Whats on the Grill or Smoker?

[USMC615]

I have an old New Braunfels that I bought years ago at Home Depot. It's been on three smokers so far. The new one will be #4. I think I paid about $30 for it. I check it yearly again a Fluke digital. Still stays within a couple of degrees of the Fluke. Good thermometers are well worth the cost.
Have you decided on a wireless unit?
I've been looking at the Thermo Pro and Maverick units. Leaning toward the Thermo Pro because of good experience with Itronics in the past.
What has your research turned up?

I'm gonna do the ThermoPro TP20. I like the two, pointed meat probe philosophy better than a single pointed meant probe/single blunt grill temp probe. You got the option then of probing two different meats with the TP20 or one meat and clip the other meat probe with the provided clip on a rack for grill temp.

 

[USMC615]

@srb08...Steve, if I have to buy an additional 15' roll of Lavalock 1/2" x 1/8" seal tape to get my hands on the roughly 1 1/2 additional feet I think I'll need to completely seal the burner/chip tray door after I seal the cabinet door, and you decide to seal yours with the same Lavalock seal, only buy one roll, and I'll send you the rest of what you'll need to kill out the same burner/chip tray door from the excess I'll have left over. No sense in buying another $18 roll unless you got something else you wanna seal up as well.

 

[stihl_head1982]

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Your pig cooker is very similar to my UDS. Mine is laying horizontal (I believe it is a 270 gallon).
It has fed many people. Boston butts, brisket, ribs, chicken, turkey, bratwurst, tenderloin, rabbit...
Probably think of some more, but my brain is old.

 

[Mastermind]

The butt roast was a hit. It took awhile to cook, but it was worth the wait.

 

[stihl_head1982]

Almost done with the oil tank smoker. I'll do up a couple of butt roasts for a test drive.

skeerd to ask of pics of the butts. But when the pig is done, post up!

 

[Mastermind]

My welds leaked some oil past them into the fire box, but not too bad.

Fingers crossed on the pig.

 

[Mastermind]

skeerd to ask of pics of the butts. But when the pig is done, post up!

It was late when it was finally done, so I forgot to take pics of the finished product.

 

[stihl_head1982]

It was late when it was finally done, so I forgot to take pics of the finished product.

No worries. If cooked right (low and slow) butts take a while. I'm sure they were well worth the wait!

 

[srb08]

@srb08...Steve, if I have to buy an additional 15' roll of Lavalock 1/2" x 1/8" seal tape to get my hands on the roughly 1 1/2 additional feet I think I'll need to completely seal the burner/chip tray door after I seal the cabinet door, and you decide to seal yours with the same Lavalock seal, only buy one roll, and I'll send you the rest of what you'll need to kill out the same burner/chip tray door from the excess I'll have left over. No sense in buying another $18 roll unless you got something else you wanna seal up as well.

Jason, I was going to wait until I got the smoker to buy any gasket material. If the door to cabinet fit is good, adding an additional 1/8", especially on the hinge side, might keep you from being able to close the door.
I also need to replace the gasket on my fireplace door. That's going to take 8' of 1/8" gasket material. I'm going to buy that from a local business. I'll try to get there today. If they have Lavalock, that's what I'll get. I'll have extra, so I was going to check for fit, on the smoker, before buying more.
I talked to my son. He said the material he used was at most 1/8" thick, he doesn't remember exactly what he used. It made the door hard to close but eventually flattened to create a good seal.
It might take two thicknesses, one on the hinge side and one on the latch side.
Or maybe, I'm over thinking and over engineering the whole thing. I tend to do that.
If 1/8" works for the smoker door, I'll have extra. I can send you some as well.

 

[USMC615]

Jason, I was going to wait until I got the smoker to buy any gasket material. If the door to cabinet fit is good, adding an additional 1/8", especially on the hinge side, might keep you from being able to close the door.
I also need to replace the gasket on my fireplace door. That's going to take 8' of 1/8" gasket material. I'm going to buy that from a local business. I'll try to get there today. If they have Lavalock, that's what I'll get. I'll have extra, so I was going to check for fit, on the smoker, before buying more.
I talked to my son. He said the material he used was at most 1/8" thick, he doesn't remember exactly what he used. It made the door hard to close but eventually flattened to create a good seal.
It might take two thicknesses, one on the hinge side and one on the latch side.
Or maybe, I'm over thinking and over engineering the whole thing. I tend to do that.
If 1/8" works for the smoker door, I'll have extra. I can send you some as well.

I hear ya...I might should've waited on the seal and gasket rtv as well, but figured I'd jump the gun and have it here (be here tomorrow, Amazon Prime) prior to the smoker getting here. I'm basing the door seal leaks on the many reviews I've read and if not needed when I initially wipe it out, season it and fire it up to see how the doors wanna act, I'll have plenty of time to send it back to Amazon and get my money refunded.

Overthinking things is sometimes my middle name...been that way for many a year now. Just way too much cheap chit out there flooding the streets of consumer goods. I try to look at every angle I can before I let the wallet loose.

 

[bikemike]

Trying to post a pic. TESTING, 1...2

Epic fail lol

 

[stihl_head1982]

Epic fail lol

Can't seem to get it right.
Posting pics just aint working for me.

 

[huskihl]

Can't seem to get it right.
Posting pics just aint working for me.

Yours was there. I had to long press the IMG box and it took me to your pic. If the pic is on your phone or computer just use the Upload File button below

 

[bikemike]

@srb08...Steve, if I have to buy an additional 15' roll of Lavalock 1/2" x 1/8" seal tape to get my hands on the roughly 1 1/2 additional feet I think I'll need to completely seal the burner/chip tray door after I seal the cabinet door, and you decide to seal yours with the same Lavalock seal, only buy one roll, and I'll send you the rest of what you'll need to kill out the same burner/chip tray door from the excess I'll have left over. No sense in buying another $18 roll unless you got something else you wanna seal up as well.

Yeah I seal mine up with smoker juice. It has been sealing itself shut with ease use. IL post a pic of the guts tomorrow evening when I put on about 11 lbs of pork belly

 

[stihl_head1982]

Yours was there. I had to long press the IMG box and it took me to your pic. If the pic is on your phone or computer just use the Upload File button below

 

[stihl_head1982]

Some bacon wrapped Brats...

 

[huskihl]

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Looks like beef on the left and pork on the right?

 

[USMC615]

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Weber Performer...got one too. Looking good!!

 

[stihl_head1982]

Weber Performer...got one too. Looking good!!

Yeah I'm the guy from AS that was always drooling on his keyboard over those ribs you cook!

Here is one of the pics I posted last year. This was the last stage of a cook. The wrapped meat is brisket. Then ribs and brats. This cooker looks similar to the drum Randy is using. Mine is horizontal (I believe his is vertical). We cook with hickory and pecan -- and the end result is very satisfying.

 

[stihl_head1982]

Looks like beef on the left and pork on the right?

I'm new to using the Weber (though I've been cooking BBQ for many years). This is only the second time I've cooked butts on it. The left one got a little darker than I desired but with the rub the bark was amazing. My wife was helping me get them off --she was pinching a few pieces off the edge and enjoying herself