Thanks! Best way seems to be to use a quite big fire and adjust the heat with the flaps. If using a small fire the temps drops below 100C degrees quite easily.
I would say there's probably a couple of things contributing to the temp difference. 1) The size of the transfer tube from the FB to the CC appears to be too small. 2) The location of the transfer tube could possibly be creating a ''dead zone'' under the BP on the end of the CC closest to the exhaust stack by not letting the heat from the FB constantly flow under the entire BP. I also can't tell how big the gap is between the BP and the bottom of the CC and the size of the BP gap, so I'm not sure if that could be choking it down. jm2cw
Long since last post. But this smoker is still in active use. Starts to look crappy though, as most of the paint has burnt off and it has got a nice rusty color. But it cooks ahlright. Last summer I noticed the other thermometer has stuck, so it may be the temp difference was caused by a bad unit. Need to order a new one for next season.
Does indeed look good. And think of the rust color as the smoker gathering a patina of use....
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Thanks guys! We have this smoker at our summer house. Would be nice to also have some "thing" to make food in the home garden. Found a batch of old bricks. About 700-900 pieces... 5 trailer loads. We chall see what to make out of those next summer.