That screw-drive adjuster on that baffle plate always makes me all misty ... beautiful...just beautiful!
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Current smokers: Egor (trailered RF) and Easybake (tabletop pellet drive)
being a newbie what is the advantage of the adjustable baffle and how does it adjust? is it vertical adjustment or horizontal adjustment. also, wouldn't you lose the seal on the sides that give it the reverse flow? help a brotha out and explained a confused newbie
sorry just now getting to this post.
look at the pics in this thread very closely and I think you will understand better... viewtopic.php?f=11&t=40#p143
I cut my plates so they would set on a piece of square bar on each side (sealing the ends of each of them). As long as I cut the plates straight I can close them up tight and it will not leak. Hear are a couple of pics of what I did with mine.
you can see here it sets on a flat surface you can use angle or what ever you want it will still seal the edges,
This shows them all in place works really well, I can open them up a bit between each if i want to cook some chicken and it helps a little to crisp them up with out having to get the fire any hotter.
Thats what I did you can do this sort of stuff alot of ways.
have fun with it.
Current Smokers: Backyard RF Offset and Hybrid RF Offset trailer rig with Cowboy cooker and fish fryer, always room for more........
The idea for me was adjustability. I don't take them out ever, but I can space them a bit if I want, for stuff like chicken. I like to be able to cause my cooker to do anything I want, ya I know (control freak). But it allows me to avoid fustration.
Current Smokers: Backyard RF Offset and Hybrid RF Offset trailer rig with Cowboy cooker and fish fryer, always room for more........
thanks Rod. I will have to do mine like yours on my build. I am confused with the way Frank did his. This is all new to me and some of this stuff is like chinese lol