Now... I have only used it once. It was messy. It was steamy. it was.... delicious. DID however lack that really good smoky flavor and bark and color and smell. BUT it did produce two delicious slabs of ribs in a timely manner... kind of. They may have been a little overdone.... and I will be doing a little more trimming of the fats next time. There really was just to much.
The monstrosity is powered by one whole charcoal starter. It takes roughly an hour to get to about 230 degrees. Which is cool with me. I cant see my element lasting very long though. I dont think that thoses starters are designed to run for periods of time like that. There is a chip tray that sits directly on the element. gets nice and hot, burns chips, and makes smoke. The temp is controlled by a PID temperature controller that I bought off ebay. It was the cheapest I could find... then I had to desolder the relay off the circuit board and add my own solid state relay. piece of cake. so, all that being said... it works good for now. I am already thinking of putting a side fire box on it. or making it a fixture in my next place of residence and building a firebox under it. Who knows?!
okay... the pictures. you can really see how messy this thing is. I need to fashion a drip tray. or cook in pans.
I hate doing dishes. The vegan girlfriend was not happy about the pork fat on the garage floor. Very happy to be the 5th whole topic started on the electric boards!
Or my wife!
