Post by pumpkinfish on May 26, 2013 7:09:29 GMT -5
Hello,
Just got my smokenator and I was able to use the direction settings for top and bottom dampers to get the desired 235 F at the dome during test burn using Taylor candy thermometer. I used 60 briquettes of Kingsford blue and lit 16 to start. When I open the lid, my wood chunks (only using 2, one on each side) would develop a flame and burn until I put lid back on. I put lid on (using 4 binder clips as a precaution) I had no smoke for next 15 minutes. I opened up the lid and saw the wood was all black and now looked like a piece of natural lump coal. Is this normal? Should I add wood chunks every hour when I open up the lid to check water? This is the only confusing part to me.
Just got my smokenator and I was able to use the direction settings for top and bottom dampers to get the desired 235 F at the dome during test burn using Taylor candy thermometer. I used 60 briquettes of Kingsford blue and lit 16 to start. When I open the lid, my wood chunks (only using 2, one on each side) would develop a flame and burn until I put lid back on. I put lid on (using 4 binder clips as a precaution) I had no smoke for next 15 minutes. I opened up the lid and saw the wood was all black and now looked like a piece of natural lump coal. Is this normal? Should I add wood chunks every hour when I open up the lid to check water? This is the only confusing part to me.