Working on my smoker again!

[Rodcrafter]

I don't know about your order, but when I ordered a couple of times lately, it didn't go through. If you didn't get the email confirmation it may still be in your shopping cart. I found that what was causing the issue was internet Explorer doesn't work with bbqsmokersupply.com.

But as soon as I used google chrome it went right through.

I just don't want you to have the same delay I had.

I can send you the phone number to ask about it if you want.


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[Pete Mazz]

No, they shipped it the very next day. I'm just busting on Frank.

[Pete Mazz]

Got the back vent cover done today.

Here's a shot of the set up ready for smoking. I added some thru bolts in the back of the shelf to act as a stop to center the drip pan under the drip edge.

I think I'm actually done!!!

[Pete Mazz]

Oh, and what a coincidence, a buddy of mine called as I was finishing up and said he found pork shoulders on sale for $1.29/lb! Needless to say if the snow on my deck ever melts pulled pork is on the menu.

BTW RC, I had to jack up the bolts to 1.25" to give the burner some breathing room. We'll see from there.

Pretty pumped to fire her up!

[Rodcrafter]

Awesome! Looking forward to some Q pics.


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[Pete Mazz]

I underestimated how much having an inch air gap for insulation would affect BTU needs. I'm seasoning the smoker as we speak and I can't get it below 275 w/o the wind blowing out the burner. I'll try plugging some of the holes in the burner tomorrow before I do the inaugural cook. Considering it's only ~40 degrees outside, come summertime it'll run even hotter. Other than that, so far so good. I'm able to move it around easily on the wheels. Pics tomorrow.

[Rodcrafter]

So does this really just mean you need a smaller burner?


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[Squiggle]

Wow, makes me a little more confident about my fridge smoker.

[Pete Mazz]

It's much easier to find high output burners than others. They tell you max output in BTUs but not how low they'll go unfortunately. I also want to use this as a pizza oven so it needs to get pretty hot, hence the overkill. Since the burner has a double ring of holes I'm going to run some screws in the outer ring and see what happens.

[Rodcrafter]

Sounds like that would do it.

[Pete Mazz]

I plugged every other hole on the outer section and it helped but I may need to do more. I also had to raise the bolts for the skillet as the wood chunks kept igniting. I'm getting another batch of Hickory tomorrow from a buddy so we'll see what a fresh batch will do. The stuff I have now is pretty dry.

Ribs and chicken tomorrow so I get to tweak again.

[Pete Mazz]

Almost forgot!

Pork shoulder and chuckies.

[Rodcrafter]

Don't forget to show us the Q pics. Hey I've wrapped the wood in foil to keep if from burning it works.

[JohnBFryJr]

That looks really sweet. Good job.

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[Pete Mazz]

That looks really sweet. Good job.

Thanks! So far, so good!

[Pete Mazz]

Q pics, as promised.

[Weldun]

Q looks great! I too had issues with my home built gasser burning my wood chunks I raised the wood pan 6" above the burner, made a sealed box with holes in the top with no success , best luck I had was making a smoke generator.

[Pete Mazz]

The tweaks I made raising the skillet and blocking off some more ports worked fine. What I still need to try now is running it hot to see how high she'll go.

[Squiggle]

Tasty look cook dude, well done!

[Stewart]

Now thats a sexy looking unit.

[Rodcrafter]

Heck yeah! Pete looks like some great Q.

I'm looking forward to the gathering more all the time.

Now Stewart what was it you were looking at?
TWSS

I had to say that for my buddy DC in case he didn't see it.

[Stewart]

Lol that ss cooker food looks good too.

[Pete Mazz]

I had to say that for my buddy DC in case he didn't see it.

[Pete Mazz]

Set it up for the first time in pizza oven mode. Still needs some tweaking tho.

First up: Cheesesteak Pizza.

Next was a pepperoni.

And finally a shrimp pie.

Not too unhappy but definitely needs work.

[Rodcrafter]

This stuff looks like a darn good dinner!!!![THUMBS UP SIGN]


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