You can add when needed, just keep the air supply up to get it going. Then you can close it back down... You dont want it smoldering. I was taught that after 4 hours the meat has soaked up pretty much as smoke as its going to. But it also depends on the type of wood used too...
Nothing wrong with that. I usually spend the day on ATV's, Jeeping, side by sides, motorcycling, on the lake, etc. Come back to a good hot meal and good cold
Since it seems to work ok holding temps, I'm finishing up some of the details and trying to imagine what else I might want before I paint it, I hate painting and worse, grinding off paint to weld on something else later, then repairing the paint. I made some work shelf brackets for the front. Just thinking of puting on a simple wood board on them. Then some tool holders and the lod needs a handle also. Was working on that this afternoon when a buddy called with a new bull on the loose. About 3 hours later, and a good bit of chasing him through the still pretty deep snow in the woods, 3 tranquizer darts then a hefty rope around his horns (Scottish Highland) hitched to the tractor, we got him in the trailer.
Wow a bull?!?! I sure feel like a city slicker now!! Any plans for gaskets on the doors/panels? Is it drafty anywhere? I highly recommend attaching a bottle opener, for both practicality an the coolness factor. Stick a strong magnet under the bottle opener & its fun to watch the caps build up.
Yes, I put a gasket on the "arches" on the l&r side of the door. You can see a little of it on the upper right pic. I'm gonna put it on the long horiz. but I think I'll wait until it's painted. This thing is so small (and round) for attaching a lot of stuff, but I like the bottle opener idea a lot. Gotta find or make a cool & flat spot for it. That bull is pretty intimidating coming at you with his horns at every bit of 40" wide. It's amazing how he was able to bulldoze through the tight woods. He spread a pair of 4"-5" saplings like nothing going between them, along with 4 strands of b/w fince. He wasn't mean or agressive at all, he just was in a new place and didn't seem to have had a lot of handeling in the past.
Yeah those goofy wheelbarrow looking handles pull right off once "parked". What's a good simple first smoke? I want some Q this weekend!!
real bbq is simple...low and slooow pork butts take a long time 8-12 hours at 225-275 * ribs 3-6 hours at 225-250* chicken 1.5-2.5 hours at 300* regulating temp is the most important part if you need any specifics feel free to pm me
A 15 pound Boston butt fell into the truck on the way home today Does it need a rub or other pre smoke treatment? Any cooking/preperation recomendations are welcome (and desperatly needed).
I trim the excess fat cap, rub w yellow mustard (use as a glue, you wont taste it) then usually whip up a brown sugar based rub. I like a thin sauce (some may call it a north catolina style) dissolve brown sugar in apple cider vinegar, a pinch if red pepper flakes, a good shot of your favorite mustard & let it sit in bottle over nught or so.. Pour on AFTER you pull/shred the pork. & while your cooking the butt, better smoke some appetizers!! http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6253
