Hey there fellow smokers. I wanted to share my finished work on my Trailmaster. I live in the NW so it stays cold most of the year. I figured I could put a jacket on this baby and help hold heat better. Prob wont need it in the summer. So I bought some automotive double sided heat shield and put this together and am going to try it out tomorrow . I did the bottom half and used wire to hold it and the top half slides righ on. When the door is lifted the jacket moves with it and closes with no problems.
I am going to break it in ( already seasoned it) by doing a 65lb pig! Thats right, going whole hog for my first time. Never done one before but what the heck. I modified a few things inside to make room for it. I dropped the inside grates and turned em. Set some bricks to sit a few inches over tuning plates I made. I did the smoke stack mod and the charcoal holder mod. Also added a hole for therm and a larger hole for grease drain with a drain line to a can. I wanna thank those that have taken time to post good info on how to do these things. I will post pics of the pig later, good or bad. hehe.
I am going to break it in ( already seasoned it) by doing a 65lb pig! Thats right, going whole hog for my first time. Never done one before but what the heck. I modified a few things inside to make room for it. I dropped the inside grates and turned em. Set some bricks to sit a few inches over tuning plates I made. I did the smoke stack mod and the charcoal holder mod. Also added a hole for therm and a larger hole for grease drain with a drain line to a can. I wanna thank those that have taken time to post good info on how to do these things. I will post pics of the pig later, good or bad. hehe.
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