dangerneck
Newbie
- Jun 27, 2017
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Hello everyone!
I'm new to this forum and it's great! You guys have so much great information to share and I hope I can help out too! I've been grilling and smoking for 20+ years and my (dubious) claim to fame is being able to make just about every cooking unit work for me regardless of what I come across where ever I happen to be. I was also a professional chef for 12 of those years, whatever that means...
I just bought the Highland and have read every post in this thread. I think I've decided to use 1/4 inch stove rope with high temp cement (1200 Degree Freedom Units) to seal the FB and some brick baffles in the tank with a tinfoil bread pan filled with water right in front of the FB opening. Also going to make a fire basket with some extruded steel I have from a jerky dehydrator project. Lastly, I'll lower the exhaust with an elbow joint.
I haven't used the unit yet but I did wipe the whole outside down with with WD-40, and now it's so shiny...we'll see how long that lasts after my first cook.
Something has been bothering me, though. I first saw the OKJ Highland at Home Despot for $269 and was impressed by the quality and thickness of the steel. Being a conscientious consumer I checked around and found one at the Lowe's for $200, so I bought it. Now, I may be crazy, but I'm sure that the one at Home Despot is slightly thicker gauge steel that the one I bought! I have the one with the hideous logo. The one at HD has the old? gold colored logo. Does anyone know if they are the same gauge steel or if there are any other differences worth knowing about?
I'll post pics of any mods I do as well as my seasoning here this weekend. Also, I'll document my first cook this 4th of July in hopes of shamelessly fishing for critiques, complements, ideas, and gentle ribbing (get it? ribbing?)... and, I'll show myself out.
I'm new to this forum and it's great! You guys have so much great information to share and I hope I can help out too! I've been grilling and smoking for 20+ years and my (dubious) claim to fame is being able to make just about every cooking unit work for me regardless of what I come across where ever I happen to be. I was also a professional chef for 12 of those years, whatever that means...
I just bought the Highland and have read every post in this thread. I think I've decided to use 1/4 inch stove rope with high temp cement (1200 Degree Freedom Units) to seal the FB and some brick baffles in the tank with a tinfoil bread pan filled with water right in front of the FB opening. Also going to make a fire basket with some extruded steel I have from a jerky dehydrator project. Lastly, I'll lower the exhaust with an elbow joint.
I haven't used the unit yet but I did wipe the whole outside down with with WD-40, and now it's so shiny...we'll see how long that lasts after my first cook.
Something has been bothering me, though. I first saw the OKJ Highland at Home Despot for $269 and was impressed by the quality and thickness of the steel. Being a conscientious consumer I checked around and found one at the Lowe's for $200, so I bought it. Now, I may be crazy, but I'm sure that the one at Home Despot is slightly thicker gauge steel that the one I bought! I have the one with the hideous logo. The one at HD has the old? gold colored logo. Does anyone know if they are the same gauge steel or if there are any other differences worth knowing about?
I'll post pics of any mods I do as well as my seasoning here this weekend. Also, I'll document my first cook this 4th of July in hopes of shamelessly fishing for critiques, complements, ideas, and gentle ribbing (get it? ribbing?)... and, I'll show myself out.