ok... so I made a pipe burner for my smokehouse and I have a question or two...
the pipe is 40" long, I cut 20"worth of slits at 1" apart (21 slits)... the venturi end is outside of the house.... I fired it up and the house got "WAY TO HOT".... I shut it down at 170` and that was on the lowest setting... so I then used some metal tape and covered every other slit... leaving 11 slits open.... fired those up and it still climbed to 160`+... here's a couple of pics....
should I keep covering slits up until I can get the temps down to 120`? Then when I get it down low enough should I make a new pipe with that number of slits... obviously I don't want to leave the tape on the burner...
The house is gonna be used mainly for sausage.... size of the house is 3' x 3' x 6'4"
any and all tips will be helpful...
THANKS, Keith
the pipe is 40" long, I cut 20"worth of slits at 1" apart (21 slits)... the venturi end is outside of the house.... I fired it up and the house got "WAY TO HOT".... I shut it down at 170` and that was on the lowest setting... so I then used some metal tape and covered every other slit... leaving 11 slits open.... fired those up and it still climbed to 160`+... here's a couple of pics....
should I keep covering slits up until I can get the temps down to 120`? Then when I get it down low enough should I make a new pipe with that number of slits... obviously I don't want to leave the tape on the burner...
The house is gonna be used mainly for sausage.... size of the house is 3' x 3' x 6'4"
any and all tips will be helpful...
THANKS, Keith