Johnson Smokers - my 30-inch T-Pit arrived

[smokymtnjonny]

That pit looks awesome!

 

[weebler]

had the pleasure of firing up the pit for sunday dinner with the family. she continues to hum along at 250 at a rate of about 1.5 splits/hour after initial startup. some quick notes:

• brisket turned out fantastic. think it spent too much time in the warming drawer after cook.
  
• ribs were a little overcooked, but flavor was ridiculous. 3 different rubs (fave was probably a new one - mesquite smoked salt and ancho chili).
  
• fatty was fantastic per usual.
  
• pulled pork was a winner, too.

too much fun with this thing. on to the pics (less huge this time, too ;-))...

 

[SmittyJonz]

:clap2:

 

[Kfoley]

Wow! That looks awesome:clap:

 

[LordRiffenstein]

Great cook!

 

[sthamm]

Looks great! Dead even temps at all four thermos by what I can tell.

 

[charcoalwilly]

Very cool. What are the main pros and cons of the T-design?

 

[SMetroHawkeye]

Congrats! Wicked cool cooker! Looking forward to seeing more of your adventures!

 

[70monte]

Congratulations. All of that food looks great.

 

[dan_wrider]

Food looks pretty damn good and the pit looks like a workhorse! Very nice.

 

[GalvestonWader]

Nice pit. I had not heard of Johnson smokers before. That design looks like it would work well. Do you have any more pictures/details of the baffle and how the heat exits the firebox and enters the cook chamber?

 

[PUNKem733]

Always been interested in these t-pits. They look like they'd be better then a good offset, but are they?

 

[troy64]

Awesome pit! Welcome to the Johnson Custom Smokers family. I have the 24" and really enjoy cooking with it. Big as it is I still find myself wheeling it out of the garage for a couple of chickens and some sausage. My family thinks the brisket always taste better out of the T-pit vs my other cookers. That 30" is a beauty, congratulations and enjoy!

 

[weebler]

I think they perform great. it is almost impossible to get bad smoke out of her. at some point, will try to get a time lapsed video. the tbs it produces is incredible - even when adding new splits, it just spits out tbs.

attached are some pics to help understand how the pit operates. to me, the t-pit made a ton of sense:

• radiant heat from firebox helps heat entire pit
• arched baffle (pipe cut length wise) runs horizontal to push smoke from firebox to rounded cooking chamber ends
• baffle is adjustable - can slide left to right to make temps pretty dead even across the cc
• two piece arched baffle easily removable to clean
• less overall real estate than similar pits

soon, I will try to move the baffle to one side (or maybe remove) to get a 350ish side of the pit for chickens. would be ecstatic if that becomes a reality. stay tuned...

 

[ronbrad62]

Awesome looking smoker. Congrats!

 

[Sooner21]

I'm really curious about your baffle plate movement and being able to run hotter at spots. Please update when you give this a shot.


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