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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Charcoal Smokers => Topic started by: sparky on September 20, 2012, 09:03:42 PM

Title: the wheels are turning / tri dogs
Post by: sparky on September 20, 2012, 09:03:42 PM
when you cook w/ charcoal do you every put to much?  i do.  the drum basket is huge for great long burns.  well, what about great little burns.  i got this.

(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/mak1star/drumming%202%209-21-12/drum%20food%20-%20leaks%20023_zps545f4001.jpg)

i took my weber coal holder apart.  bent it here and there and waa laa.  1/2 a coal basket for little burns.

(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/mak1star/drumming%202%209-21-12/drum%20food%20-%20leaks%20025_zpse3e76395.jpg)

i used this for 4 cooks.  it works great.  i've gotten 6 - 7 hour burns at 220 -250.  on a 1/2 coal basket fill 1/2 way.  these drums are so cool.  i hardly use any coal and keeps temp like a champ.

ok, enough of that.  time for tri dogs. 

the key to these drums is use only 15 coals.  only 15.

(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/mak1star/drumming%202%209-21-12/drum%20food%20-%20leaks%20030_zps7874967c.jpg)

threw down some oak pellets to get some smoky, smoky.

(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/mak1star/drumming%202%209-21-12/drum%20food%20-%20leaks%20033_zps0c7e4d83.jpg)

made some M3 marinade to let tri sit in for 4 hours (marinaded 4 hours ago). 

(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/mak1star/drumming%202%209-21-12/drum%20food%20-%20leaks%20016_zps77bbf086.jpg)

coal on one side.  tri on the other. 

(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/mak1star/drumming%202%209-21-12/drum%20food%20-%20leaks%20039_zps045bde7c.jpg)

can't cook tri w/ out tatonka dust.

(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/mak1star/drumming%202%209-21-12/drum%20food%20-%20leaks%20043_zpsfc47118c.jpg)

getting a good crisp on.

(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/mak1star/drumming%202%209-21-12/drum%20food%20-%20leaks%20053_zps80dc39d0.jpg)

sliced up and ready for the kids.

(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/mak1star/drumming%202%209-21-12/drum%20food%20-%20leaks%20084_zps9eea2612.jpg)

don't laugh like my kids.  these are my tri dogs.

(http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj593/mak1star/drumming%202%209-21-12/drum%20food%20-%20leaks%20087_zpsac67c2d8.jpg)

thanks for looking.
Title: Re: the wheels are turning / tri dogs
Post by: Keymaster on September 20, 2012, 09:32:34 PM
Good idea on the divider for your burn basket. Them Tri-dogs look like they hit the spot, Nice Job!!
Title: the wheels are turning / tri dogs
Post by: mikecorn.1 on September 20, 2012, 09:42:01 PM
Man that looks great. Would live a few slices of that.


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Title: Re: the wheels are turning / tri dogs
Post by: smokeasaurus on September 21, 2012, 09:20:16 AM
Tri dogs are a great idea and an even better idea is that 1/2 basket!!