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kcquer
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Did my burn in yesterday and all went fairly well except I used what seemed like a ton of fuel. It was rather breezy and probably contributed to fuel consumption. I used combo of lump for heat, k'ford for logevity and hickory chunks cause without hickory just as well cook in the house. In solid kicks reply he mentions the necessity of getting fire up off the floor. Can you raise the fire grate level far enough to help and still add fuel through the door? Lifting the lid sure seemed to be a thermal disaster and want to avoid that as much as possible. I have an old grate made for an outdoor fire place that makes 9 ga expanded look like window screen I think combining this grate with the fire brick mod will get me in the right direction. Also crossed my mind that letting a dome of heat build up in the lid is a wasted of fuel, would a liner in the lid to direct heat into the smoker do any good? On a positive note baffle worked like a mother. Had 3 oven thermo's and no matter where in the smoker I put them never more than 10 deg variation. Any and all comments and suggestions appreciated. scott
