Robert-R
TVWBB Diamond Member
The stacker I originally made for the 14.5 (http://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?57121-Made-a-Stacker-amp-Hanging-Rack-for-the-14-5) is perfect for racks of ribs, however it's a bit tall for hung chicken, tri-tip & etc.
So I made another one at 2/3 the height:
It will get the meat closer to the coals, heat a bit faster, & possibly use less fuel.
I made another one that can have dual use. I can add another grate just above the cooking chamber:
Which is nice, but what I really intend is for it to be used when reverse searing. I prefer to hang tri-tips & then reverse sear. Which means removing the center section of the smoker & adding a grate above the charcoal ring like this:
The problem when doing such is that the grate just sits on the top of the charcoal ring & sometimes moves when rotating or flipping the meat. It's an accident waiting to happen. The top is not a snug fit - it just sits on the charcoal chamber so it's easy to mis-align the two parts of the cooker. The mini-stacker solves this easily:
I can use the lid from a Smokey Joe to concentrate the heat on whatever I'm cooking or searing and I can snuff the coals very quickly at the end of a cook.
I love my 14.5 & there's hardly anything I wouldn't do for it.![Stick out tongue :p :p](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png)
![PICT0462_zps153af792.jpg](http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah175/robert_mitchell4/14%20Inch%20Stacker/PICT0462_zps153af792.jpg)
So I made another one at 2/3 the height:
![PICT1854_zpsyvhdw02e.jpg](http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah175/robert_mitchell4/14%20Inch%20Stacker/More%20Stackers/PICT1854_zpsyvhdw02e.jpg)
It will get the meat closer to the coals, heat a bit faster, & possibly use less fuel.
I made another one that can have dual use. I can add another grate just above the cooking chamber:
![PICT1859_zpsfy1tm16h.jpg](http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah175/robert_mitchell4/14%20Inch%20Stacker/More%20Stackers/PICT1859_zpsfy1tm16h.jpg)
Which is nice, but what I really intend is for it to be used when reverse searing. I prefer to hang tri-tips & then reverse sear. Which means removing the center section of the smoker & adding a grate above the charcoal ring like this:
![PICT1861_zpspiuxqf2r.jpg](http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah175/robert_mitchell4/14%20Inch%20Stacker/More%20Stackers/PICT1861_zpspiuxqf2r.jpg)
The problem when doing such is that the grate just sits on the top of the charcoal ring & sometimes moves when rotating or flipping the meat. It's an accident waiting to happen. The top is not a snug fit - it just sits on the charcoal chamber so it's easy to mis-align the two parts of the cooker. The mini-stacker solves this easily:
![PICT1863_zpszqwzzwd6.jpg](http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah175/robert_mitchell4/14%20Inch%20Stacker/More%20Stackers/PICT1863_zpszqwzzwd6.jpg)
I can use the lid from a Smokey Joe to concentrate the heat on whatever I'm cooking or searing and I can snuff the coals very quickly at the end of a cook.
![PICT1865_zps9kknxh0m.jpg](http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah175/robert_mitchell4/14%20Inch%20Stacker/More%20Stackers/PICT1865_zps9kknxh0m.jpg)
I love my 14.5 & there's hardly anything I wouldn't do for it.
![Stick out tongue :p :p](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png)
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