I was drawn to this BB after I purchased my SJG. I was somewhat frustrated with the lack of heat that the SJG produced. Honestly I did little rearch before I purchased and thought Gold has to be better than Silver... so I bought the SJG.
I came away from the the reasearch wishing that I had bought the SJS. I am in an apartment... so I did like the way the SJG closed up, shut down in 20 minutes and is absolutely portable.
Thanks to those that posted mods. For me however, I was looking for a way to increase the performance of the SJG without doing mods.
Below is my quick, easy and deadly effective way of increasing the SJG performance. Give it a try.
Fundametally I use a tripple layer of aluminum foil to create a managed the air flow. (like the wings idea... but no skills required)
The foil is loosly put over the openvent on one side, the charcoal is stacked against the closed vent on the other.
Another view:
The foil is held in place by the grate, like so:
Here is a pic of the set up with a drip pan (after roast chicken)
I reuse the foil for 5-10 burns...it eventually starts to break down.
Temperature Contol:
As well documented to get a hot burn the coals need to be well lit. That is essential for this method.
Once lit:
With the side vent open and the lid over the coals I easily achieve 600F throttle down with the side vent.
With the side vent open and the lid opposite the coals the temp runs about 500F throttle down with the side vent.
This set up lets me run temps right down to 225 with no dificulties and manage a 10 hour burn with a Minion method.
Before discovering this set up I would throttle down with the top vent as any closure of the side would be fatal to the burn. Now I control temp with the side vent.
This simple set up has transformed the SJG for me with no physical changes to the Q. Life is good!
Enjoy.
Iver.
- I read the various threads on charcoal postitioning and found that helped somewhat.
- I was also drawn to the threads around modifying the SJG by putting in a vent in the bottom essentially making it a SJS.
- I read a thread by someone who made wings of sheet metal to draw the air from the side vents down and under the charcoal. Cool idea.
I came away from the the reasearch wishing that I had bought the SJS. I am in an apartment... so I did like the way the SJG closed up, shut down in 20 minutes and is absolutely portable.
Thanks to those that posted mods. For me however, I was looking for a way to increase the performance of the SJG without doing mods.
Below is my quick, easy and deadly effective way of increasing the SJG performance. Give it a try.
Fundametally I use a tripple layer of aluminum foil to create a managed the air flow. (like the wings idea... but no skills required)
The foil is loosly put over the openvent on one side, the charcoal is stacked against the closed vent on the other.
Another view:
The foil is held in place by the grate, like so:
Here is a pic of the set up with a drip pan (after roast chicken)
I reuse the foil for 5-10 burns...it eventually starts to break down.
Temperature Contol:
As well documented to get a hot burn the coals need to be well lit. That is essential for this method.
Once lit:
With the side vent open and the lid over the coals I easily achieve 600F throttle down with the side vent.
With the side vent open and the lid opposite the coals the temp runs about 500F throttle down with the side vent.
This set up lets me run temps right down to 225 with no dificulties and manage a 10 hour burn with a Minion method.
Before discovering this set up I would throttle down with the top vent as any closure of the side would be fatal to the burn. Now I control temp with the side vent.
This simple set up has transformed the SJG for me with no physical changes to the Q. Life is good!
Enjoy.
Iver.