New PNW griller/smoker

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Installing a "needle valve" will really help you get the temps down and give you better control over them. Also dump the water and fill the pan with sand or pea gravel, this will give you much more stable temps. If you still want some humidity in the chamber you can still place a pan on top of the sand pan with a little water in it.

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David

Welcome to the forums!  This is the best place I know for sharing ideas on smoking, grilling, curing, etc.  There are plenty of friendly, knowledgeable folks who really enjoy helping one another.  When you can't find the answer you're looking for, just ask and someone here will have the answer.  I don't know your smoker, but in most gassers the chip box should be just above the flame...and that wouldn't change whether you have water, sand or pea gravel in your water pan.

Red

The first run looks great! I live just north of you in BC.

You'll love this forum. I just started smoking last fall and had limited success until I found this forum. I have learned so much from the kind members. They are generous with answers to your questions and there are a ton of great ideas in the postings. One of the ways I learned the most was posting my projects with pictures and I always got support, advice and suggestions for differing ways to do things.

I am sure you will love this forum as much as I do.

Disco

lamrith said:

Thanks for the welcome folks!!

Yeah right now that stock pan is getting fried big time, the water at the edged is boiling due to the extreme heat from the burner.  The valve sounds like a must do.  I will try and mount it right at the regulator, I have access to plumbing stuff so may be able to direct mount, better yet mount on the control panel of the smoker next to the main control.  hrmmm  PROJECT!

I like the pea gravel idea.  where do you put the chips/chinks for smoking using pea gravel, right on the pea gravel as well?  In a small pan?

1st Run results!

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• lamrith
• Aug 3, 2013

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First, those ribs look Great!!! Now, the chips/chunks will go right where they usually go. Just like Red said they should be in a pan just above the flame and the water pan above that.

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