- Oct 18, 2016
- 9
- 11
Hey Guys
Been reading a lot on these smokers and the mods. I have done a few. I have done the charcoal/wood basket and also sealed the smoke stack and area between firebox and smoker with RTV. I've taken the advice of guys on here to start with coals, and add wood. So I filled a can about 3/4 full and got some hot coals going, dumped them into the basket and opened the intake door wide open and chimney wide open. It looked fairly healthy so I waited till it got up to around 250 or so to close the door and damp it down a little to stop the temp increase. It seemed to work alright, I also stuck a few small half splits of hickory on the coals, sure enough smoke city so I waited for them to catch, they never really did. I had to open the top firebox door and the intake door of the firebox to get a clean fire going, so I close the top door, leave the intake door open but now my temps are skyrocketing towards 300. So I decide to close the door and leave the damper wide open, do that and within seconds white smoke everywhere. I have to restart the process by opening the top door of the fire box and the intake door etc to get the fire clean again....
I haven't done any of the door sealing mods yet, but my doors leak a little bit, not enough to where closing the intake door everytime kills the fire. Im pretty frustrated. The wood is pretty dry. I think its probably older than a year. Im using lump charcoal.
Been reading a lot on these smokers and the mods. I have done a few. I have done the charcoal/wood basket and also sealed the smoke stack and area between firebox and smoker with RTV. I've taken the advice of guys on here to start with coals, and add wood. So I filled a can about 3/4 full and got some hot coals going, dumped them into the basket and opened the intake door wide open and chimney wide open. It looked fairly healthy so I waited till it got up to around 250 or so to close the door and damp it down a little to stop the temp increase. It seemed to work alright, I also stuck a few small half splits of hickory on the coals, sure enough smoke city so I waited for them to catch, they never really did. I had to open the top firebox door and the intake door of the firebox to get a clean fire going, so I close the top door, leave the intake door open but now my temps are skyrocketing towards 300. So I decide to close the door and leave the damper wide open, do that and within seconds white smoke everywhere. I have to restart the process by opening the top door of the fire box and the intake door etc to get the fire clean again....
I haven't done any of the door sealing mods yet, but my doors leak a little bit, not enough to where closing the intake door everytime kills the fire. Im pretty frustrated. The wood is pretty dry. I think its probably older than a year. Im using lump charcoal.