GMG Daniel Boone Modifications including Rotisserie

[Old Dave]

This is for the GMG owners and others who may have interest in this fine pellet cooker.

These are some of the modifications I have made to my new GMG Daniel Boone Pellet Cooker and thought maybe some of the other owners out there might have some interest.

I will apologize in advance for the poor lighting for my pictures...they were taken in a dark garage.

Enlarging the Food Probe Hole

I used a 5/16” drill bit to open a larger hole in the side of the cooker so I could run multiple probes.

Raised or Second Grid

I purchased an aftermarket Charbroil 8000 series (14-3/4” by 26-5/8”) heavy duty porcelain covered cooking grid and then used a hacksaw to cut it right down the middle of the width to give me two pieces measuring about 14-3/4” by 13-1/8”. This is about the largest two grid setup that will still go into the opening of the cooker.



I used some carriage bolts, fender washers, lock washers, and some nuts to build my raised grids for the cooker.



This picture shows a pork steak and hot wing cook using one side of my raised grid. I haven’t tried it yet but I believe a fellow could do a whole case of pork butts using the raised grids.

Rotisserie Setups

One of the reasonsI purchased  this cooker over several others was the extreme height available inside the cooking chamber of the GMG. I figured this height would allow me to modify some of my rotisserie setups to fit without a ton of work. I do love rotisserie setups and put them on most of my smaller cookers.

After carefully laying out and marking where I wanted my spit holes, I used a 3/4” hole cutter to make a hole in each side of the cooker.



For the motor or chimney side of the cooker, I purchased a MB3B all Stainless Steel inverted 3” rotisserie motor mount from CLA Grills and mounted it on the side of the cooker.



My heavy duty battery operated 3” rotisserie motor in the mount.



For the pellet hopper side of the cooker, I purchased a 1/2” spit rod bushing from 4 The Grill  and this will fit 5/16” - 3/8” - and 1/2” spit rods. This will allow me to use about any length and outside diameter of the spit rods. I plan to use my Weber Kettle and my Hasty Bake rotisserie setups on my Daniel Boone.



This picture shows my standard spit rod setup in the cooker. This setup is nice for a couple of whole chickens or maybe a couple of turkey breasts along with many other rotisserie treats.



This is my favorite basket setup and is used for many veggies, slab potatoes, chicken wings, thighs, legs, and will even hold two whole butterflied chickens.



This is my Shish Kabob setup and is a treat to use.



This picture shows my Ez-Que setup on my GMG. I have both the 6” and 8” cradles and have adapted them as well for this cooker. This company is no longer in business but did produce some of the finest rotisserie setups ever for the backyard cookers. This setup will probably get more use than the other setups in my Daniel Boone cooker.

Dave

[Sam3]

Very cool Dave!

[muebe]

Nice mods Dave

[Hub]

Great job, Dave.  GMG's are fine cookers for the money to start with and now you've made yours pretty near perfect 

Hub

[smokeasaurus]

Would that rotisserie hold a turkey?

[squirtthecat]

Very cool!   I've done a similar (but uglier) mod to my Traeger 070 to put a 2nd rack on.   

[Old Dave]

Both the standard spit rod and Ez-Que 8" cradle will hold a turkey.

Dave

[smoker pete]

Nice job Dave.

[TMB]

I like the mods.  Good work Dave

[smokeasaurus]

I didn't know you liked mods Tommy.....

[MossyMO]

I like the rotisserie mod, thinking it would be a good for the Yoder YS640 also. I need to pick up a longer spit rod than the rotisserie from my 22.5 Weber kettle uses and then the biggest task is convincing my wife about drilling holes into the cook chamber of the Yoder!

[smokeasaurus]

Here comes a pellet newb question     I thought one of the features of a pellet grill is the hot convection type atmosphere that eliminates the turning of meat and the need for rotisseries??

[muebe]

Here comes a pellet newb question     I thought one of the features of a pellet grill is the hot convection type atmosphere that eliminates the turning of meat and the need for rotisseries??

You are correct. But the meat turning also has an internal effect to it. As it rotates the internal juices do spread through the meat and there is more heat coming from below then above even in a convective environment like a pellet cooker.

There is a distinct difference with rotisserie cooked meat and having a rotisserie in your pellet cooker is just plain cool!

[catinatree]

One of my questions before buying a DB was rotisserie, I bookmarked this topic ... now that I see it is an option eventually ...... I may have to pick one up .... tomorrow ?

[spuds]

I like the mods.  Good work Dave

X2,very nice!