calling all guru/stoker users

got14u · 04-28-2014, 08:02 PM

do any of you have a backwoods/spicewine, insulated reverse flow smoker using one of these fan units? My question is about the exhaust I know under "manual" conditions you cut the stack down to a quarter or so but with a guru/stoker unit do you still do that? thx in advance

got14u · 04-28-2014, 09:32 PM

bumpily bump, I would love to get a answer to this before the smoker gets back from powder coat and have to play around with it just to figure this out.

tommye1078 · 04-28-2014, 09:45 PM

I can only speak for Stump's. I leave the stack wide open when using my guru.

Eddie Money · 04-28-2014, 10:01 PM

On my Humphreys I close the exhaust down about half with my guru, just like when I'm not using it.

Slamdunkpro · 04-28-2014, 10:02 PM

I gate the Spicewine down to about 25% when using the Guru

palmtreefrb · 04-28-2014, 11:17 PM

I keep my Backwoods wide open.
.
.
.

BigBellyBBQ · 04-29-2014, 03:44 AM

all my cookers I leave exhaust wide open, you do not want to hold stale smoke

got14u · 04-29-2014, 04:20 AM

Thx guys, I guess it's a toss up.

Smokesignalsfromtx · 04-29-2014, 07:16 AM

Backwoods wide open!

You'll have to learn the "sweet spot" on when to plug the fan in and close the intakes so you hit your target temp with ease. If not you'll have to pinch the exhaust down to control the temp.

jlane · 04-29-2014, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by palmtreefrb

I keep my Backwoods wide open.
.
.
.

Same here.

Kave Dweller · 04-29-2014, 01:23 PM

Wide open on my backwoods.

I will say, its much easier to hold a temp if you "walk up" the temp of the cooker. I start my cooker up to two hours early. Set it first at 175, let it settle in for a while, then 200, let it settle in for a while. I've found 25 degree steps work pretty well. If you set it at from the start at 250, you will overshoot and backwoods can be a little quirky to get cooled back down.

K-Train · 04-29-2014, 01:29 PM

wide open

Smokesignalsfromtx · 04-29-2014, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kave Dweller

Wide open on my backwoods.

I will say, its much easier to hold a temp if you "walk up" the temp of the cooker. I start my cooker up to two hours early. Set it first at 175, let it settle in for a while, then 200, let it settle in for a while. I've found 25 degree steps work pretty well. If you set it at from the start at 250, you will overshoot and backwoods can be a little quirky to get cooled back down.

Wow, 2 hrs early? 45 min max for me. Start the fire, fill the pan w hot water. When the temp gets 30* from target temp, close the intakes and plug in the fan. No problems at all.....

At lease not on mine. But each cooker is different....

palmtreefrb · 04-29-2014, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kave dweller

wide open on my backwoods.

I will say, its much easier to hold a temp if you "walk up" the temp of the cooker. I start my cooker up to two hours early. Set it first at 175, let it settle in for a while, then 200, let it settle in for a while. I've found 25 degree steps work pretty well. If you set it at from the start at 250, you will overshoot and backwoods can be a little quirky to get cooled back down.

+1 except I have shortened this process by preheating the cook chamber with my weed burner.
.
.
.

grantw · 04-29-2014, 08:35 PM

my backwoods i run the exhaust 25% about and the guru vent half open, it will dial in extremely well, i preheat mine with the weed burner and its good for cooking wicked fast, i find when i run the exhaust wide open on any of my cookers they will eventually take off and messing with the vents during a cook is so not why i have a guru

04-28-2014, 08:02 PM	#1
got14u is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-07-10 Location: Phark-land WYOMING	calling all guru/stoker users do any of you have a backwoods/spicewine, insulated reverse flow smoker using one of these fan units? My question is about the exhaust I know under "manual" conditions you cut the stack down to a quarter or so but with a guru/stoker unit do you still do that? thx in advance __________________ Jerod ...................Life's hard; it's even harder when your dumb. John Wayne

04-28-2014, 09:32 PM	#2
got14u is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-07-10 Location: Phark-land WYOMING	bumpily bump, I would love to get a answer to this before the smoker gets back from powder coat and have to play around with it just to figure this out. __________________ Jerod ...................Life's hard; it's even harder when your dumb. John Wayne

