Offset Smoker Firebox Door

Cleaned it up added new wheels added a char griller fire box to one end added a smoke deflector using some bricks sheet metal i had laying around.

Offset smoker firebox door.

Regular flow offset smokers draw the heat and smoke from the firebox over the meat once on its way out of the chimney. Our gasket kits install easily to create an airtight seal which results in better heat retention than your grill has from the factory. Hi guys sounds like you are building a reverse flow smoker with an offset firebox. But a rule of thumb that goes for a lot of things is bigger is.

Made a charcoal basket from a fry basket i found in the bargain bin at the hardware store for 5. One option suggested by reader davidhag1 is to buy a replacement gasket designed for a big green egg. This might be a surprise but the best way to fire up your offset smoker is with charcoal once you have enough heat in the coals then you add the wood. Once your coals are lit dump them out of the chimney smoker into the fire box.

Unfortunately that isn t going to come cheap. This offset smoker belongs to the classic horizontal group with a firebox on the left side and a 2 wheel system on the bottom for more portability. Smoker gasket kit smoker door seal nomex aramid strip gasket pan material felt gasket big green egg gasket kamado seal. Seal doors fix leaks.

It weighs a total of 57 pounds which is great considering its total cooking surface of 800 square inches. Your fire box sounds like it would be big enough for the size cooking chamber that you will have. It s a fantastic design for making great bbq. Assuming you don t have any fancy gas ignition systems on your offset smoker the best way to light your coals is with a chimney starter.

It is a feltlike material and has an adhesive on the back. You might be able to mitigate the problem by making a gasket. When buying an offset smoker you ll want it to be constructed of a minimum of inch thick steel with well made vents and food chamber doors. If you have a cheap offset smoker cos or a gas smoker chances are they leak badly around the doors.

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