My Pit Boss 820D Mods

[martin1950]

Spent the better part of the morning a while back modifying my Pit Boss 820D, I had already added a Grilla control board. Since I want to get into cold smoking I bought an additional smoker box to add to my pit. But 1st. I had to remove stack and the stainless steel rack and tray from the end and mount the rack and tray to the front of the pit. I have long arms so mounting a fixed shelf was no problem since my cover wasn't going to work anyways. My timing was perfect, no sooner than I finished Fedex was pulling into the drive w/ my new smoker attachment. An hour later I was completed. Wasn't long before I fired this puppy up with a load of cheeses. Now I have endless possibilities for smoking food.

 

[SmokinAl]

Very cool!
Al

 

[Fueling Around]

Interesting.
How did the first cold smoke turn out?

Your exhaust stack cap changed after the first photo.

 

[martin1950]

I've made two loads of cheeses and one run of smoked deviled eggs w/ a "tube" in the main smoker, and so far so good. The only reason I changed out the rain cap is that the color on the cap matches the color of the lid, purely esthetics. I ran the cheeses for 2-1/2hrs and the boiled egg whites for 1hr. Only one little draw back, that glass door smokes up pretty fast.

 

[Fueling Around]

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Only one little draw back, that glass door smokes up pretty fast.

My neighbor has a Cabelas branded Pit Boss with the window on the cook chamber. He gave up trying to keep the glass clean.