Maiden Voyage Jumbo Joe WSM

jtcannonball · Oct 14, 2017

I'm extremely happy with this build. The temps after 3 hours are rock steady. Seasoning it with a pork shoulder for the State game tonight.

May add a second intake as I'm not sure I'm satisfied with the single ball valve. Maybe with will change but at this time I have to use the Weber intake as well to get the temps up. I'd prefer a second ball valve I think. Not sure if there are any other changes but I'm overall extremely happy.

angryelfFan · Oct 14, 2017

Nice job!! That butt almost done yet?

Bob C Cue · Oct 14, 2017

Very nice looking and gravity defying as well!

pjtexas1 · Oct 14, 2017

Glad you finally got it fired up.

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Big George's BBQ · Oct 14, 2017

Where you happy with the results

jtcannonball · Oct 19, 2017

Bob C Cue said:
Very nice looking and gravity defying as well!

Thanks. And I apparently suck at posting pictures on here. Lol

jtcannonball · Oct 19, 2017

angryelfFan said:
Nice job!! That butt almost done yet?

Was great.

jtcannonball · Oct 19, 2017

Big George's BBQ said:
Where you happy with the results

I am for the most part. I want to do another long cook before I make up my mind with my air intake. But I'm very pleased with it at this point.

jtcannonball · Oct 28, 2017

Ribs came out awesome. Temp swings are a bit large if I just use one ball valve for over 230. So I'm probably adding a second ball valve.

pjtexas1 · Oct 28, 2017

Temp swings don't exist on mine unless I open the lid. Are you not using the built in intake at all?

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jtcannonball · Oct 29, 2017

pjtexas1 said:
Temp swings don't exist on mine unless I open the lid. Are you not using the built in intake at all?

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Trying to figure it out. If I just used the Weber vent it would probably work perfect until it gets clogged. Maybe I'll do the can mod for it. Otherwise I'm debating just adding a second ball valve or adding a 1" instead of 3/4".

tenpenny_05 · Oct 30, 2017

you get enough air flow through that single ball valve? I've been wanting to make of of these, but the single bottom vent has kept me from pulling the trigger.

pjtexas1 · Oct 30, 2017

jtcannonball said:
Trying to figure it out. If I just used the Weber vent it would probably work perfect until it gets clogged. Maybe I'll do the can mod for it. Otherwise I'm debating just adding a second ball valve or adding a 1" instead of 3/4".

tenpenny_05 said:
you get enough air flow through that single ball valve? I've been wanting to make of of these, but the single bottom vent has kept me from pulling the trigger.

i guess you would need a way to measure the built-in intake and try to match that to a ball valve size.

PotBelly · Oct 30, 2017

What’s the surface area of the original intake at full open?

jtcannonball · Oct 30, 2017

The single 3/4" ball valve is more than adequate for 220-240. But it does not have enough to run 275-300 and it's not precise feeling running two separate controls. I can dial it in but then when the ash clogs the bottom vent it wants to drop low again. So I feel a 1" would likely get close to what I want or more. Otherwise I'll do a nipple with cap and call it a day.

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