Chicago Smoker

[holes02]

Just picked up an OK Joe Longhorn stick burner from my local Lowe's.

Assembly was straight forward but I did use some high-temp RTV to join firebox pieces, the chimney (where I also extended to grate-level), and where firebox and smoke chamber join to ensure an airtight seal.  

I'll be helping to better seal both doors with some high-temp BBQ gasket and adding a grate-level Tru-Tel thermometer in the next day or so and hope to season her this weekend after I picked up a 1/4 face cord of seasoned oak.

Looking forward to sharing pics of the good stuff that comes out of her this summer. Cheers!

 

[bluewhisper]

Welcome to the board! I'm running a stick burner too and I love it. Fussy like a steam locomotive but very capable.

Settle in and look around here, there's a lot of information.

 

[sota d]

Welcome to the forum! You'll find a lot of nice folks here who are always happy to help. Happy smokin', David.

 

[themule69]

Glad you joined the group. The search bar at the top of any page is your best friend.
About anything you wanna know about smoking/grilling/curing/brining/cutting or slicing
and the list goes on has probably been posted. Remember to post a QVIEW of your smokes.
We are all smoke junkies here and we have to get our fix. If you have questions
Post it and you will probably get 10 replies with 11 different answers. That is
because their are so many different ways to make great Q...
Happy smoken.
David

 

[gary s]

  Good morning and welcome to the forum, from a rainy and stormy day here in East Texas. Lots of great people with tons of information on just about  everything.

Gary