First dance with my new girl today!
Ran a good burn in Thur night and cleaned her out for a new fire last night. This is the tailgate model from Texas Longhorn. It comes with a swivel base and also a hitch mount. 16"x26" I believe. Nice to be able to take it with me sometime, assuming I can find 3 stout friends to help get it to the truck. With quarter inch construction this thing is HEAVY.
It does have some trade offs over larger and more expensive pits I have had. The firebox is a bit short and I can see I will be having to cut down a bunch of my smoking wood to use in here. Also there is no lip on the bottom of the smoke chamber where it meets the fire box nor is there a drain on the other end. I may need to use a drip pan under a really fatty brisket or pork butt. Not a big deal really.
Here is the wood grate for the fire box.
Grilling option
A heat baffle of sorts.
Started a small batch of lump mesquite charcoal at 6:25 and when it was ready in the charcoal chimney I dumped it in the box with two good sized mesquite logs. Wish I had some pecan to mix in today. By 7:00 I was confident the pit was stable at 225 degrees. Hoping this pit will be a wood miser.
Brisket on with some boneless beef ribs that will be a mid-day snack.
Ran a good burn in Thur night and cleaned her out for a new fire last night. This is the tailgate model from Texas Longhorn. It comes with a swivel base and also a hitch mount. 16"x26" I believe. Nice to be able to take it with me sometime, assuming I can find 3 stout friends to help get it to the truck. With quarter inch construction this thing is HEAVY.
It does have some trade offs over larger and more expensive pits I have had. The firebox is a bit short and I can see I will be having to cut down a bunch of my smoking wood to use in here. Also there is no lip on the bottom of the smoke chamber where it meets the fire box nor is there a drain on the other end. I may need to use a drip pan under a really fatty brisket or pork butt. Not a big deal really.
Here is the wood grate for the fire box.
Grilling option
A heat baffle of sorts.
Started a small batch of lump mesquite charcoal at 6:25 and when it was ready in the charcoal chimney I dumped it in the box with two good sized mesquite logs. Wish I had some pecan to mix in today. By 7:00 I was confident the pit was stable at 225 degrees. Hoping this pit will be a wood miser.
Brisket on with some boneless beef ribs that will be a mid-day snack.
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