All ATCs can be set manually and function without Wifi connection, Guru and Stoker models anyway. The home brew models may need a client to update it. Network connectivity is only needed if you want to connect to it to monitor it or update the settings. If there's any chance of rain, I put my...
They will tell you a 5cfm is more than adequate. It will work, but a 10cfm will stoke a low fire faster. I think a 25cfm would be way too much. may blow ash around.
How stable your WiFi is, is going to depend on current WiFi quality (interference and close neighbors on same channel) and...
I have an older, non-network version of BBQ Guru, and a networked (but not wi-fi, have to use a bridge) stoker. Both work great. Which ever one you get, think very seriously about getting one with wi-fi. It will allow you to monitor your smoker anywhere if you have a smart phone. I put a butt or...
I'm not sure this is a "will work" vs. "won't work" situation, rather "will work" but I won't get a full 600 cfm air draw and it will be a little louder on high compared to a hood with a shorter duct length. Here's what Sear's says in their install guide for a 450 cfm hood...
"Kenmore range...
This is the slide in range...http://www.sears.com/kenmore-elite-30inch-slide-in-dual-fuel-range/p-02241103000P?prdNo=5
The duct run is closer to 45' "equivalent length" which takes into account for bends. Yeah, wish I could run it straight up or out the wall, but can't and can't fit larger duct...
Doing a kitchen remodel and installing a vented range hood. Don't currently have one and haven't had one for over 17 years, but even then it was one of the cheap models. Due to space limitations and ducting options, I'm can only put in a 30" under cabinet hood. I'm also limited based on the...
I tried it ~10 years ago. Hard as heck to light. It doesn't have much smell. Kind of neutral best I can remember. Before you buy a pallet, buy a box and try it first.
To get longer burns, you're going to have to use a denser charcoal. Kingsford is fairly dense. The same volume of Kingsford weighs more than many brands of lump. I think the most dense products are Wicked Good and the extruded charcoal products. You should be able to find the Wicked Good...
Not to start a K bash, I use a ton for grilling, but that's the difference between smoking with real charcoal and wood instead of charred softwood (pine and spruce), ground coal and other stuff (limestone, starch, borax, sodium nitrate, sawdust).
It just showed up at our Sam's. I picked up a couple containers this past weekend. The label is different from the ones sold last year. Color looks a little lighter too, but I don't have any of the old product to compare to. Used it for 1 batch of country ribs so far and I like it.
I dumped ashes that were 2 days old in the woods once. A day later it started smoldering. Scary how long they stay hot and how they can come back to life.