flyinghogsbbq
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- Joined
- Aug 17, 2012
- Location
- Chicago, IL
Well, it took a little while since I joined this website to get the smoker/trailer I wanted, but I finally got it! It's an offset, reverse flow smoker on a trailer I picked up off a bbq guru in Indianapolis who has been using the smoker for ten years for his catering company.
I went out yesterday and got a 8lb pork butt(bone in) and a rack of spare ribs. Injected pork butt and frigged over night.
Started the smoker this morning around 815ish a.m. using charcoal briquettes. Used about 15 charcoals in a charcoal chimney and then poured those on top of around 10lbs of charcoal and some handfuls of hickory wood chunks.
The problem I am having now though is getting my temp up. I seem to be stuck around 125ish for over an hour! I have my vents open on the bottom, and the charcoal is on sheet metal raised off the bottom of firebox by at least two inches. There is a large whole leading into the actual barrel, so I am confused on why it's taking so long to heat up.
Do I need a really huge fire (like all 20lbs) just to get this thing uo to temp?
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
P.S. I plan on posting some pics of the smoker soon
I went out yesterday and got a 8lb pork butt(bone in) and a rack of spare ribs. Injected pork butt and frigged over night.
Started the smoker this morning around 815ish a.m. using charcoal briquettes. Used about 15 charcoals in a charcoal chimney and then poured those on top of around 10lbs of charcoal and some handfuls of hickory wood chunks.
The problem I am having now though is getting my temp up. I seem to be stuck around 125ish for over an hour! I have my vents open on the bottom, and the charcoal is on sheet metal raised off the bottom of firebox by at least two inches. There is a large whole leading into the actual barrel, so I am confused on why it's taking so long to heat up.
Do I need a really huge fire (like all 20lbs) just to get this thing uo to temp?
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
P.S. I plan on posting some pics of the smoker soon