caliking
is Blowin Smoke!
Howdy brothers.
UDS is ready! I promise I'll get some pics up before the weekend.
Seasoned it last night with veg oil. Placed 1 chimney full (from Lowe's... smaller than the Weber chimney) of Kingsfiord regular briquettes with 10 lit (unlit arranged around the lit... didn't have coffee can handy). The lit briqs were not completely ashed over yet when i added them to the unlit briqs). Had one intake (3/4") and the ball valve (3/4") open all the way. Using a dome lide from a cheapie kettle grill and the vents on the dome were fully open. had one probe from my Maverick ET-7 on the grate. Grate is 23.5" above the bottom grate of the charcoal basket
Saw some white smoke for a little while then things seemed to settle down. The temp rose steadily to 225, 250, 270's. That's when all hell broke loose. Tried to close the ball valve halfway... still rising to 280 (but slower). Closed the intake completely with ball valve open a titch. Rose to 290's. Closed the vents on the lid - rose to 300's. Opened the vents on the lid and the temp dropped a little. Took the lid off to let the temp drop to the 260's, but then temp rose to 300's again with the lid on. waited about 30mins between each change. After 3 hours I stopped the experiment - closed all vents, intakes, valve and went to bed (1am).
I don't think my build is drafty, because after I closed everything up, little charcoal had burned up when I checked it this morning - probably have half a chimney or more left. I know I ended up making more changes than I should have during the burn, but part of it was for me to figure out how the temp would be affected.
Any pointers? I have read that many UDS builds will cruise with one intake open and the ball valve open 1/4 to 1/2 way.
Thanks for reading! :-D
UDS is ready! I promise I'll get some pics up before the weekend.
Seasoned it last night with veg oil. Placed 1 chimney full (from Lowe's... smaller than the Weber chimney) of Kingsfiord regular briquettes with 10 lit (unlit arranged around the lit... didn't have coffee can handy). The lit briqs were not completely ashed over yet when i added them to the unlit briqs). Had one intake (3/4") and the ball valve (3/4") open all the way. Using a dome lide from a cheapie kettle grill and the vents on the dome were fully open. had one probe from my Maverick ET-7 on the grate. Grate is 23.5" above the bottom grate of the charcoal basket
Saw some white smoke for a little while then things seemed to settle down. The temp rose steadily to 225, 250, 270's. That's when all hell broke loose. Tried to close the ball valve halfway... still rising to 280 (but slower). Closed the intake completely with ball valve open a titch. Rose to 290's. Closed the vents on the lid - rose to 300's. Opened the vents on the lid and the temp dropped a little. Took the lid off to let the temp drop to the 260's, but then temp rose to 300's again with the lid on. waited about 30mins between each change. After 3 hours I stopped the experiment - closed all vents, intakes, valve and went to bed (1am).
I don't think my build is drafty, because after I closed everything up, little charcoal had burned up when I checked it this morning - probably have half a chimney or more left. I know I ended up making more changes than I should have during the burn, but part of it was for me to figure out how the temp would be affected.
Any pointers? I have read that many UDS builds will cruise with one intake open and the ball valve open 1/4 to 1/2 way.
Thanks for reading! :-D