Offset Smoker: Starting a Fire

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Originally Posted by lindbhr

Ah, on the inside I wiped the cooking chamber and vacuumed. Then, wiped everything with vegetable oil for the burn out.

Lard...nothing like pork fat to seal the pours of the metal..

Same as seasoning a carbon steel WOK.

[lindbhr]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

All this offset smoker sounds like a LOT of work.

I just have to turn a propane knob on my 6 burner grill and it's warm and ready to go in 5-10 minutes.

I know I know, not proper caveman but I cope.,

I've had my Weber gas grill for 24 years and it works great. So do my BGE and Yoder pellet smoker. Now that I'm retired, I have the time to smoke using an offset smoker, otherwise my other grills and smokers work great.

[Jolly Amaranto]

My dad built this many years ago at the Armadillo Ranch. Just use old twigs and sticks to get a fire going of split oak and mesquite from the woods out back.

Rain falling on the fire pit cover making a lot of steam.

The heat enters at the top on the left and has to "Down Draft" through the grill toward the bottom of the pit to then exit the chamber and enter the smoke box on the right below the stack when the lid is closed.

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Originally Posted by lindbhr

My first smoke went very well. Thanks for all of your comments. Very helpful. I was checking my smoker every 20-30 minutes. Mostly just to poke at the wood to keep the temps up. I have a BGE and a Yoder pellet smoker, so this has been a very different cook.

Klose and LSG..run 1/4 inch as standard.

On my Klose I went with 1/2 inch on the fire box as an option..

In my estimation on the Workhorse...I would like to have seen a flat top firebox which is useful in pre heating your wood or cooking a pot of beans...and a shelf running the length of the Cook chamber to set stuff on..on the Klose it is collapse-able as standard..

When I bought my Klose in 2005 it was state of the art...but over the years there have been a lot of little refinements made..but the cost of one of those rigs sure has sky rocketed in the past coupla years...

But anyway ya want to slice the Brisket those units no matter the maker are really nice...

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Originally Posted by lindbhr

I've had my Weber gas grill for 24 years and it works great. So do my BGE and Yoder pellet smoker. Now that I'm retired, I have the time to smoke using an offset smoker, otherwise my other grills and smokers work great.

So this is your retirement toy...

You had better be throwin a lot of get together's and live a long time to get your use out of that thing...or the kids will get it...and ifn not 200 at a yard sale..

where Baz will come along and post it in the "Yard Sale Scores" Thread.