Pulled a fast one on me

[2PUPs]

Well yesterday while I was out doing errands , I get a call from the Boss , AKA wife , so she thinks . Anyways she says she`s going out shopping . So I get home , and an hr or so later she walks in the front door with a , blank eatn grin on her face . I was like , what you do now , put another dent in the truck , she said I better just go look at it . So now I,m thinking the worst . I get outside and look at the truck , low n behold this is what she got . She said while she was out looking for a new refrigerators which she picked out , thats another story and 1400 bucks later , she decided to get me this . She said she got it for about half price due to a flaw in manufacturing and it being a floor model , 150 bucks plus tax . Well anyways heres the smoker . Its not the best brand but me being able to weld I can have this up n running with no cost . If you look at left side of cooking chamber door you can see the bad craftsmanship .

[egghead]

Nice!! I would say your boss (and you may as well admit it, she is your boss ) is a keeper.

Fire that rascal up and grill/smoke a treat for your boss.

[2PUPs]

Gettn ready to fire this puppy up soon , gonna do a rack of BB ribs for the boss . Did the season on her last night ran her at about 250 F for a couple hrs then hopped her up to about 380 to 400 F for about 4 hrs . Here`s a pic with the Boss`s BB`s on the pit . The foil wrapped objects are reheats from Friday nights smoke , Brisket , pork butt , and BB`s

[ChileFarmer]

That is one nice score, no doubt about it. CF

[2PUPs]

Even with the leaks around the door she held at a temp of about 285 at top therm , so I`m guessn about 235 to 250 or so at grate level .

[atcNick]

Kudos to her! But there's always fine print lol


-Nick

[k.a.m.]

2PUPs, Congrats on the new cooker score. Your Boss is definitely a keeper my Friend.

[2PUPs]

I guess I`ll keep her until she puts another dent in my truck As for the smoker mods , I will fix the out of square door , lower the exhaust to grate level , put two thermos at grate level , put fire brick or lava rock on bottom of cooking chamber to retain more heat , gasket material on doors , and a seal around the fire box and cooking chamber . Also going to make a metal container to place under the fire box just in case the little drawer decides to let loose . Any other ideas someone has would greatly be appreciated .

Jeff

[k.a.m.]

Jeff, maybe a charcoal basket but other than that you pretty much have her covered.

[2PUPs]

I knew I was forgittn something , Thx k.a.m.