ButtBurner
Babbling Farker
Hey guys
I just bought a 3/16" Ok Joe (I know, a lot of you dont like it, but thats what I have)
I did some mods to seal things up and the tuning plates and its working well, but I have not actually cooked on it yet, only done test burns as its my first offset.
I am wondering about tending the fire. What I have been doing is putting a few splits in the box and adding a chimney of lit lump to start things off as per BBQ Bandits advice from an old thread.
Its been working real well.
But I am to the point after about 2 hours in as to how to keep my fire going.
I have my intake wide open, I have a nice TBS. I have some small splits that I keep heated on the firebox.
Question is, when do I add a split or 2? Do I wait until the temp starts fading or try to keep ahead of it? Right now I have been waiting, I want to keep the small hot fire going. Seems to work ok.
The other thing is when I add a split, most times I do get white smoke, but its only for a few minutes, this is with pre heated wood, I imagine this is nothing to worry about?
as you can see I could use a little hand holding
right now I am at 232f with a goal of 225-250 so I am real happy with how its been going.
I know most its all about learning your pit. Thats why I bought this cooker. Its a lot of fun and I have not even cooked on it yet LOL
thanks!!!
I just bought a 3/16" Ok Joe (I know, a lot of you dont like it, but thats what I have)
I did some mods to seal things up and the tuning plates and its working well, but I have not actually cooked on it yet, only done test burns as its my first offset.
I am wondering about tending the fire. What I have been doing is putting a few splits in the box and adding a chimney of lit lump to start things off as per BBQ Bandits advice from an old thread.
Its been working real well.
But I am to the point after about 2 hours in as to how to keep my fire going.
I have my intake wide open, I have a nice TBS. I have some small splits that I keep heated on the firebox.
Question is, when do I add a split or 2? Do I wait until the temp starts fading or try to keep ahead of it? Right now I have been waiting, I want to keep the small hot fire going. Seems to work ok.
The other thing is when I add a split, most times I do get white smoke, but its only for a few minutes, this is with pre heated wood, I imagine this is nothing to worry about?
as you can see I could use a little hand holding
right now I am at 232f with a goal of 225-250 so I am real happy with how its been going.
I know most its all about learning your pit. Thats why I bought this cooker. Its a lot of fun and I have not even cooked on it yet LOL
thanks!!!