Repscallion
02-08-2021, 07:00 AM
Time to introduce my new project!
Im a chef in Denmark, Scandinavia and the brewery that I work for wants to expand with some BBQ - what is better than smoked meats and beer right??!
But my experience with BBQ is limited to eating it, so there is alot I have to learn - hence why im joining this party! Im looking for all the help I can get.
We bought an old american offset smoker thats been sitting in a barn for 10 years, pretty rusty, but alot cheaper than the oyler that we where looking at!
https://i.imgur.com/U754kL8m.jpg
We had it sandblasted and gave the outside a nice heat resistant coating. On the inside I wiped it with cooking oil and fired it up to season it - I used a bed of hot coals and filled the firebox kiln dried beech wood (it has proven more difficult than expected to find the right firewood). It took a while to heat up. I have removed the isolation gaskets on the door as it was all worn out and the one door is alittle bend - so I think alot of the heat escaped this way. I also worry alittle about the grease drain whole, if that sucks up too much cold air straight to the chimney!? I made get a plug made.
So I used our gas burner that we can attach to give the extra heat - but that looks like it blew off the oil on the bottom grates as they where a bit rusty close to the flame as oppose to the rest of the grates that had a nice black coating.
https://i.imgur.com/qjD1K0um.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/dB9xGcQm.jpg
My next step, before I start playing around with meat is getting a good thermometer. There is a hole between the doors for an analog, but I think I need a digital one so that I can measure a more precise temp different places in the cooking chamber.
Ive been looking at the thermoworks smoke x4, but it is currently sold out. So onless they come back in stock soon I need an alternative. Do you guys have any recommendations?
I have also looked at the enzoo (https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Thermometer-Grilling-Upgraded-Accurate/dp/B07Y385YR3).
I know you get what you pay for, and being in denmark I dont want something that breaks right away and leave me hanging without a thermometer for weeks.
/Cheers
Im a chef in Denmark, Scandinavia and the brewery that I work for wants to expand with some BBQ - what is better than smoked meats and beer right??!
But my experience with BBQ is limited to eating it, so there is alot I have to learn - hence why im joining this party! Im looking for all the help I can get.
We bought an old american offset smoker thats been sitting in a barn for 10 years, pretty rusty, but alot cheaper than the oyler that we where looking at!
https://i.imgur.com/U754kL8m.jpg
We had it sandblasted and gave the outside a nice heat resistant coating. On the inside I wiped it with cooking oil and fired it up to season it - I used a bed of hot coals and filled the firebox kiln dried beech wood (it has proven more difficult than expected to find the right firewood). It took a while to heat up. I have removed the isolation gaskets on the door as it was all worn out and the one door is alittle bend - so I think alot of the heat escaped this way. I also worry alittle about the grease drain whole, if that sucks up too much cold air straight to the chimney!? I made get a plug made.
So I used our gas burner that we can attach to give the extra heat - but that looks like it blew off the oil on the bottom grates as they where a bit rusty close to the flame as oppose to the rest of the grates that had a nice black coating.
https://i.imgur.com/qjD1K0um.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/dB9xGcQm.jpg
My next step, before I start playing around with meat is getting a good thermometer. There is a hole between the doors for an analog, but I think I need a digital one so that I can measure a more precise temp different places in the cooking chamber.
Ive been looking at the thermoworks smoke x4, but it is currently sold out. So onless they come back in stock soon I need an alternative. Do you guys have any recommendations?
I have also looked at the enzoo (https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Thermometer-Grilling-Upgraded-Accurate/dp/B07Y385YR3).
I know you get what you pay for, and being in denmark I dont want something that breaks right away and leave me hanging without a thermometer for weeks.
/Cheers