Felt like cooking today so at around 1:30 I dumped a full chimney of K in the Spicewine. Head to the fridge and freezer.. nothing but a couple Kielbasas. I drop a small split of cherry on the fire.
Roll the pit out form under its tent.... its sitting out in the sun now... Nutemp on top of the spicebox says 94.
At 2:15 the pit is up to 275..... but empty.. along the lines of the other thread running.. we have an empty pit and the yard smells great. :eusa_clap
Set stoker to 275.
Its 315.. Pit is at 275. Still empty.... I put in a couple kielbasa and run to the market, grab some chicken and steaks run home.. .. throw them in a marinade real quick.
Its 4:00.. Pit is at 275. Pull kielbasa... Figure i will load them bird into the pit in 20-30 minutes. I jump in the wifes car to drop it off at pep boys for a charging system check and run home.. figure thats about 20-30 minutes. Just enuf time to marinade stuff..
Things happen...and I get home at 5:30 with a new battery in the Jeep.
its 5:30... Pit is STILL at 275. 5:45 I load the chicken.
5:45 Pit is at 250 after loading it up... I bump the ash pan and add a small stick of cherry and it comes back up to 275 at 6... Set Stoker to 300 and
at 6:15 pits at 300.
I load the steaks in a cool spot to get some smoke then finish on the grill.
7:00 chicken is done, Spicebox is still at 300. Pull the steaks to finish them on the gasser..
No gas. :evil:
Open the spicebox.. take the fire grate out.. still has coals.. dump the entire grate into the kettle.. throw the steak on and finish'em up with a nice char.
6.5 hours, 3 1x1x16 inch splits of cherry
ONE full packed chimney with enough punch at the end to grill a steak.
Ya thing thats efficient? :mrgreen::mrgreen::eusa_clap:eusa_clap
Roll the pit out form under its tent.... its sitting out in the sun now... Nutemp on top of the spicebox says 94.
At 2:15 the pit is up to 275..... but empty.. along the lines of the other thread running.. we have an empty pit and the yard smells great. :eusa_clap
Set stoker to 275.
Its 315.. Pit is at 275. Still empty.... I put in a couple kielbasa and run to the market, grab some chicken and steaks run home.. .. throw them in a marinade real quick.
Its 4:00.. Pit is at 275. Pull kielbasa... Figure i will load them bird into the pit in 20-30 minutes. I jump in the wifes car to drop it off at pep boys for a charging system check and run home.. figure thats about 20-30 minutes. Just enuf time to marinade stuff..
Things happen...and I get home at 5:30 with a new battery in the Jeep.
its 5:30... Pit is STILL at 275. 5:45 I load the chicken.
5:45 Pit is at 250 after loading it up... I bump the ash pan and add a small stick of cherry and it comes back up to 275 at 6... Set Stoker to 300 and
at 6:15 pits at 300.
I load the steaks in a cool spot to get some smoke then finish on the grill.
7:00 chicken is done, Spicebox is still at 300. Pull the steaks to finish them on the gasser..
No gas. :evil:
Open the spicebox.. take the fire grate out.. still has coals.. dump the entire grate into the kettle.. throw the steak on and finish'em up with a nice char.
6.5 hours, 3 1x1x16 inch splits of cherry
ONE full packed chimney with enough punch at the end to grill a steak.
Ya thing thats efficient? :mrgreen::mrgreen::eusa_clap:eusa_clap