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Originally this mod was put in use to eliminate the hot spot in the right rear corner of the MES and it seems to work ....
Long story about this mod...... When doing cheese the other day, I noticed black flakes of old smoke residue on the cheese..... The residue was flaking off the old heat/smoke diverter pan I had installed in the roof of the smoker and the walls.... I figured it was due to reduced creosote from moving the AMNPS to the mail box mod I did... The stuff was flaking off of the walls, ceiling....everywhere... for 2 years this hasn't happened.... So, more frequent cleaning is in order..... Removing the old deflector was a PITA and a new design was developed.....
It is a tunnel about 8" long and 5" wide... sides bent up 1" to form the tunnel.... 2 holes poked in the tunnel to secure the tie-wire to it.... about 1" toward the center of the smoker from the center of the exhaust vent.... See where the wire attaches in photo 4.... I think that allows the tunnel to be pulled tight to the corner of the smoke chamber.... seems to work....
If you haven't noticed by now, when I do stuff it is designed to be temporarily permanent.... The tunnel is easily removable by removing the wire from the top exhaust thingy....
Old heat/smoke tunnel that made the center of the smoker the exhaust...
New tunnel... see the wire in the center where it penetrates...
I used a SS Wool pad to get rid of the flaking stuff.. It came off
real easy......
1 more view....
How the wire comes thru the vent and holds the tunnel...
Since I can't close the vent I needed a new way to keep dirt and
bugs out of the smoker.... It works....
OK..... now you are all up to date on my mods..... I will be testing the tunnel design when the
bellies turn into bacon..... I can't wait for that..... UMMMM BACON......
Dave
Originally this mod was put in use to eliminate the hot spot in the right rear corner of the MES and it seems to work ....
Long story about this mod...... When doing cheese the other day, I noticed black flakes of old smoke residue on the cheese..... The residue was flaking off the old heat/smoke diverter pan I had installed in the roof of the smoker and the walls.... I figured it was due to reduced creosote from moving the AMNPS to the mail box mod I did... The stuff was flaking off of the walls, ceiling....everywhere... for 2 years this hasn't happened.... So, more frequent cleaning is in order..... Removing the old deflector was a PITA and a new design was developed.....
It is a tunnel about 8" long and 5" wide... sides bent up 1" to form the tunnel.... 2 holes poked in the tunnel to secure the tie-wire to it.... about 1" toward the center of the smoker from the center of the exhaust vent.... See where the wire attaches in photo 4.... I think that allows the tunnel to be pulled tight to the corner of the smoke chamber.... seems to work....
If you haven't noticed by now, when I do stuff it is designed to be temporarily permanent.... The tunnel is easily removable by removing the wire from the top exhaust thingy....
Old heat/smoke tunnel that made the center of the smoker the exhaust...
New tunnel... see the wire in the center where it penetrates...
I used a SS Wool pad to get rid of the flaking stuff.. It came off
real easy......
1 more view....
How the wire comes thru the vent and holds the tunnel...
Since I can't close the vent I needed a new way to keep dirt and
bugs out of the smoker.... It works....
OK..... now you are all up to date on my mods..... I will be testing the tunnel design when the
bellies turn into bacon..... I can't wait for that..... UMMMM BACON......
Dave
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