Coldholler
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I have a pretty unique cooker -- it gets maybe 1/3 of it's heat from the firebox, and 2/3 from a propane burner 16" below the grill and shielded with a very thick plate. Here's a picture:
Question -- is there any competition category in which this might be legal? I'll blow away most other gassers (not literally -- it operates safely following the right protocol). This thing puts just as much smoke on the meat as most big stick burners I see, although maybe not as much as some of the vertical smokers. With a small firebox and just a 4" flue, I can only get the heat up to about 175 in the cook chamber with just smoke, though. That's with two chimneys of Kingsford Comp charcoal in the box and the oxygen wide open.
Question -- is there any competition category in which this might be legal? I'll blow away most other gassers (not literally -- it operates safely following the right protocol). This thing puts just as much smoke on the meat as most big stick burners I see, although maybe not as much as some of the vertical smokers. With a small firebox and just a 4" flue, I can only get the heat up to about 175 in the cook chamber with just smoke, though. That's with two chimneys of Kingsford Comp charcoal in the box and the oxygen wide open.