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Dawgs8033
Dawgs8033 Posts: 113
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when you take your small three hundred miles to the beach and forget your daisy wheel and still have to smoke BBQ?
LGBE, SBGE,Blackstone,Weber Kettle, Weber Smokey Joe.
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  • Billyeggman
    Billyeggman Posts: 18
    Nice improv! That's something I'd try. In the end, whatever works
    Northeastern PA
    LBGE
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  • JacksDad
    JacksDad Posts: 538
    I bet it works just fine! Nice save...


    Large BGE -- New Jersey

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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    The original smokeware cap! Nice

    Why is your dome sideways? 
    Phoenix 
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 7,365
    Excellent... Enjoy your beach trip..
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    Well done. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • Dawgs8033
    Dawgs8033 Posts: 113
    blasting said:

    The original smokeware cap! Nice

    Why is your dome sideways? 
    I put it together and when I was finished it was off about 4 inches I was so worried about making sure I didn't get an under or over bite I got off line. At this point I'm going to ride it out until it's time to replace the gaskets.
    LGBE, SBGE,Blackstone,Weber Kettle, Weber Smokey Joe.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    edited July 2016
    Your small shall now and forever be known as "Lil Biebs"




    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Dawgs8033
    Dawgs8033 Posts: 113
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Your small shall now and forever be known as "Lil Biebs"




    Haha lets just hope the eggs life is a little smoother
    LGBE, SBGE,Blackstone,Weber Kettle, Weber Smokey Joe.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    edited July 2016
    Dawgs8033 said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Your small shall now and forever be known as "Lil Biebs"




    Haha lets just hope the eggs life is a little smoother
    Just tell L'il Biebs to go easy on the ink or he will end up like this DB. Nobody needs that


    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • XC242
    XC242 Posts: 1,208
    Improvise, adapt, overcome! Well done!
    LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI. :glasses:  B)
    If it wasn't for my BGE I'd have no use for my backyard...
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I rarely use the dfmt anyway. :) Just leave it wide open and close the lower vent more. 

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,896
    Carolina Q said:
    I rarely use the dfmt anyway. :) Just leave it wide open and close the lower vent more. 
    I'm curious about the lowest temp you can expect to hold consistently without the dfmt? I use one except for pizza and steaks, but would think it would be difficult to hold below 300 without something on there.
    Stillwater, MN
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  • Bshults1
    Bshults1 Posts: 146
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Dawgs8033 said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Your small shall now and forever be known as "Lil Biebs"




    Haha lets just hope the eggs life is a little smoother
    Just tell L'il Biebs to go easy on the ink or he will end up like this DB. Nobody needs that


    Of course leave it to an OSU fan to do that
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    StillH2OEgger said:
    Carolina Q said:
    I rarely use the dfmt anyway. :) Just leave it wide open and close the lower vent more. 
    I'm curious about the lowest temp you can expect to hold consistently without the dfmt? I use one except for pizza and steaks, but would think it would be difficult to hold below 300 without something on there.
    I don't know, never tried it. I mostly do 350 and higher cooks. Occasionally a lo n slow butt, but not often. That's the only time I use the daisy. Butts are okay at 350 anyway. 

    Try it. Light lump as you normally would for a lo n slo. Once fire is established, close the bottom vent almost all the way, leave dfmt off and see what you get. I keep saying I will try, but somehow never have. 

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,343
    I drove mine 400 miles to florida and left the fire grate at home. 

    Little Rock, AR

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Biggreenpharmacist said:
    I drove mine 400 miles to florida and left the fire grate at home. 
    Go to Home Depot and buy a Weber fire grate. No big deal. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Bshults1 said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Dawgs8033 said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Your small shall now and forever be known as "Lil Biebs"




    Haha lets just hope the eggs life is a little smoother
    Just tell L'il Biebs to go easy on the ink or he will end up like this DB. Nobody needs that


    Of course leave it to an OSU fan to do that
    I think that's actually Hunter Mayhans or one of the other PGA guys from OSU. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,343
    This was last year. I just picked out some of the biggest pieces of lump and hand stacked it without a grate and cooked like it was. Worked fine but it was always just quick cooks with fish filets. I would have had to go buy something for a low and slow but we were at the beach so we wanted to enjoy all the fish and seafood we could. 

    Little Rock, AR

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Biggreenpharmacist said:
    This was last year. I just picked out some of the biggest pieces of lump and hand stacked it without a grate and cooked like it was. Worked fine but it was always just quick cooks with fish filets. I would have had to go buy something for a low and slow but we were at the beach so we wanted to enjoy all the fish and seafood we could. 
    I just take a jumbo Joe to the beach. Weighs 5lbs, cools down in minutes and grills just fine. I've done the egg thing too and it was fun. I've also dug a hole in the beach and buried 2 pork shoulders. That was quite a sh!t show. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,343
    I had just gotten my small and was all fired up about it. I'll carry something lighter next time. 


    Maybe. 

    Little Rock, AR

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,739
    I cracked my MiniMax plate setter at the beach.  Without a dealer in a 100 mile radius, I too had to improvise:


    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • Dawgs8033
    Dawgs8033 Posts: 113
    Carolina Q said:
    StillH2OEgger said:
    Carolina Q said:
    I rarely use the dfmt anyway. :) Just leave it wide open and close the lower vent more. 
    I'm curious about the lowest temp you can expect to hold consistently without the dfmt? I use one except for pizza and steaks, but would think it would be difficult to hold below 300 without something on there.
    I don't know, never tried it. I mostly do 350 and higher cooks. Occasionally a lo n slow butt, but not often. That's the only time I use the daisy. Butts are okay at 350 anyway. 

    Try it. Light lump as you normally would for a lo n slo. Once fire is established, close the bottom vent almost all the way, leave dfmt off and see what you get. I keep saying I will try, but somehow never have. 
    @Carolina Q I lit it the same as I would with any other low and slow closed the damper at the bottom almost all the way and she is still holding steady at 250. Meat is at about 183 so won't be long now.
    LGBE, SBGE,Blackstone,Weber Kettle, Weber Smokey Joe.
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