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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Gas Smokers => Topic started by: LostArrow on February 17, 2013, 07:16:54 PM

Title: Score : New Cooker 2 ; LostArrow 0
Post by: LostArrow on February 17, 2013, 07:16:54 PM

Got my new cooker home yesterday & on the deck.
Fired it up this afternoon , no cook just charcoal.
Temp peaked around 450F with ALL vents closed  ???
Back to drawing board, fixed two  air leaks , one with flexible fridge magnets & 2nd with a washer & bending a door.
Second fire better, temp peaked at 325F  but no cigar  :-[
Used Permatex high temp gasket material to cut down on leak from section 2 to 3, it's curing , next try tomorrow!
Kinda sad I've got all this stuff around the house & it's all been used on cookers before  :-\

Title: Score : New Cooker 2 ; LostArrow 0
Post by: Pappymn on February 17, 2013, 07:23:14 PM

We believe in you. Show that pit who is boss.

Title: Re: Score : New Cooker 2 ; LostArrow 0
Post by: Tinnmel on February 17, 2013, 07:31:57 PM

I was wondering the cooking difference between that and the PBC and why should someone pay the extra money for the PBC.  Answer is: QUALITY

Title: Re: Score : New Cooker 2 ; LostArrow 0
Post by: smokeasaurus on February 17, 2013, 08:08:46 PM

LA, I have used two Weber charcoal trays in the bottom of the CI Chicken Cooker and was able to keep the barrel running at 250 degrees. I just added  -8- briquettes every hour and that sucker purred...................or you could make a small charcoal basket but those Weber charcoal trays are sweet and work great.