newbie questions

[Rings Я Us]

Oh.. dark brown sugar too.. got to at least have salt and sugar with brine.. and water..lol

 

[Rings Я Us]

You have an electric grand gourmet?

 

[Rings Я Us]

Like so?

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• Rings Я Us
• Jul 14, 2017

 

[Rings Я Us]

Oh, you have the charcoal gourmet.. Like so..

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• Rings Я Us
• Jul 14, 2017

 

[thinblueduke]

I do a 24-hour dry brine (just a salt & pepper rub) then add a secondary rub an hour or two before it goes on. 

I've had success with pulling it at 135 then letting it rest for 20 minutes.

 

[Rings Я Us]

Some people don't like it pink inside . I do my pork tenderloins to 130/135 but the loins I go 145/150.

I stuff the pork loins often. I need to be sure all that stuffing is cooked to temp. Don't want Luke warm pork juice in there somewhere.

 

[lvjayhawk15]

Oh, you have the charcoal gourmet.. Like so..

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• Rings Я Us
• Jul 14, 2017

Yep, this would be mine =)

 

[Rings Я Us]

So did you make a bunch of holes in that pan? Raise it up? Make a basket?

 

[Rings Я Us]

And do the vents have to be on the bottom? Or will air dampers fit on the base sides?

 

[Rings Я Us]

If I had that set up I would chuck out that coal pan and make a basket with bolts for legs to go inside the base.

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• Rings Я Us
• Jul 17, 2017

No way for ash to builds up ever.

 

[lvjayhawk15]

I found images off google (below)...but essentially I used the silver pan as my base- and have it resting on 2 cement blocks so I can lift it off during the smoke- plus air should get through the bottom of it.

I drilled out the former water pan for my charcoal- the charcoal pan is now drilled out, and sits 5" out of the silver pan (used adjustable bolts) and has a grate inside of it to raise it off ash (similar to picture).

I slotted the bottom of the charcoal pan so the ash falls through and will never build up hopefully (not pictured). Hope that made sense Rings =)

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• lvjayhawk15
• Jul 17, 2017

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• lvjayhawk15
• Jul 17, 2017

 

[Rings Я Us]

Ok.. cool [emoji]128077[/emoji] as long as ash doesn't block air vents under the base. Temps could run high if you don't have it all sealed up

 

[Rings Я Us]

I crack my door open and I get hot fast. Bottom dampers don't seem to let it get to hot.. if I have them open any. I think I could use a third damper like on a WSM. The top damper I used is smaller. Probably less volume than the gap around the lid was.

 

[lvjayhawk15]

Good stuff to know! I'll take pics when I get back and post an update when I get the pork done =)

 

[Rings Я Us]

:grilling_smilie:

 

[lvjayhawk15]

Well, I returned from vacay...so, here are pics of the smoker and my first smoke. 2-2.5lb pork loins (I thought it was 1 5lb log in the package, oh well).

Had a few flare ups with temps in the beginning, but ended up leaving the door open, lid partially cracked (even with no 'rope mod') and both vents open- this kept it at 215-225. I won't have an issue keeping temp up, i'll need to add more vents on top I think in order to control it better.

All in all though, good first smoke.

24hr brine, light rub on the outside 1hr before it was set on....90min later they were at 149 and 155- wrapped and set for 30min. Holy JUICINESS!! Came out awesome...next up is a brisket Sun or Mon!

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• lvjayhawk15
• Jul 27, 2017

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• lvjayhawk15
• Jul 27, 2017

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• lvjayhawk15
• Jul 27, 2017

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• lvjayhawk15
• Jul 27, 2017

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• lvjayhawk15
• Jul 27, 2017

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• lvjayhawk15
• Jul 27, 2017

 

[Rings Я Us]

:points:

Worked good! Nice pork.. [emoji]128512[/emoji]

 

[Rings Я Us]

You should be able to control intake air on charcoal base.. and only have the vents on the lid as your exhaust.. the door and around the lid should be sealed up..those top dampers look good enough to use for exhaust. That looks like a good mod job so far.. [emoji]128077[/emoji]

 

[lvjayhawk15]

You should be able to control intake air on charcoal base.. and only have the vents on the lid as your exhaust.. the door and around the lid should be sealed up..those top dampers look good enough to use for exhaust. That looks like a good mod job so far.. [emoji]128077[/emoji]

So add dampers to the charcoal base in order to keep it from running too hot, you're saying? My issue was that it was getting too hot, I even had to take the lid off twice...

 

[Rings Я Us]

Well I see hole in that silver pan.. You should be able to close the pan holes down to keep the temps from going high.. and even be able to snuff the coals out if you want.