04-28-2014, 10:02 PM	#5
Slamdunkpro Babbling Farker Join Date: 02-27-07 Location: Northern VA	I gate the Spicewine down to about 25% when using the Guru __________________ Aporkalypse Now Competition BBQ team Thanks to our sponsors: Wusthof Trident USA, Creekstone Farms, Myron Mixon Smokers & The BBQ Guru MABA 2014 Team of the Year Spicewine Tandem - "The Beast", 2 Vulcan V33's & 1 V9 Brinkman modified upright, Weber Kettle(s); Meadow Creek Pr-24, Super Stealth Mode black & Night Vision Red Thermopens ----------------- MABA - (Mid Atlantic BBQ Association) President KCBS Certified Judge - #23289

04-28-2014, 11:17 PM	#6
palmtreefrb is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-22-11 Location: Indian Hills, California	I keep my Backwoods wide open. . . . __________________ West Coast Backyard Team Shirley Fabrication - Shirley 24x56

04-29-2014, 03:44 AM	#7
BigBellyBBQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 11-15-08 Location: Lake View, New York	all my cookers I leave exhaust wide open, you do not want to hold stale smoke __________________ [I][FONT=Comic Sans MS]TwinTech Pro Double, Backwoods Fat Boy, TwinTech Hawg Kooker, FE 400, SP SPK 700, Empty check book and understanding wife...sometimes..[/FONT][/I]

04-28-2014, 09:45 PM	#3
tommye1078 Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 02-10-14 Location: Naperville IL	I can only speak for Stump's. I leave the stack wide open when using my guru.

04-28-2014, 10:01 PM	#4
Eddie Money Got Wood. Join Date: 07-13-13 Location: Overland Park KS	On my Humphreys I close the exhaust down about half with my guru, just like when I'm not using it.

04-29-2014, 04:20 AM	#8
got14u is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-07-10 Location: Phark-land WYOMING	Thx guys, I guess it's a toss up. __________________ Jerod ...................Life's hard; it's even harder when your dumb. John Wayne

04-29-2014, 07:16 AM	#9
Smokesignalsfromtx is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-29-13 Location: Fort Worth, Tx	Backwoods wide open! You'll have to learn the "sweet spot" on when to plug the fan in and close the intakes so you hit your target temp with ease. If not you'll have to pinch the exhaust down to control the temp. __________________ Backwoods Party G2, Backwoods Chubby G2, Weber OTG 22.5 (Homer series, RIP), Weber OTG 22.5, WSM 22.5, WSM 18.5, Weber Jumbo Joe, Weber Smokey Joe, Guru DX2 (X3), Insainly [B][I]Fast[/I][/B] [B][I][COLOR="Red"]RED[/COLOR][/I][/B] THERMOPEN MK4, Super, Duper [I][B]Fast[/B][/I] [COLOR=red][B][I]RED[/I][/B][/COLOR] THERMOPEN, Maverick 732,733, Weber S-330, Blackstone Flat Grill, Brinkman Electric Gourmet(X2) "The Twins" Rick

04-29-2014, 01:23 PM	#11
Kave Dweller Take a breath! Join Date: 06-12-12 Location: Hampshire, IL	Wide open on my backwoods. I will say, its much easier to hold a temp if you "walk up" the temp of the cooker. I start my cooker up to two hours early. Set it first at 175, let it settle in for a while, then 200, let it settle in for a while. I've found 25 degree steps work pretty well. If you set it at from the start at 250, you will overshoot and backwoods can be a little quirky to get cooled back down. __________________ "Onyxwoods" clone, a Guru and some of Tennesse's finest whiskey. Creators of "Reverse Shigging": When your competition wants to know what your doing so they know what doesn't work.

04-29-2014, 01:29 PM	#12
K-Train is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-22-11 Location: Edgewater, MD	wide open __________________ Keith Fat Maxine's BBQ Thanks to: Mojobricks, Make It Meaty, and In House Jewelers Humphrey's Battle Box WSM 22.5 GMG Davy Crockett

04-29-2014, 08:35 PM	#15
grantw is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-13-12 Location: canada	my backwoods i run the exhaust 25% about and the guru vent half open, it will dial in extremely well, i preheat mine with the weed burner and its good for cooking wicked fast, i find when i run the exhaust wide open on any of my cookers they will eventually take off and messing with the vents during a cook is so not why i have a guru __________________ Backwoods party,22.5 wsm,18.5 wsm,14.5 wsm, smokey joe, performer,22.5 kettle.