- Jun 30, 2021
- 9
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Hey all, first post
I just purchased a cheap dyna-glo wide offset. During seasoning I used a top down method for the first time laying oak chunks and jealous devil around the base of the burner and topping it with jealous devil from a chimney. I got a ton of white smoke for quite a while and let it burn off. After most of the white smoke died down it was almost time to refuel it again. So I put in oak chunks and had to leave the burner door open because it started smoking like crazy.
being this is my first offset, and a cheapo.. i see im going to have to baby sit this a lot and do a lot of refueling. Jealous Devil isnt creating a good base of slow burning coals, so im going to try briquettes and just use less jealous devil in the chimney just for starting. I also notice when i used jealous devil to refuel, the heat spiked. I did this to keep the white smoke out. So should I refuel with briquettes to keep the temp steady? Im afraid if i keep refueling with wood, im gonna create too much white smoke because this thing just seems to feed too much to keep my temps where i need them which is usually from 225-250.
I knew id have issues keeping a steady temp and it would need to be watched, but i want to make sure when i do refuel, i dont ruing my meat and I'd also like some suggestions on creating a slower burning bed of coal.
cheers!.
*edit* I should add, that I did the mods to the smoker using the rtx around all the likely leak culprits, including the top panel weld in the main cook area.
I just purchased a cheap dyna-glo wide offset. During seasoning I used a top down method for the first time laying oak chunks and jealous devil around the base of the burner and topping it with jealous devil from a chimney. I got a ton of white smoke for quite a while and let it burn off. After most of the white smoke died down it was almost time to refuel it again. So I put in oak chunks and had to leave the burner door open because it started smoking like crazy.
being this is my first offset, and a cheapo.. i see im going to have to baby sit this a lot and do a lot of refueling. Jealous Devil isnt creating a good base of slow burning coals, so im going to try briquettes and just use less jealous devil in the chimney just for starting. I also notice when i used jealous devil to refuel, the heat spiked. I did this to keep the white smoke out. So should I refuel with briquettes to keep the temp steady? Im afraid if i keep refueling with wood, im gonna create too much white smoke because this thing just seems to feed too much to keep my temps where i need them which is usually from 225-250.
I knew id have issues keeping a steady temp and it would need to be watched, but i want to make sure when i do refuel, i dont ruing my meat and I'd also like some suggestions on creating a slower burning bed of coal.
cheers!.
*edit* I should add, that I did the mods to the smoker using the rtx around all the likely leak culprits, including the top panel weld in the main cook area.