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I'm interested in determining how long I can run a Gater (modified Fatboy) on a full load of charcoal at 225 - 250 degrees. I've become quite used to my Big Green Egg and UDS, both of which allow me to load up the charcoal basket and then run for 12 - 14 hours without adding charcoal. I set things up, program the Stoker, add meat, and go to sleep without worrying about refueling or running out of charcoal during the middle of the night.

I'm really interested in a cabinet smoker for the extra capacity vs. the Egg, but I don't want to be stuck with 6 hour burn times. This would force me to alter my cooking schedule or worse, get out of bed in the middle of the night!

Is there a way to expand the capacity of the Gater's charcoal basket or any other technique to get a 12 hour burn time?

Thanks!
 
What type of charcoal r u using on ur fatboy? 10 hrs. All i can get on mine and latley been about 8 to 9 hrs. Is all im getting. 225 using kingsford.
 
Andy,

Do you have the results of your burn test? I'm interested in how it went.

Thanks!
 
I have a party I'm testing out and I got 10hrs out of it with packing it in tight and mounding it up. And there was still charcoal left to burn, but I went to bed.
 
fnbish said:
I have a party I'm testing out and I got 10hrs out of it with packing it in tight and mounding it up. And there was still charcoal left to burn, but I went to bed.
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Lump or briquettes? What brand? What temp?
 
8 hours with a full load of humpheys lump with no guru, 11 with guru on a fatboy with no heat deflector your mileage may vary
 
We can get about 12-14 hours on a full load of kingsford at approx 225-250. But we have a Competitor with heat deflector and Guru so not sure if that correlates well to the Gator. If you are using a Guru I would think you could get a similar length of cook.
 
lkissell said:
Andy,

Do you have the results of your burn test? I'm interested in how it went.

Thanks!
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I booboo'd and let the smoker get hot. It ran up to 300....I was making breakfast and it got away!! I said screw it. Pulled the diverter out and put the butts on. Went to church. That was at 10am. Got home at 2, still sitting on 300. Water was just running out and the butts were at 200. Pulled the butts and added some water. There was still about 15% of the coal left so I let it run out. At 5 the coal was out but the cooker was still at 275. Modified basket held about 14lbs of lump. So at 300 it went 8 hrs including start up time. At 250 it should do an easy 12-14 hrs.
 
What is the grate size of the gator and what spacing is between each grate? I know the Fatboy has 4 - 19 1/2 square shelf 4 inches apart.
 
What is the atmospheric pressure in your back yard?







j/K
 
btcg said:
What is the atmospheric pressure in your back yard?







j/K
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14.7 lb/in to the 2nd power... Comes to mind for some reason but I have been out of school for a long time.
 
Shiz-Nit said:
14.7 lb/in to the 2nd power... Comes to mind for some reason but I have been out of school for a long time.
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Actually, I believe it's somewhere around 14 lbs per sq inch.
 
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