Recent content by Scott Zabolotzky

OK, I cooked the bird (on a beer can) yesterday and wasn't too pleased with the results. Here's the log: - 6.7lb roasting chicken - Filled charcoal chamber with Kingsford briquettes and 3 chunks of smoking wood - 30 briquettes in inverted chimney starter, dumped on top of charcoal chamber when...

If saving the fuel for next time, what do you do? Do you need to remove it and put it back in the chimney starter or just use a small amount of new coals in the chimney starter and then add to what was left from last time?

I've seen references to closing all the vents to kill the fire but since the smoker isn't air-tight I would think that this would just allow the remaining charcoal to smolder for a long time. My initial reaction is to just take off the lid and open all the vents to allow the charcoal to burn...

Planning out my first attempt for this weekend. I'd like to try the beer can chicken recipe in the beginner's section, but I only need to cook a single chicken. Will that affect the cooking time if I follow the rest of the recipe (225-250 deg)? Thanks...Scott UPDATE: Cook results added to...