AsburySkinsFan

31 minutes ago, Skinsfan1311 said:

 

I own a bunch of kettles and, based on my experience, there are many factors that cause the air flow issue. 

 

First, and foremost, (if it's a newer kettle), they'll leak until you have a bunch of cooks.  Over time, carbon and grease builds up and helps the seal.     Check to see if the vanes in the ash-sweep are flush to the bottom of the bowl.   Over time, carbon, grease, whatever can build up and cause tiny gaps.  Those types of gaps cause leaks.

 

Another issue could be that the lid is warped.   I found this solution, below, from the BBQ Bretheren website.  The poster fixed quite a few lids, using the method, below.   

 

"Measure the length at a few different points. When you determine a "long" side, place the lid on a piece of wood on the ground and apply pressure to the "long" side. Continue to do this a little at a time until the lid fits" 

 

Another potential issue, is that they can leak air at the thermometer.  Not much you can do there, except wait for that carbon and grease build-up.

 

If worse comes to worse, you can always buy one of those aftermarket gasket kits.  I've never done that, but a bunch of members on the Weber Kettle Club web-site have done so and swear by them.

 

 I guarantee that if you look into it, it's one of, (or a combination of), those issues.   

 

As you know, the vent settings on the SnS web-site are just guidelines and each kettle is different.  You may have to adjust yours so that they're pretty much closed, and that's okay.   After the initial coals are lit, and the unlit charcoal is added, maybe consider adjusting the vents to slow the air-flow at a lower temp than the 175deg that their site suggests.   I also learned that patience is key, and only make tiny adjustments then wait, because it can take a while for the temps to move.  As you're painfully aware of by now, it's much easier to bring temps up, than to bring them down.    It took me a while to figure it out but, once got them dialed in, (I use the SnS on a couple of grills), it's worth it.

 

Hope this helps!

It does, thank you.

I've been considering the gasket fix. I don't have the thermometer built in so that's not an issue. My top vent and bottom are almost completely closed, but I get a lot of smoke from around the lid seal. On the top vent I actually use one hole to place the ambient temp probe with a wad of tin foil around it to reduce the opening.  It's pretty incredible how just a little air will push temps up though, it feels like walking a tightrope with it until I get it dialed which can take over an hour at times. I've also considered Weber's fan based temp regulator, but at $139 that now makes my $99 kettle a $350 smoker.

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3 hours ago, Skinsfan1311 said:

Bark, anyone?

Put this on at 7:20 am.

Smoked at ~240° and pulled it off the kettle when the internal temp hit 195° and the probe went in like buttah.

She's wrapped in foil and resting in a cooler for an hour, or so.

 

@AsburySkinsFan. I did this on the Weber kettle, with the SnS. The last pic is the SnS.  Look how much charcoal is left, after a 9 hour cook. Temp fluctuated between 239° and 249° during the cook.

Beautiful!! I love my SNS it drastically improves the kettle's performance. My biggest problem is keeping the temp down. Mine seems to get too much air so I have to nearly close everything even while using binder clips around it to keep a seal with the lid.

10 hours ago, bakedtater1 said:

Damn I wish I knew this thread existed so I could have posted my pic of the ribs I was smoking lol..I've always known about the tailgate but dont think I've seen this thread...any way now I know better lol..

We help each other a lot here, and flex our cooking prowess. LoL

5 minutes ago, First Colony said:

 

click on the words "some technology"

Wow my desktop Chrome browser wasn't even showing that as a link, it just looked like normal text. Thank you.

2 minutes ago, Dan T. said:

 

...or in the middle of one of his stupid rallies.  Right after he utters one of his whopping lies or race-baiting applause lines.

Just freaking massive embolism...BOOM! 

Sad part is then Pence would take over and he's everything Trump is but he actually goes to church. And Evangelicals love a white nationalist who praises Jesus too, and hates the gheys, and wants to force 11 year old girls to bear the children of their pedophile uncles.

Want to know why I don't believe in prayer?

Because each day I used to go to bed praying that Trump would die in his sleep...and each morning I'd wake up to news that he did something even worse.

I hope that son of a **** gets everything he's got coming his way. And may the karma not forget those who still support him.

14 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

 

My earlier post has a hyperlink to it. 

Ok, I must be stupid, because I missed it and can't find it now.

52 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

 

It is a handheld device that has an input for a temperature probe to put inside the smoker and to a fan that you connect to the air intake at the bottom of the smoker.  The device senses the temperature and blows in enough air to keep it at the temperature you set.  

link?

Odd....I'd think they'd have no trouble selling out those cruises.

All this bashing on Bradley is funny, because I was talking with a D1 coach this weekend about the USMNT, and started in on Bradley per my norm. He cut me off, and said, "Bradley isn't the biggest problem, it's Zardes. The guy can't finish." Talked at length about seeing him up close with the Crew etc and was adamant that the USMNT would be doing much better with someone else in the 9 spot.

1 minute ago, PleaseBlitz said:

 

It is a kamado-style smoker, like a green egg (but cheaper).  It does take forever to cool if you overshoot, but I cheat and use some technology to regulate the temperature.  Overall I really like it, it gets the job done, holds a lot of food, and will stay at one temperature for hours if you add enough charcoal and wood at the beginning (I've done overnight 20+ hour cooks).  

