MasterBuilt Charcoal Barrel Smoker Questions.

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corbin980

Newbie
Original poster
Dec 1, 2012
2
10
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Hello all that pass by.

I just finished putting together my new smoker and had a question. Should I keep the charcoal metal pan inside the main barrel while I smoke or should i take it out. I was planning on making a deflector sheild for the opening from the fire box, but the charcoal pan is as long as the barrel and am I correct in thinking that will help to deflect some of the smoke and hold in some heat as well.

Any tips or suggestions are welcome as I am a noobie.

RC
 
I would leave the pan in as there is no to much to modify. To hold more heat in run your smoker with the damper on the opposite side of the firebox closed. You can also open up the side door on the firebox a bit to raise temps since the dampers are a bit small.
 
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