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Not sure how I missed this the first time around but the Old Smokey 22 is my favorite thing to cook on currently. Welcome and looking forward to more of those pics and I really like that setup with the smokey built in!!

howdy- jalapen.yo.mouth

the 22" OldSmokey blows a Weber away
with the 8" below the grill grate you can cook chicken direct over the coals without flare-up
and with 12" under the lid you can cook all kinds of taller stuff you can't cook in a Weber


since the fire grate is 8" below the grill grate the 22" OS isn't great for searing steaks,
so the trick we use to raise the fire grate for sear grilling and higher heat is to place cans on the bottom to raise the fire grate up to 4½" below the grill grate






cooking chicken 8" direct over the coals is great. if you don't want to, you never have to turn it if you cook it bone side down
it is the greatest cooker i have ever cooked chicken on




when you set it up to cook 1-sided indirect it runs in the mid to high 200°s depending on how big a pile of coals you're using








and when you set it up for 2-sided indirect it runs around 330°


best turkey i have ever cooked - BBQ Roasted

As far as cooking techniques, they are similar to a weber kettle as far as setup and cook times. I frequent a lot of weber sites, due to the vast number of users for recipes, cooking/fire setup, times and techniques.

Nice setup and welcome to the forum!

mrxlh wrote:I own 3 22's an 18, and a 14 for our camper. The Old Smokey is about as good as it gets for a combination smoker slash grill. Here is a pic of my setup.

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That's an awesome setup up you got there!

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Thank you all for the tips and advice. I'm smiling like an idiot, going to tackle my 1st brisket a week from today. Pics will be posted. Until them here is tonight's dinner. Smoked chicken wings, used apple wood chips.

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good lookin wangs


jalapen.yo.mouth
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we have an OldSmokey BBQ Club group page on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/846970728774053/

Thanks for the link to the old smokey group on Facebook I'll have to check it out

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looking good, good luck with the Briskie

Nice looking wings.

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