Orange flame Update

[ron50]

For months I have been battling with my CCSV because of a solid orange flame.

Last week I thought I had it licked. I took apart the whole burner assembly looking for obstructions; no spider webs no anything, but I cleaned it all up anyway and put it all back together. Tested it and got a bluer flame.

So today I loaded up the smoker, get it to 225 and guess what, the flame is solid orange again.
Grrrrrr.

Anyway I still had the food to cook.

On today's menu

A lower fat fatty made with Italian hot turkey sausage mixed with a little ground turkey and stuffed with jack cheese and sauteed apple, mushrooms and onion. I draped the top with marinated roasted rep peppers to maintain the moisture.

A whole turkey breast, brined for about 6 hours in water, salt, brown sugar, maple syrup, oj and herbs.

Stuffed peppers, stuffed with some ground turkey and rice.

Maybe some ABTs later if I don't kick the smoker first!

More qview later!

 

[pineywoods]

Looks great Ron keep em coming

 

[sumosmoke]

Ron - that is great looking grub!!! I especially like the pics of the rice and grd. turkey stuffed peppers. Are those something you've made in the past or is this a first try?

 

[desertlites]

sorry to hear Ron, but looking good.

 

[walking dude]

Ron.........i googled your problem......you mite have a bad regulator, from what i can find out...........do you have a air inlet to the flame, and is it wide open........sounds like the flame is being chocked off from o2.........just a thought

other than that...........good looking grub............doing a chuck roast and more abts today myself.........FINALLY, getting some warmer weather.......for today........rain all this next week tho.........

 

[ron50]

Thanks Laurel, I make them all the time here are some prior attempts:

 

[ron50]

I'd agree with you WD. The air regulator is wide open. The thing I don't understand is why it's blue with no food in the smoker but as soon as I put any food in, ORANGE!

 

[walking dude]

wow.........that IS strange...........have you been in touch with the CCSV folks about it?

 

[pigcicles]

Keep fighting the good fight Ron. Looking good so far.

 

[bb53chevpro]

Sorry to hear about the thin blue flame not being there. My smoke today didn't go as planned either.
Food looks great.
Andy.

 

[ron50]

I'm going to see if camp chef will admit this time it's not an obstruction and send me a new regulator.

 

[ron50]

The vault is less then a year and the burner should be fine, never had a drop of anything on it and no corrosion.

 

[walking dude]

hey ron.........whats the warranty of one of them things?

tail light warranty?

soon as your tail lites are outta site?

less than a year........crap...........they SHOULD do summin

 

[ron50]

Im not sure on the warranty but I treat this smoker right, I think it should still be working. It's covered all the time it's not in use, and it lives under an overhang out of the rain and snow.

I sent an email to camp chef, I'll let you know what they say.

Here is some more Qview of the peppers out of the smoker.

 

[travcoman45]

Great lookin vittles Ron! That is weird, the flame should not change color just because you add food to the box. If you've cleaned the burner good, I'd say it is a regulator problem. Just for the heck of it, try takin the regulator off the lp tank and reinstall it. Sounds stupid but sometimes they are just not on quite right and can cause weird problems. Hope they find an answer for ya!

 

[sumosmoke]

Ron - I just ate my dinner but could fit one of those in, they look so good!

Sorry to hear about your smoker-issues. Did you happen to notice any taste in your food, because of the orange flame?

 

[ron50]

I agree it shouldn't make a difference. I've tried it didn't help. I've tried another propane tank, same problem.

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[ron50]

I disconnected that connection and reattached, same problem but thanks for the suggestion.

 

[ron50]

Laurel:

You should try them, they are mighty tasty. ground turkey really picks up smoke well, especially pecan.

Ground turkey meatloaf is one of my favorites.

Haven't noticed any change in the food but I'm always checking to make sure I don't get any creosote from it.

One of the reasons I preburn my smoking wood.

 

[ron50]

Fatty is done!