Was going to go out an purchase a new smoker,,,,NOT now!!!. You did the same thing I did (drilling the holes in the bowl), and the lava rocks was just what I was thinking!.....AWESOME,,,THANKS...Great Vid
Great video - although I was hoping to see this thing in action. Do you think this conversion would work with using wood chunks? Any fears of ash clogging up the burner orifices? Were you able to find out how hot you could get this thing? A follow up video with it cooking would be great.
Thanks for the feedback! It does work great, I smoked a turkey over the weekend. Yes this will work with wood chunks. The old charcoal pan sits just above the burner and can be used to put wood in. I used a small foil container covered in tin foil to put the wood inside the pan. This prevented it from burning to quickly. I had drilled holes in my charcoal pan, so I substituted the water pan for it for this weekend as it did not habe any holes in it. This acted well as the burner flame wrapped around and heated it quite nicely. In the future I plan to add lava rock to the charcoal pan to act as a heat sync and prevent the flames from touching the wood. I haven't done a full test on the upper limits of temperature.Over the weekend I had it up to about 350 degrees with the regulator nowhere near fully open. So I don't think you would have any issue getting it up to high smoking temperatures. I'll have to look into a follow up video!
@@travisadventureprojects4578 thanks for the detailed reply. Sorry to pick your brain more, but in hindsight do you think you could have avoided drilling through the flange and still be able to mount the burner adequately at the bottom? Giving this a go in a couple weeks and looking to give this my best shot.
No problem, happy to help! The tough part is you need some sort of hole for the hose to go through. The reason I drilled a hole large enough for the end of the burner is that way the hose isn't exposed to the heat of the smoker. If you were to only drill a small hole for the hose to pass through it could be exposed to the heat, which I don't think they are designed to do. Depending on the design of your smoker there may be a way to route the line to the burner in a safe way, and avoid drilling a hole. If the smoker is similar to mine I couldn't think of any other way to route it.
Was going to go out an purchase a new smoker,,,,NOT now!!!. You did the same thing I did (drilling the holes in the bowl), and the lava rocks was just what I was thinking!.....AWESOME,,,THANKS...Great Vid
It's an easy project that works really well! Check out some of our other videos where we made sausage and pastrami to see it in action!
Doing the same project - planning on using another nut or some washers on the bolt to level the burner
Nice video and thanks for posting links to the products you used.
Thanks! No worries, good luck on your conversion!
Nice video! I have a old brinkmann offset that I’m converting to propane.
Excellent, I bet it'll work great!
Very good idea
Thanks, It works amazing! One of these days I'll have to put a video together showing it in action.
Nice job. I would seal the hole with thermal sealant.
Great video - although I was hoping to see this thing in action. Do you think this conversion would work with using wood chunks? Any fears of ash clogging up the burner orifices? Were you able to find out how hot you could get this thing? A follow up video with it cooking would be great.
Thanks for the feedback! It does work great, I smoked a turkey over the weekend. Yes this will work with wood chunks. The old charcoal pan sits just above the burner and can be used to put wood in. I used a small foil container covered in tin foil to put the wood inside the pan. This prevented it from burning to quickly. I had drilled holes in my charcoal pan, so I substituted the water pan for it for this weekend as it did not habe any holes in it. This acted well as the burner flame wrapped around and heated it quite nicely. In the future I plan to add lava rock to the charcoal pan to act as a heat sync and prevent the flames from touching the wood. I haven't done a full test on the upper limits of temperature.Over the weekend I had it up to about 350 degrees with the regulator nowhere near fully open. So I don't think you would have any issue getting it up to high smoking temperatures. I'll have to look into a follow up video!
@@travisadventureprojects4578 thanks for the detailed reply. Sorry to pick your brain more, but in hindsight do you think you could have avoided drilling through the flange and still be able to mount the burner adequately at the bottom? Giving this a go in a couple weeks and looking to give this my best shot.
No problem, happy to help! The tough part is you need some sort of hole for the hose to go through. The reason I drilled a hole large enough for the end of the burner is that way the hose isn't exposed to the heat of the smoker. If you were to only drill a small hole for the hose to pass through it could be exposed to the heat, which I don't think they are designed to do. Depending on the design of your smoker there may be a way to route the line to the burner in a safe way, and avoid drilling a hole. If the smoker is similar to mine I couldn't think of any other way to route it.
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