MeatyOakerSmoker
is Blowin Smoke!
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2010
- Location
- NJ
Hello
So I have been a little MIA on the forums lately and I have several new things to report but for the purposes of this post I GOT A LANG 48 PATIO!!! I got it used for a good deal. Super excited so I fired her up today.
I did a pretty good job with my fire management except towards the end of my cook. Two things happened that made me think about making some small modifications.
First, I noticed the expanded metal at the bottom of the firebox is really wide so I can’t keep my coals. I’m thinking of adding some tighter expanded metal. But I’m also wondering if because I got it used I’m missing some coal basket or something. Is that the case?
Second, I noticed towards the end of the cook there were a lot of ashes at the bottom of the firebox which maybe limited the amount of air flow below the fire. Is this common? Do folks lift the grate at all? Could it be because of I’m missing some charcoal basket that would normally prevent this?
Oh... and the cooking results. I chicken wings came out well, beef ribs were good, baby backs got over cooked because they kept failing the bend test so I didn’t take them out on time.
Thanks
Sam
So I have been a little MIA on the forums lately and I have several new things to report but for the purposes of this post I GOT A LANG 48 PATIO!!! I got it used for a good deal. Super excited so I fired her up today.
I did a pretty good job with my fire management except towards the end of my cook. Two things happened that made me think about making some small modifications.
First, I noticed the expanded metal at the bottom of the firebox is really wide so I can’t keep my coals. I’m thinking of adding some tighter expanded metal. But I’m also wondering if because I got it used I’m missing some coal basket or something. Is that the case?
Second, I noticed towards the end of the cook there were a lot of ashes at the bottom of the firebox which maybe limited the amount of air flow below the fire. Is this common? Do folks lift the grate at all? Could it be because of I’m missing some charcoal basket that would normally prevent this?
Oh... and the cooking results. I chicken wings came out well, beef ribs were good, baby backs got over cooked because they kept failing the bend test so I didn’t take them out on time.
Thanks
Sam