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Just a quick update. Finally sourced a 2" NPT plug to be used for travel. The overall height fits under my tonneau cover and the plug makes it convenient to shut the temps down and choke the fire.
As a bonus, I included a few pictures from the past few weeks. I cut some pork steaks out of a...
After the grilling session was complete, I decided to try choking down the intake to see if I could throttle back the temps even without the ball valve in place. After adjusting the intake to 4 rows of holes, the Shorty happily ran at 300 degrees. After an hour, I choked it down further to 2...
The first test of the chopped exhaust stack is complete. In the first picture, you can see that the ball valve and the stack fits conveniently inside the Shorty for travel.
Since I started the session grilling some chicken, I decided to omit the ball valve and screw the stack directly into the...
Excellent pictures. Thank you for sharing! It appears that they incorporated bends in the damper to help avoid any warping from the high temps. Clearly they thought this out.
A few questions:
It's hard to tell from the pictures, but does it look like you can place a wood chunk under where...
I've now completed a trial run of the Shorty with the revised exhaust vent. It is now much easier to adjust and dial in Temps. The flow is also smoother and it allows me to open a little more and close down the intake for a better draft. It seems to have even temperature across the top grate...
Here is an update concerning the exhaust vent. After an extensive search, I found a bulkhead fitting which has 2" NPT female threads inside. This allows me to use a 2" ball valve as the exhaust. Again, I'm limited to just 18.5" of height to fit under the tonneau cover on my truck and with the...
Had to dig deeper in my pictures. Here's a shot of a full rack of ribs over the charcoal basket. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture with the drop down diffuser in place, but this will provide a better idea of the space. I was using the provided hooks that come with the OKJ Bronco in...
I can measure the next time I uncover my OKJ Bronco, but I will say that you can hang full ribs with roughly 1-2 inches to spare above the diffuser plate. This assumes you are using the provided hangers and hook the ribs under the 2nd rib.
I've never used the larger OKJ Bronco Pro so I don't...
A couple quick pictures. From the 3-day weekend, did a quick pizza on the shorty. The next day, I did 2 racks of hanging baby back ribs, cut into thirds, plus some sausages hanging on a Pit Barrel Cooker 10" hanging skewer (meant for hanging a chicken).
Overall, performance is still quite...
Unfortunately, no I have not used a combination horizontal and vertical offset, but I've used many different offsets of significant size. Of all of those, I used a 500 gallon one that had a very tall stack which had a similar draft as the vertical offset. However, I haven't used very many...
Yes, I did seen your note on pans. However, I usually don't have a need to reduce the interior space. I have a few other grills and smokers and I only use my vertical offset when I cook several items at once. For the way I use the Bandera (and now that I'm using this other water pan), the...
Not offended at all. I was simply quantifying my drawings as not meant for general consumption. LOL
I haven't had any issues with rigidity. Mine sits in the same spot, on pavers and it stays outside all the time with a cover. Haven't had any flaking, but I am very diligent about covering...
Thank you for the pictures. This helps a lot in visualizing the setup you're using. For the record, my drawings were made just for me and were not meant to be posted or shared, but considering your conundrum, I thought it might be prudent to share.
Considering that you are asking the hot air...