Vinny G
TVWBB Fan
Hello Chris and to all fellow smokers! Sorry haven't bin on to contribute for a very long time. Bin having plenty of get smokes these past few years! I figured it time to now play with Technology and get an ATC. Bought the FiredBoard 2 Dive And the Drive Blower 20 CM. Wanted to share my experience with my first smoke with you guys on the 22 WSM with it. I figured to smoke a whole chicken was the best choice. Because temps didn’t matter to much. And I could get a good feel for the FireBoard 2 Drive and Blower!
Well I started with all the bottom vents close and the top vent open about 1/4. Buried some chunks of wood under the unlit charcoal. Lite 10 pieces of charcoal waited for then to get ashes over and placed them in the middle. Put the sections together and foiled an empty water pan with a clay bottom inside. Set the pit temp to 225 to see what would happen. And she came up to temp in about 45min and stay there. After about 2 hours at 225, I pump it up to 250 and she got there in about 10min and she stayed there steady. Then after about an hour I decided to pump it up to 280! THIS is where it had a hard time. It got to 270 and did want to move any more. I let it try for about an hour and it just wouldn’t budge! So I open the top vent all the way and that did it! Then it sat there for the rest of the cook until the Chicken reached 175.
Overall, I’m very happy with my first smoke with FireBoard 2 and Drive Blower!! My next smoke I will do everything the same. Except I am going to set the top vent wide open. I want to see if she will get to temp and stay there like this smoke did. Or will it over shoot the set pit temp like I have read that has happen to others? I will report back in a few weeks and let you all know!
Well I started with all the bottom vents close and the top vent open about 1/4. Buried some chunks of wood under the unlit charcoal. Lite 10 pieces of charcoal waited for then to get ashes over and placed them in the middle. Put the sections together and foiled an empty water pan with a clay bottom inside. Set the pit temp to 225 to see what would happen. And she came up to temp in about 45min and stay there. After about 2 hours at 225, I pump it up to 250 and she got there in about 10min and she stayed there steady. Then after about an hour I decided to pump it up to 280! THIS is where it had a hard time. It got to 270 and did want to move any more. I let it try for about an hour and it just wouldn’t budge! So I open the top vent all the way and that did it! Then it sat there for the rest of the cook until the Chicken reached 175.
Overall, I’m very happy with my first smoke with FireBoard 2 and Drive Blower!! My next smoke I will do everything the same. Except I am going to set the top vent wide open. I want to see if she will get to temp and stay there like this smoke did. Or will it over shoot the set pit temp like I have read that has happen to others? I will report back in a few weeks and let you all know!