Kanco Connection
is Blowin Smoke!
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2017
- Location
- Colorado...
Nailed it, Pharp!
Wind is more of an issue. I've cooked on my kettles in 0 deg weather with no wind, just used a little more fuel. 40 deg with a stiff wind, trouble maintaining temp. A windbreak makes all the difference.Looks like we have some light snow falling here today. Will that hinder the PBC at all? It's not blizzard like conditions and it looks like we will only have a bit of a dusting, but it's still snowing nonetheless. I'm thinking that maybe I'm going to have to delay my first cook.
I went forward with the cook, everything is moving along. I am using these Weber briquettes that I've heard good things about from some friends of mine and I'm definitely getting the smell of an ashtray...which I can't imagine is normal. I'm hoping that maybe as it gets cooking, it'll be less of that smell and more of that delicious smoke smell.
Was having trouble getting it up to temp when I started, I'm going to guess due to the cold weather here, so I opened the vent a bit to get the air flowing. Currently it's running at around 260 or so. Trying to get it to that 275 mark, but 260 will work alright.
It's my first cook so I this is really going to be a "hope for the best" situation.
How did it go? The charcoal situation get any better? I just picked up six bags of Weber and have only used KBB so far.
It wound up getting better, I think it may have been the initial light. It was also my first cook, so I may not have been used to that charcoal smell.
I am actually going to post pictures to get everyone's opinions soon. I want to embed the images in the post, and I'm not 100% sure on how to do that.
I haven't posted for a while, but I haven't stopped cooking either. I have a rack of spares and some wings on my junior. It is overcast and in the mid-20s this afternoon and the PBJ is holding steady around 230 with kingsford briquettes and some Cherry wood.
ribs and wings...my favorite combo!! Looks delicious nice job. any tricks to get it steady at 230....or normal load of charcoal etc. and the outside temps just keep temps down?