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FORUM SPONSORS => Pit Barrel Cooker Co. => Topic started by: solobaric on May 22, 2016, 06:41:43 PM

Title: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: solobaric on May 22, 2016, 06:41:43 PM: Getting ready for my first cook!! Is this a 1/4 open? I over analyze everything. Sorry!(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160522/99cfbbbfe1d33ff02310aa2ffaee97a2.jpg)

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Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: Kona on May 22, 2016, 06:50:12 PM: Looks good to me, that's where I have mine set :)
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: Savannahsmoker on May 22, 2016, 07:00:46 PM: So what is it going to be, ya got me interested?
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: muebe on May 22, 2016, 07:02:58 PM: Maybe just a tad more :P
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: solobaric on May 22, 2016, 07:37:00 PM: Lol. Chicken Wangs!!
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: bobh665 on May 22, 2016, 07:38:37 PM: Being an engineer I measured the opening to be 3 inches so I set mine to 3/4 of an inch which equals 1/4 open :)
Title: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: Pappymn on May 22, 2016, 07:43:13 PM: This thread is scaring me and making my head hurt
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: tomcrete1 on May 22, 2016, 08:37:07 PM: Awesome,,, your opening is fine, take your engineers hat off, take it from me you truly can over analyze this stuff. Just let it be an it will do its thing and the results will be awesome! :)
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: smokeasaurus on May 22, 2016, 08:54:31 PM: Quote from: tomcrete1 on May 22, 2016, 08:37:07 PM
Awesome,,, your opening is fine, take your engineers hat off, take it from me you truly can over analyze this stuff. Just let it be an it will do its thing and the results will be awesome! :)

a big X2
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: teesquare on May 22, 2016, 09:28:28 PM: As you get more comfortable with your PBC you will find the intake opening to not be as important to your cooking. The exhaust - which is the annular space around the rebar - has more to do with raising or lowering your temps. If you need to raise the temp. quickly - and be careful with this tip - you can fold up a small piece of foil and place it in between the lid and the barrel in order to create a small gap which will allow air to flow thru the pit faster. That will cause the charcoal to burn hooter - so - again, be careful because you can run the temp up 50-75 degrees pretty quickly, depending on the thickness of the folded up piece of foil.

Keep up posted on your progress!
Title: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: Pappymn on May 22, 2016, 09:33:49 PM: Can somebody look up annular for me? I went to public school
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: HighOnSmoke on May 22, 2016, 09:37:17 PM: Quote from: Pappymn on May 22, 2016, 09:33:49 PM
Can somebody look up annular for me? I went to public school

Here you go Pappy!

"of, relating to, or forming a ring"

;D
Title: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: Pappymn on May 22, 2016, 10:05:02 PM: Thanks for having my back HOS. No more word of the day toilet paper for Tee.
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: HighOnSmoke on May 22, 2016, 10:06:05 PM: Quote from: Pappymn on May 22, 2016, 10:05:02 PM
Thanks for having my back HOS. No more word of the day toilet paper for Tee.

:D :D
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: teesquare on May 22, 2016, 10:10:42 PM: Pappy...Don't be such an annulus..... :D :D :D
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: smokeasaurus on May 22, 2016, 10:12:12 PM: :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Is this a quarter open?
Post by: hikerman on May 22, 2016, 11:05:55 PM: Quote from: Pappymn on May 22, 2016, 07:43:13 PM
This thread is scaring me and making my head hurt

Agree Pappy! If it hurts....don't do it!