How long does it take to bring your smoker up to temp 270° or above.

[Evil-g]

The title says it all. Please state what kind of smoker it is too.
My 270 Sumo is at 270° in about 40 minutes.

 

[Shagdog]

Shirley Fab offset -

30-40 minutes tops. A little quicker if I add an extra log or 2. Typically if I dump in a chimney of coals and add 3 splits, 30 minutes.

 

[Jason TQ]

Depends on how I light each of my smokers. If it is just a few coals or starter cubes in my wsm, egg, stickburner, backwoods it can take an hour or so. With the weed burner it can be just a few minutes :-D

 

[Joe Black]

Bell Fab 24"x48" offset. 275* in about 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on ambient temp and wind.

 

[Bryan139]

I'm still feeling out my Brazos but my Meadow Creek PR36 will cruise past 270 in under 20 minutes if I want it to. It's not the thickest metal and it's kinda a direct grilling set up.

 

[Fwismoker]

In my main Go2 cooker that burns sticks it's there in about 4-5 minutes.

 

[Evil-g]

Depends on how I light each of my smokers. If it is just a few coals or starter cubes in my wsm, egg, stickburner, backwoods it can take an hour or so. With the weed burner it can be just a few minutes :-D

I just bought a weedburner so I guess I'll get there sooner now warming the inside.

 

[SmittyJonz]

45 minutes.

 

[Crazy Tex]

I'd say in decent weather, about 30-45 minutes depending on how big of a fire I start, and if I heat the cooking chamber with a weedburner a bit, it's quicker. I try to let the pit get to the temp itself though.. seems to behave better.

 

[16Adams]

I can't play, I shall move along

 

[Bigr314]

Shirley owner here, no more than 30 minutes.

 

[KevinJ]

WSM 20 minutes but I have to wait about an hour and fifteen minutes after dumping coals before the fire is clean enough to put meat on.

 

[Pyle's BBQ]

Yoder YS640, depending on weather, 15-20 minutes.

 

[AussieMatt]

On my UDS, about 30 minutes.

 

[cheez59]

In my Lone Star cabinet it takes over an hour if I just light the charcoal and wait. I don't like to wait so out comes the weed burner. Then it's 5 minutes to 275. I do let the smoke clean up for 30 minutes or so before putting the meat on.

 

[dwfisk]

Self built 24X72 RF offset firebox; lay down small kindling, 6-8 splits cut down to 2x2x16, couple of 1/2 splits an finally a couple full sized splits than light it with a HF weedburner. Takes 30-40 minutes to clear to TBS and get to 275*-325*.

 

[Doog]

It all depends on the time of the year...Dead of winter just a little over an hour. But I got a lot of metal to heat up.

 

[chicagokp]

My Shirley, maybe 30-40 minutes. It takes a good hour before my Humphrey's Battle Box gets there.

 

[mrboy]

Backwoods Chubby G2 takes about an hour... UDS can get there much faster, depending on how long I leave the lid off to get 'er going.

 

[Biloxidman]

Big Joe...full fire box and one starter in the middle, bottom and top vents wide open, 20-25 minutes. Wood chunks, Deflector and grill on and closed again, 10 minutes or so to regain temp after vents shut down to preferred setting.