- Jul 18, 2018
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Evening gents. I'm new to this forum but have been using a stick burner the old man bought out in Beaumont, Tx back in the 80's. The name of this smoker is "Dragon Smoker Cooker". The CC is about 40.5" long with a diameter of 16". The FB is the same diameter but 20" long. The intake on the FB door is like a butterfly dampener but the vent opening doesn't start until about 3" from the center of where the dampener is mounted on the door.
After fighting with this pit over the last few months I have a better idea of how to get decent food out, but this thing is insane. It only has one temp gauge near the exhaust outlet and reads about 50-75° higher than at the grate level. I understand why. After plugging in my dimensions of my stack, CC, FB and throat, I believe the throat is too big as well as the FB. In addition the inlet on the fire box door doesn't let enough oxygen in to keep a steady fire.
So, I decided I wanted to buy a new smoker of high quality and know the brand etc. I've done my research for a few weeks now. Well, plans change as always. I've got my first kiddo on the way and dropping $2100 on a new smoker probably isn't an intelligent choice at the moment. This made me think about modifying my current setup to get me through for about a year before I do make the big purchase. Does anyone know someone or live in Houston that would be willing to help make a few smoker modifications? I'm not expecting free services, however I don't think dumping a bunch of money into an old out of date smoker would be a wise decision either.
TIA,
Christian
After fighting with this pit over the last few months I have a better idea of how to get decent food out, but this thing is insane. It only has one temp gauge near the exhaust outlet and reads about 50-75° higher than at the grate level. I understand why. After plugging in my dimensions of my stack, CC, FB and throat, I believe the throat is too big as well as the FB. In addition the inlet on the fire box door doesn't let enough oxygen in to keep a steady fire.
So, I decided I wanted to buy a new smoker of high quality and know the brand etc. I've done my research for a few weeks now. Well, plans change as always. I've got my first kiddo on the way and dropping $2100 on a new smoker probably isn't an intelligent choice at the moment. This made me think about modifying my current setup to get me through for about a year before I do make the big purchase. Does anyone know someone or live in Houston that would be willing to help make a few smoker modifications? I'm not expecting free services, however I don't think dumping a bunch of money into an old out of date smoker would be a wise decision either.
TIA,
Christian