What's the tech you're using to regulate?

56 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

 

Acorn yes.  It was a housewarming present, so I don't know where from.  

What are your thoughts on it? I've been REALLY tempted to pick one up.

I want to use it for low-n-slow smoking because the Weber kettle is just painful to keep a balanced temp, but I've heard the kamado style grills are a pain if they over heat because they take forever to cool.

@PleaseBlitz is that the Acron smoker from Lowes

Like sure, ok Karen, but don't I need my own understanding to understand the Bible or when god is supposedly talking to me? Or should I listen to others? But if I listen to others aren't they leaning on their own understanding? Oh, I will know when god is leading me? Really, because in my head god sounds a lot like the voice telling me to slap the **** out of the annoying lady in line at Walmart.

13 minutes ago, No Excuses said:

 

Give this another 10 years, and a good amount of states will be majority non-religious.

 

Trump and Christians have done more to make the case for non-religiosity than any atheist like Dawkins or Hitchens could have.

“The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians: who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.”

~DC Talk

And apparently, it's what a believing world simply finds unbelievable.

On 7/11/2019 at 2:24 AM, DCSaints_fan said:

Hey look who get named to the Gold Cup "Best 11", ES's favorite US soccer player

 

https://www.starsandstripesfc.com/2019/7/10/20689361/concacaf-gold-cup-best-xi-usmnt-michael-

bradley-christian-pulisic-aaron-long

 

😄😄

What is this a joke?! Are you joking? This is a joke right?! What are you from a radio station?!

14 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

I'm not exactly sure what's happening here, I'm jus trying to have a conversation with yall.  I dont understand the need to further prove my point that science and religion can co-exist and even work with each other or call that sarcastic.

We're talking about the state of Christianity in America in a Trumpian world, I'm just reflecting to you exactly what I got from the good religious folks for 20 years whenever I tried to talk about things like evolution and god. You're trying to have an honest debate, and I'm telling you that they don't give a **** about what you, the Pope, or any other educated ****ing liberal has to say. They know what god said and that's it. Hell, as soon as you bring the Pope into the discussion most of them will take the opposite position BECAUSE the Pope believes it.

3 hours ago, Barry.Randolphe said:

I just invested all my money in bitcoin after those tweets

Same....literally I expect the value of the dollar to plummet any second now.

5 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

What's that supposed to mean?

It's the same sarcastic bull**** response I got for 20 years every time I talked to Evangelicals about that exact same thing.

32 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

 

Even the Catholic Church recognizes evolution and the big bang now.

 

Pfffft....liberals.

Just now, Renegade7 said:

 

I respectfully disagree

You're right, I missed one, 3) you pretend there aren't serious concerns about the authenticity and accuracy of the Bible and you simply theologize away any problems and pretend it's all part of the glory that is the mystery of god. 

Which is just another way of saying the first one.

12 minutes ago, PeterMP said:

 

Well, if we want to be technical isn't it the Revelation to John.

 

Things are being revealed to John.  John isn't doing the revealing.

 

I've heard people call it the Revelation of Jesus or the Revelation of God.  But not the Revelation of John.

I don't care just so long as its singular

16 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

Nones graph

Observations:

.2-.3% in DC and South Dakota....statistical anomaly?

Kentucky's 12% is bigger than I thought, same with W. Virginia. Red States are showing a BIG shift.

BTW, got a link?

26 minutes ago, PeterMP said:

 

Much less Revelations.  There is a thought that Revelations was written by a John, just the disciple John.  Revelations itself never states that is the disciple John.  Just John.

 

25 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

I should've just posted the article I was reading, some interpret that after Revelations happens some angels will create new scripture.

 

I love having these conversations, but "Revelations" is like nails on a chalkboard to me...It's the Revelation of John, singular. Sorry, serious pet peeve says more about me than you, but I have to put that out there.

18 minutes ago, PeterMP said:

 

I don't think most people think John even wrote the Gospel of John.

 

Much less Revelations.  There is a thought that Revelations was written by a John, just the disciple John.  Revelations itself never states that is the disciple John.  Just John.

 

And this is true for much of the Bible.  Many of "Paul's letters" aren't probably written by Paul.

Yup.

Wanna hear a trippy theory on Revelation and the Gospel of John? 

Written by Lazarus. I'm not even kidding a little.

I'd have to search up my old notes, but I had a professor who laid out some interesting questions about the theory.

20 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

 

I should've just posted the article I was reading, some interpret that after Revelations happens some angels will create new scripture.

 

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/1977/09/q-and-a-questions-and-answers/how-do-we-explain-revelation-22-18-that-says-not-to-add-to-the-scriptures?lang=eng

I mean, that's been a problem for me for a while now, how can you take scripture word for word learning more and more about the history of how it came to be?  How do you practice a religion and still be objective about it?

I'm not gonna read that article, but thank you for posting it. As for the theories about angels etc, I'm sorry but that's a bull**** cheat to avoid the fact that they're reading their Bibles wrong.

As to your last point, it becomes very difficult to the point where you either plug your nose and surrender on faith, or you close the book one last time and let it collect dust. Somewhere along the way I chose the latter.