Help me with this smoker please.

[CrookedArrow]

I had one similiar a few yrs ago. Please don't take this as I am bashing you. Pretty thin metal on most those smokers.

I would get it to temp and lose it pretty quick. It just couldn't keep temps due to the walls lack of thickness. Best of luck.

[Man]

Did you press the on switch?

[Goldeneagle]

I had one similiar a few yrs ago. Please don't take this as I am bashing you. Pretty thin metal on most those smokers.

I would get it to temp and lose it pretty quick. It just couldn't keep temps due to the walls lack of thickness. Best of luck.

No problem. My wife and son didn't know. I figured a lot of folks started out on something like this. I'll play with it and see what happens.

Did you press the on switch?

I knew I forgot something!

[EliteDriver]

did you press the on switch?

lol....

[Uncle Saggy]

Extend the flue down to about an inch above the grate and see what happens

[twistedmidnite]

How big is the opening between the firebox and cook chamber? Use the feldons calculator and see if the opening is too small.

You probably are loosing alot of heat thru that gap though. Order some lavalock from Amazon and bolt it back together with that in-between. I started out on a smoker similar to yours and it held decent temp but ate alot of wood.

[Swampa]

Help me with this smoker please.

New temp gauge and if your burning a fire in the box and not getting past 180 I would put it on the street for trash day


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[dope hunter]

If you are building a HOT fire and the main chamber is not getting above 180, then I would say there isn't enough air flow. I would start by opening the smoke stack all the way up, build the fire and then leave the fire box door open. Leaving the door open should drastically help the air flow...if you start to see the temp rise then you know you can use the door to help regulate the air flow to get the desired temp....if that doesn't help, then I would suggest making the opening between the firebox and the cooking chamber bigger to aid in air flow.

[Buckslayertx]

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=719380

This will solve your problem.

[brokeno]

Make sure the fire box is facing the wind

[denimdeerslayer]

Its made of thin metal so it isnt going to hold heat very well.

[txhunt7]

try tilting a few inches to see if heat travels up

[Tubby]

Make sure the fire box is facing the wind

If it doesn't draw good, this will help.


A good smoker will draw regardless of wind direction.

[Fishndude]

Plug in and Spin the little dial to 200 and... oh wait...sorry!!

[Charles]

Kick it while cussing at it. If that don't work, pee on it than go to McDonald's and order a McRib.