Well I Guess I Bought A Klose Smoker Tonight

[BBQ Freak]

You didn't cook on it first for a baseline?

I fired it up to 250 but did not cook food on it .

 

[BBQ Freak]

@ pjtexas1 my plates will be together at the firebox end and the plates will be spaced at the other end .

 

[BBQ Freak]

got the plates cut and installed today and only cost me $32 . they sit 2" below the cooking grate and are 18" L X 5" W X 1/4" Thick and will be trying out this weekend and spacing them to get the temps adjusted right . these are my mods that I do to my smokers and these smokers cook just fine with out them but this helps fine tune them and I have been doing this for 20 years . the final thing I got to do is I ordered gaskets for the main chamber doors from BBQ Gaskets that should be here Friday .

 

[bbqwizard]

Awesome! I can't wait to see pron from it. Klose builds great pits. You will be able to enjoy this one for years!

 

[BBQ Freak]

sprayed the inside down with Olive Oil Pam tonight to season it up and to adjust the plates to even out the temps side to side .

flowing great with see through smoke

I put two grate probes in 3" in from each end , probe 1 was the farthest from the firebox .

probe 2 was closest to the firebox side .

a three degree difference I can deal with that , I had the last two plates with a 1/2" gap and a 1/4" gap but if I opened the drain vale all the way it increased the temp to a 9 degree difference . very happy with the Klose Smoker .

 

[pjtexas1]

that is about as close as you can expect. nice work.:thumb: those temps make me miss my Smokemaster.

 

[dbl.cheese]

Bad azz smoker bud!!

 

[BBQ Freak]

finally got to try it out today and the Klose did amazing and I see why people buy them . I love how you can open the top to get the fire flaming again with ease if it goes out , bought some USDA Choice Beef ribs from Walley World for $13 for a first cook .

 

[16Adams]

God Bless Texas !!