Hey there,
Been reading these forums for a while getting advice... but this is my first post.
So i did a test run with my reverse flow oklahoma joe with the HM and I believe an adapt-a-damper. The test run ran great... constant temp @ 225 for 5 hours, barely used any charcoal (i normally was going through a whole bag on a smoker without the HM). Well, based off of that success i decided to pop in 2 briskets.
https://imgur.com/a/CW3h93f
This did not go as smoothly. It only ever got up to about 200, the fan never shut off and the damper never closed, and after about 4 hours, i had to go open the lid on the fire box every 45 minutes or so in order to get more air in. Still had plenty of charcoal... just wasn't getting the right airflow. I think part of it was the fact i did an empty smoke vs a smoke with basically 40 lbs of cold meat cooling down the inside...
This leads me to believe I will need a much larger CFM fan. Well... Where can I find a damper system that would support my current setup? I would like to keep using the fan that pushes into a pipe and or pipe system underneath my smoker box.... just with a WAAAY stronger fan, preferably 45+ CFM.
Any thoughts?
Thanks everyone in advance!
Been reading these forums for a while getting advice... but this is my first post.
So i did a test run with my reverse flow oklahoma joe with the HM and I believe an adapt-a-damper. The test run ran great... constant temp @ 225 for 5 hours, barely used any charcoal (i normally was going through a whole bag on a smoker without the HM). Well, based off of that success i decided to pop in 2 briskets.
https://imgur.com/a/CW3h93f
This did not go as smoothly. It only ever got up to about 200, the fan never shut off and the damper never closed, and after about 4 hours, i had to go open the lid on the fire box every 45 minutes or so in order to get more air in. Still had plenty of charcoal... just wasn't getting the right airflow. I think part of it was the fact i did an empty smoke vs a smoke with basically 40 lbs of cold meat cooling down the inside...
This leads me to believe I will need a much larger CFM fan. Well... Where can I find a damper system that would support my current setup? I would like to keep using the fan that pushes into a pipe and or pipe system underneath my smoker box.... just with a WAAAY stronger fan, preferably 45+ CFM.
Any thoughts?
Thanks everyone in advance!