Offset Smoker Firebox Door

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.

Offset smoker firebox door.

Unfortunately that isn t going to come cheap. Once your coals are lit dump them out of the chimney smoker into the fire box. 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. Made a charcoal basket from a fry basket i found in the bargain bin at the hardware store for 5.

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. But a rule of thumb that goes for a lot of things is bigger is. Your fire box sounds like it would be big enough for the size cooking chamber that you will have. That s a reverse flow smoker.

It weighs a total of 57 pounds which is great considering its total cooking surface of 800 square inches. Lavalock fireblack total control bbq gasket seal adhesive leak stop food safe bbq gasket. It s a fantastic design for making great bbq. Used dap high heat mortar to seal between the firebox smoker and to seal cracks.

It is a feltlike material and has an adhesive on the back. 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. One option suggested by reader davidhag1 is to buy a replacement gasket designed for a big green egg. Our gasket kits install easily to create an airtight seal which results in better heat retention than your grill has from the factory.

Get free shipping on qualified offset fire box barrel grills or buy online pick up in store today in the outdoors department. 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. Regular flow offset smokers draw the heat and smoke from the firebox over the meat once on its way out of the chimney. If you have a cheap offset smoker cos or a gas smoker chances are they leak badly around the doors.

Are reverse flow smokers better. Smoker gasket kit smoker door seal nomex aramid strip gasket pan material felt gasket big green egg gasket kamado seal.