Fire box dividers???

Philip · Joined: 10 May 2014 Posts: 20

Yay or Nay?????

Does anyone run the Fire box dividers???

What works better....solid box with open bottom or open all around???

Phil.

Smokin Mike · Posted: Wed May 20 15 11:19 pm Post subject:

Are you talking about a charcoal basket??? Question

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Philip · Joined: 10 May 2014 Posts: 20

Yeah............

Smokin Mike · Posted: Wed May 20 15 11:22 pm Post subject:

I've always meshed the sides and bottom. I don't have a reason for it other than thinking that more access to air the better considering possible ash build up.
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Philip · Joined: 10 May 2014 Posts: 20

OK............open it is, I believe that air flow is important to a fire too..... Shocked

So........Do you use dividers in your charcoal box???

Are they worth the trouble???

Phil.

SoEzzy · Posted: Thu May 21 15 12:17 am Post subject:

If you want to run a charcoal maze through your charcoal basket then it's worth doing, you need 3/4 - 1" spacing between the walls of a maze, or you will get heat jump.

By working with a maze, you can often get as long as 3.5 - 4 hours before you need to refill and some folks learn to refill just before they loose the existing coals and then get a back burn through the maze.

If you are running more of a wood fire than a charcoal one, then a maze is not really going to help out that much.
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k.a.m. · Posted: Thu May 21 15 12:24 am Post subject:

I use a coal basket with a Vee I made that looks like a fireplace grate.
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Smokin Mike · Posted: Thu May 21 15 1:28 am Post subject:

Phillip,

I tried the dividers in my basket and didn't get any gain from them. My cooker ended up being a fuel hog and either way I went I got 2-1/2 to 3 hour burn per basket. I think the guys running UDS's get better results and much slower burn times. YMMV.

Here's the basket per SoEzzy's specs.

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Philip · Joined: 10 May 2014 Posts: 20

My baskets internal dimensions are 17" x 15" x 8".

Reverse flow offset smoker..

I also plan on running a stoker on this particular cooker.

I`m thinking I`ll run charcoal with some wood on top....

Phil.

k.a.m. · Posted: Thu May 21 15 7:13 pm Post subject:

Here is a pic of my set up.

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k.a.m. · Posted: Mon May 23 16 8:05 am Post subject:

I love the way it contains my coals and keeps my coal base compact instead of spreading around.
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k.a.m. · Posted: Tue May 24 16 4:15 am Post subject:

shadowrunner762 · Newbie Joined: 06 May 2016 Posts: 30

K.A.M. , that V configuration on the firebox. It still working out best or have you found a better method?

k.a.m.