The Texas BBQ Forum

Hi guys! I am planning to purchase a Old Country Wrangler Smoker and I want to get a fire basket to use the minion method to extend my cook times for brisket and such. Does anyone know the measurements of the fire box? I plan to order a fire box off Ebay but I want to make sure it will fit the Wrangler! Thanks in advance for any help! :-)

where are you located? i think big ed makes them.

Why do you want to use charcoal as the fuel source in a stick burner?? . Stick burners are all about air flow Is adding a split every 45 min that big of a deal? Putting a basket in the box only restricts the air flow making it hard to regulate the temps.

I was thinking about extending my cook times without having to monitor the pit every hour or so! I am living in Houston! Thanks for your suggestions in advance!:-)

Big K-Dawg wrote:I was thinking about extending my cook times without having to monitor the pit every hour or so! I am living in Houston! Thanks for your suggestions in advance!:-)

My advice is buy a 22.5" WSM or build a UDS if you are looking for extended cook time for long cooks.
The problem you will run into with trying to use the minion method in a offset is by the time your coal base is hot enough to heat the cooker it will run away with you. The minion method is a slow burn meant for vertical cookers not offsets.

don't buy this pit. spend your money and join the ranks of the pellet poopers.

Mark

Thanks for the knowledge k.a.m.! You saved me a few bucks! I will prepare to add my splits every hour and like it! Lol! Have a blessed day!:-)

Hey Mark! What are some of the pros for your argument of a pellet cooker over a stick burner! I have seen the PC, but I have never used one. Thanks in advance for you insight! :-)

I have no real views on pellet cookers except that a person doesn't have to tend their fire, which I think is a HUGE, HUGE part of the whole BBQ cooking experience. To me, cooking on anything that a person can "set it and walk away" is just another form of cooking in the oven, in the kitchen. Sad to say this is going to ruffle a few feathers but here it goes......anything you have to plug into a wall socket isn't BBQ to me.

I cook on a offset, have always cooked on a offset, and would be hard swayed to cook on anything else. That being said, I also have a UDS that I use when cooking larger cuts of meat. If I want to "sleep", I cook on my offset until the meat has taken enough smoke, wrap and then transfer to the drum that is purring away. I think the flavor of a finished product that comes off a stick burner is just a bit better.

"opinions are like a--holes, everyone has one" I guess that's why God made Ford's and Chevy's