Comments on: Offset/Horizontal Smoker Modifications

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:52:09 +0000

Looks like I’m heading to Lowe’s on Friday for the long weekend preparations. Great mods – thanks for sharing.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:20:32 +0000

These are great mods and I will incorporate them into my smoker. I got my smoker for free and have added several of my own mods. One of these is a small battery powered fan that hangs on the outside of the fire box. This allows me to kick up the fire should the cooking chamber temp drop.

By: StL Hooligan

StL Hooligan — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:16:28 +0000

I had the same issue with the excesive ash a few weeks ago, (also using lump charcoal incidentaly) after about 4 hours the fire kept dieing, and it was windy out so it made things much worse. I ended up having to wrap the meat up in foil and finish in the oven. It was disappointing.

Ill have to look into the basket mod as well. Then again, any excuse to use the dremel is a good one for me.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:38:52 +0000

Hooligan,

The baffle is by far the easiest of the mods. The charcoal basket is the hardest but really does improve the design for long smokes. I would start off great for a 6 hour smoke and then 4 hours in I had to add charcoal left and right to keep the temp up as the ash accumulated and just smothered the fire. Lump charcoal helped but was still no match for the ash. The basket works wonders…

By: StL Hooligan

StL Hooligan — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:35:38 +0000

I also have the same grill/smoker and I love it, but the temps do vary greatly from one side to the other. I will be trying your baffle idea this weekend!

By: trose67

trose67 — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:44:00 +0000

i did some of the mods and they work very well

By: mac24312

mac24312 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:15:00 +0000

Oh I will..I cannot wait to get mine and do the mods on it... ;]

HUGS
Christina

By: GrillinFools

GrillinFools — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:39:00 +0000

You have to poke out the holes to put the rotisserie in. So you will have no problem. Good luck and keep us posted!?!

By: mac24312

mac24312 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:57:00 +0000

Hi!
This is mac24312 from the LCF site.. ;] I am getting this smoker grill in a couple of weeks and I am going to do what you did with the basket and the chimney. ;] I dont really want the rotisserie so what did you do to cover them holes up?

Thanks!
HUGS
Christina