I was not trying to poke you too hard there....

tri tip? hum, I have to look that one up, not familiar with that term.

I plan on 15# of canadian bacon tomorrow night along with some goose jerky. On Friday is a 17# ham that is brining, so those will be my true tests. I will get the measurements as I said I would tomorrow. Been hunting up a storm lately so I have been sidetracked.

later.

 

[snowave]

ha... no way! You took it easy on me. I deserved worse!

 

Tri-tip.... aka.. bottom sirloin... a wonderful cut of beef. easy to cook, very forgiving, and wonderful taste... very popular out west, especially in CA.. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:BeefCutBottomSirloin.svg&page=1
 

My jerky turned out very good. smoker held at around 140 very well for about 5 hrs. Probably could have even gone another hour, but it's done.

Goose jerky? wow.. that sounds interesting!... and anything bacon sounds good to me! So, are you pretty happy so far with your Smoke vault?

 

[baikie]

Hey guys newbie here.. I have the same smoker.. Have a quick question I live in Alberta Canada and it is going to be -15 c which is about 5F tommorrow can I run my smoker at that temp??

Thanks for the help
baikie:grilling_smilie:

 

[packer backer]

simple answer is yes. You will probably go through more gas and struggle a bit to keep temps up where you want them, but unless you try you will not know. If you can put it out of the wind or any type of insulation it will help.