jerky-lost my fire

mxdadx2 · February 2010

let me start by saying leveling a fire at 160-180 deg was not the easy for me. I lit my fire and got stable at 200 deg three times. what I read and understand was that I needed to be a little lower. so less air was my solution. lost my fire on all attempts. so not a very successful 1st jerky attempt. I only closed bottom vent a sliver. a small sliver. acccepting any and all advice.wounded but not out!!!!

fishlessman · February 2010

small pieces of preburnt lump about 2 inches deep works for me. trick is lighting with a big weed burner to get an even spread fire going and then not letting the fire get to high in temp, thats always asking for problems, you dont want those temps to spike first. scott borders does it with lump in a coffee can, i think his method is on the naked whiz site and would be a good method to try

mxdadx2 · February 2010

thanks fishlessman. I did use your advise and went with the fire bricks and expanded grid. was wondering do you use a plate setter with that setup?

The Naked Whiz · February 2010

When I last did jerky, I had the fire at 170, but when I opened the dome to move things around, it crept up a little. Each time, it crept up a little. By time I was done, it was up to 200, but it didn't seem to hurt anything. I liked the jerky and Scooby the Wonder Dog loved the jerky!

fishlessman · February 2010

i dont own a platesetter. if hanging up high i dont use an inderect setup. if using the mound method i do lay bricks under the grill for inderect. the diect hanging is more difficult

Bash · February 2010

Try the coffee can method (By Scotty's Inferno).

Last time I did it I was able to hold 150F for 9 hours on my XL (had to reload lump at 6 hrs).

Here is a link to the setup I used:

http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=798076&catid=1

Jerky came out great.

Good luck!

Richard

mxdadx2 · February 2010

thanks for the help. I think I will dedicate a morning to building a fire and keeping under 200. I feel confident I can stablize again at 200. if not I will proceed at 200.

mxdadx2 · February 2010

bash.thanks for pics of your set-up. I like the can Idea and I'm sure it will come into play later. thanks again.

jerky-lost my fire

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