Cutting out the CC door. Got some Harbor Freight Tools to help. #34214 dial gauge angle finder $4.99 and #63688 12" combination Square $7.99. If you use this, watch the magnet on the dial gauge angle finder. It likes to slide. Frank has a video on finding top dead center. I went 2" past center. Don't want rain running in the CC.
Agree with 2. Tho 3 would have fit, I believe you would have found the top one just mostly in the way. I only have 2 and find myself, on smaller family cooks, removing the top rack and putting it aside. I would rather reach into the smoker to adjust the meat ( if needed) rather than pull the shelf and all the drippings out.
Lost some time with the weather. 16 tornadoes went through Wisconsin last Friday and Saturday. I lost power for 4 days. Had a black cherry tree split in half in the backyard. I've been helping others that were less fortunate. Working on the counterweight today.
Oh yeah, I've been getting quite an assortment of wood. Cherry, apple, mulberry, hard maple, hickory and white oak. When it comes to Lemonade, I'm not making a glass I'm making gallons. Will be cutting a long time with all the trees down around here.
Turn the fallen trees into charcoal, then build a gravity feed smoker. Problem solved...
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