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    Charcoal EZstarts

    Yep, I’ve used these. They work ok, probabaly burn out a little too soon to start a good charcoal fire. The compressed wood ones las a little longer and will usually start the fire. Either way, no fluid needed. I also use the electric loop, and that works great if you’ve got electricity. If...
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    What to use to seal a Smoker?

    I never had any luck trying to seal the firebox. Just too hot. The best thing I came up with was the high temp felt gasket material. I use that on my Vision Kamado grill and it works great. It also works fine on the food door. But on the OKJ smoker, the firebox gets too hot and the gasket...
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    Indirect heat big green egg

    Indirect heat big green egg
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    This is what I use.  Like you, I didn't want to pay a bunch of money for a plate with holes in it.  And I didn't really want to sit down and cut all those holes.  This is way is cheap and it works.  And it's totally adjustable.  You can space the plates any way you want to achieve the heat...
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    Yeah, for sure it's not going to hurt anything.  It just may not help anything.  That temp differential can be addressed by a deflector plate, or like I did with a series of deflectors placed along the bottom grates.  That deflection along with good air flow control to control the temps are...
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    I did mine wen it was new and making some other mods that made disassembly necessary anyway, so that's how I did it. However I have to say I'm not sure how much it was worth. The temp between the firebox and cook chamber gets hot enough to burn out the RTV anyway, plus it was a pretty tight...
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    Hi Tim, I found it. The thread title is 20/20 Charcoal basket...

    Hi Tim, I found it. The thread title is 20/20 Charcoal basket http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/89796/i-call-it-the-20-20-charcoal-basket
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    HI Tim,  I don't recall exactly but I got the plans right here on this forum.  I'm pretty sure the expanded metal piece was 24" x 24" from Home Depot and I believe I just bent up the sides at about 6".  If you search the forum for this I'm sure you'll find the same plan I used.
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    This is the blower that I'm using, came from an old furnace.  I see a new one like it costs around $65.  The V/S control below is about $15 on ebay. I had to fabricate the connection from some dryer vent pipe.  That gets really hot around the firebox opening so plan accordingly for that.  If you...
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    Pretty sure it was Home Depot I saw that Sauced has responded and I do very similar to what he described.  I use a mix of charcoal and wood.  The charcoal seems to last longer and keep the heat more even.  I do use the split wood sticks (about 12" long) rather than chunks.  But for me the key...
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    I think this is probably right. I wasnt really confident this was a good idea but I went along with the crowd and put one in. It actually takes up some cooking space if your doing a couple more f briskets or butts.
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    It's been a couple of years now but I'm pretty sure they came in that length.
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    Mike, please note I wasn't being critical.  I think that plate looks great and I know you put a lot of work in it.  Glad to hear your figuring out how to tune it.  I've played around a lot with my multiple plate tuning method depending on what and how much meat is on the grate.  One thing I've...
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    Oz, it's been a while since I posted these original pics of the mods.  Here's a good pic of the multiple rectangular sheets I use for dispersing the heat.  These are just laid in there for the pic but you can be very creative in how you space them to get the effect you want.  The other pic is...
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    By the way, I scrapped that variable deflector from the firebox to the cook chamber.  I found I was just leaving it wide open all the time so it really wasn't doing much.  The angled deflector plate in the pic though is definitely a good idea.  
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    This is a very impressive looking plate, and I'm sure you invested a lot of time.  Looks great.  However, kind of defeats the purpose if you still had to cover some of the holes to balance out the heat. Pretty much the same as using the multiple 4 x 16 steel sheets and spacing them like you want...
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    New - Oklahoma Joe's Highland Smoker

    Sorry for the late reply.  I just saw this.  I think I bought 5 of these.  They were a standard size at Home Depot and didn't require a of cutting, etc.  I noticed on another similar smoker last week that the angled diffuser plate from the firebox is a standard item.  
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