- Feb 6, 2006
- 212
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Hi,
I fired up the new GOSM wide body last weekend. It was nice, don't get me wrong, but I miss playing with the fire.
Anyway I have a few questions from my smoke session.
1) I did one boston but on the first shelf above the water pan. I did two racks of ribs on the next rack above. I then had two whole fryer chickens on the top rack. The ribs had a nice, and thourough, smoke look (Pink as normal). The chicken definetly took in a nice amount of smoke. HOWEVER the boston but only had a faint smoke ring. I was wondering should I not use the bottom rack above the water pan? Would it get more smoke closer to the top of the smoker? Smoke output was blue the whole time from the exit damper.
2) Grease pan/tray, do you line it with foil for easier cleanup? I did my water tray but not grease pan.
3) I also removed the cast iron wood box as all of the wood was too long. I used a baking tray, it seemed to work great. I will be buying a table saw for my next smoke, I think, to cut the wood down to size. What do you use to cut wood down to the 6X2 range? I tried a tree saw, jigsaw and circular saw. I enviosioned a few fingers getting in the mix.
Thank you,
Brian
I fired up the new GOSM wide body last weekend. It was nice, don't get me wrong, but I miss playing with the fire.
Anyway I have a few questions from my smoke session.
1) I did one boston but on the first shelf above the water pan. I did two racks of ribs on the next rack above. I then had two whole fryer chickens on the top rack. The ribs had a nice, and thourough, smoke look (Pink as normal). The chicken definetly took in a nice amount of smoke. HOWEVER the boston but only had a faint smoke ring. I was wondering should I not use the bottom rack above the water pan? Would it get more smoke closer to the top of the smoker? Smoke output was blue the whole time from the exit damper.
2) Grease pan/tray, do you line it with foil for easier cleanup? I did my water tray but not grease pan.
3) I also removed the cast iron wood box as all of the wood was too long. I used a baking tray, it seemed to work great. I will be buying a table saw for my next smoke, I think, to cut the wood down to size. What do you use to cut wood down to the 6X2 range? I tried a tree saw, jigsaw and circular saw. I enviosioned a few fingers getting in the mix.
Thank you,
Brian