Recent content by Todd J

I stopped by the local ACE and pulled the grates out to check out the internals. They are some type of stainless, but really thin. 22-24 gauge I'm guessing. Very similar to the material used on the Smokefire front shelf. The firebox diffuser is same stuff, but the edges are crimped over...

I have had this problem often with my smokefire ex4. Sometimes changing the pellets works, other times it doesn't. I don't know the answer and honestly ready to give up on trying high heat on it. I don't load up the hopper unless I am doing a long cook. Typically try to keep just enough to...

I am using this with a 18" WSM with the top from a kettle to keep the heat close to the pizza. Simple set up - about half a chimney of charcoal until red, dump in back side of WSM, leave door off, middle grate and water pan removed, all bottom vents open. I am using a pizza stone. It can help...

Made up some dough and sauce yesterday. Was torn between making a Chicago style or going wood fired. Well.... Wood Won!

But why is Harry calling Jim Gaffigan "Dennis"?

This was on one of the Facebook groups. This is on behalf of Weber Grills. They are unable to post directly on our page due to being categorized as a Business Page. We will see if we can get that fixed but in the meantime here is their first post Hello @Weber SmokeFire Insiders - We appreciate...

I cleaned the grill last night and decided to fire it up just to see how it was running. There was a good amount of ash and grease to clean. Cleaning will need to be done every 2-3 cooks by the looks of it. I set the temp to 300 and it started up fine but the temp wasn't rising very quickly...

I did level out the pellet somewhere around the mid point of the cook. Here is a pic of the hopper as it sits now. This is probably 3 hrs of use. It does funnel at the low point, but you can also see that they are sliding down.

My longest cook was a little more than 6 hrs, so I'm not the best judge on the hopper. I wasn't aware others were having issues when I did the cook. I was just checking the hopper level out of curiosity to see how much it was using. I noticed they weren't level, so I leveled them with my hand.

This is my first pellet grill. Typically grill on my Genesis and smoke on the WSM. Honestly never really had much interest in pellet grill until I found out about the Smokefire. I was late in the game and didn't see the release until they were available for sale. I ordered from Lowe's and...

I let it sit in the cooler for an hour and a half. The pork was very tender and I had no problem pulling the pork. Everyone was VERY happy with it. I used the infjection method from the cooking topic page. I will keep the lid temp higher next time and see how it turns out.

I did a picnic today, was onsale for 88 cents a pound. Got a 11 lb picnic. I'm having a problem getting over 180. I kept the smoker between 225-250 for 20 hours and gave up with an average meat temperature of 180. It's in the cooler wrapped in foil now. Is it necessary to foil the picnic in...

I needed new bottom dampers, so I added a new style door to my order and it fits perfectly. The knob is great. Not sure if the modification to the bottom of the door is a plus or minus???

Is it possible to update the previous 18" with parts from the new model? Specifically, the door, the lid thermometer, the legs or the water pan. Does anyone have the part numbers required or know if these will fit?

No luck at the hardware stores, but did locate the correct valve at a heating and cooling company. If anyone else gets in this situation - the part is a Maxitrol Line Regualtor model 325-3L. It reduces from 2 psi to 7-11" wc. It has 1/2" FNPT connections on both ends. Was told it is commonly...