SmittyJonz
somebody shut me the fark up.
Hook on her tail. First cook i had her tail capped to see if the difusser plate could double as a water pan but its too shallow and right over fire and water boiled out within minutes then grease pooled up in her tail and scorched and gave me Black Greasy Meat. so her tail stays uncapped and wears a catch can now.
The Smoker came with 3 grates with 4 locations. i like to run water pans or catch pans but didn't want to give up a cooking grate or location. So I tacked in some more angle and made a water pan grate. (my welding sucks - I borrowed the lil wire welder from work). I'll probally weld up a 4th cooking grate sometime in near future.
This is the Fire grate that came in it- plenty stout being 3/16" but the slits are too far apart ( needs twice as many slits) and I did have some ash build up choke my red hot coals out. I cut out the center of the plate 12'x12"ish ( tough cutting 3/16" with a die grinder) and tacked in 2 pieces of expanded crisscrossed. It's in there crooked but I don't care...........:loco:
The Smoker came with 3 grates with 4 locations. i like to run water pans or catch pans but didn't want to give up a cooking grate or location. So I tacked in some more angle and made a water pan grate. (my welding sucks - I borrowed the lil wire welder from work). I'll probally weld up a 4th cooking grate sometime in near future.
This is the Fire grate that came in it- plenty stout being 3/16" but the slits are too far apart ( needs twice as many slits) and I did have some ash build up choke my red hot coals out. I cut out the center of the plate 12'x12"ish ( tough cutting 3/16" with a die grinder) and tacked in 2 pieces of expanded crisscrossed. It's in there crooked but I don't care...........:loco:
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