cshelden
Wandering around with a bag of matchlight, looking for a match.
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I finally made a move to a Bandera, been smoking on Brinkman Smokin Pit I think it was (horizontal) had tons of mods to it so It works like a champ. Wanted to try vertical and the room it will afford me.
I picked it up Monday night at Acadamy, then swung over to ACE picked up some 18g sheet (non zinc) used a pattern I found here and made the heat shield/deflector mod. Fired it up last night for about 6 hours, took some getting used to how it heats up etc...Burned off the paint in the FB so now it looks like a proper smoker should.
I'm still an all wood guy when it comes to smoking. I use a chimney and some charcoal to get it started then i'm 100% wood. With an abundance of Pecan wood for free and Peach from a local orchard I can't see buying the briquets. But that is me. I plan to get some expanded metal and after cooking today since 6am i can see it will be needed for sure for a FG.
I have in the smoker as I type a 14# turkey, with 2 fatties above it, rolled in Cajun seasoning and Cayane pepper. Above that I have 2 Tenderloins which I'll smoke for about an hour then I'll foil them for about 3 or so to make them falling apart. Later this afternoon I plan to do some ABT's all this is new to me (ABT's and Fatty's) as I pretty much just smoke brisket and ribs.
Now for a question:
I did the heat shield/deflector going into the SB, and I put a rack as low as i could and covered 1/2 of it with foil. I guess this is ok. I'm seeing a consistant SB temp of about 250-275. I can raise it by adding more wood of course. But I find that this smoker right now holds temps much easier than my horizontal did the first time I used it.
I look forward to all the threads, spent much of my morning absorbing info.
Charlie
BridgeCreek,OK
I picked it up Monday night at Acadamy, then swung over to ACE picked up some 18g sheet (non zinc) used a pattern I found here and made the heat shield/deflector mod. Fired it up last night for about 6 hours, took some getting used to how it heats up etc...Burned off the paint in the FB so now it looks like a proper smoker should.
I'm still an all wood guy when it comes to smoking. I use a chimney and some charcoal to get it started then i'm 100% wood. With an abundance of Pecan wood for free and Peach from a local orchard I can't see buying the briquets. But that is me. I plan to get some expanded metal and after cooking today since 6am i can see it will be needed for sure for a FG.
I have in the smoker as I type a 14# turkey, with 2 fatties above it, rolled in Cajun seasoning and Cayane pepper. Above that I have 2 Tenderloins which I'll smoke for about an hour then I'll foil them for about 3 or so to make them falling apart. Later this afternoon I plan to do some ABT's all this is new to me (ABT's and Fatty's) as I pretty much just smoke brisket and ribs.
Now for a question:
I did the heat shield/deflector going into the SB, and I put a rack as low as i could and covered 1/2 of it with foil. I guess this is ok. I'm seeing a consistant SB temp of about 250-275. I can raise it by adding more wood of course. But I find that this smoker right now holds temps much easier than my horizontal did the first time I used it.
I look forward to all the threads, spent much of my morning absorbing info.
Charlie
BridgeCreek,OK
