I have been happy with my KEG over the years. But I wanted to use a controller for those overnight cooks, when I should be sleeping before the big party. I know these controllers from Guru are well thought of in the industry. I was able to pick one up from Craig's list for $150 with everything included. (Except the inducer tube). It was in perfect shape. It is the Big Green Egg Edition, but the KEG doesn't care. Before this unit, I had a BBQ Guru Party Q. I wasn't overly impressed with the unit. I found it to be under powered and the adapter did not seal well with the damper on the KEG.
This time around, I got crazy, I decided to drill a hole in my Kamado!!!! I knew they made inducer tubes for these units on cabinet smokers and offsets so I bought one online and had it shipped to me. These slide into the side wall of your cooker and give you an airtight seal. No more messing with adaptors and when you want to do a manual cook you just use the damper as you always would and put a "Kill Plug" in the inducer. Doesn't get much easier than that! Which is exactly what I wanted. So, I used a 1 3/8 step bit and a 18V drill to make the hole. (I drilled a small pilot hole first, just to get it started.)
Drilling the hole was easy. That bit is pretty aggressive so it punched a hole through the KEG pretty quickly. The KEG is double walled, So I had to drill from the opposite side as well. Once I punched through and made the holes clean, I pushed the inducer through and boom! Installation complete. All I had to do was screw the back plate on and set the snap ring to hold it tight. This took all of maybe 15 mins to install. I put a bead of high temp silicone around the inducer to ensure a good seal. I am really looking forward to getting this cook going. I have to allow the silicone to cure but tomorrow, its on!! I always love it when a plan comes together. Happy Saturday!
This time around, I got crazy, I decided to drill a hole in my Kamado!!!! I knew they made inducer tubes for these units on cabinet smokers and offsets so I bought one online and had it shipped to me. These slide into the side wall of your cooker and give you an airtight seal. No more messing with adaptors and when you want to do a manual cook you just use the damper as you always would and put a "Kill Plug" in the inducer. Doesn't get much easier than that! Which is exactly what I wanted. So, I used a 1 3/8 step bit and a 18V drill to make the hole. (I drilled a small pilot hole first, just to get it started.)
Drilling the hole was easy. That bit is pretty aggressive so it punched a hole through the KEG pretty quickly. The KEG is double walled, So I had to drill from the opposite side as well. Once I punched through and made the holes clean, I pushed the inducer through and boom! Installation complete. All I had to do was screw the back plate on and set the snap ring to hold it tight. This took all of maybe 15 mins to install. I put a bead of high temp silicone around the inducer to ensure a good seal. I am really looking forward to getting this cook going. I have to allow the silicone to cure but tomorrow, its on!! I always love it when a plan comes together. Happy Saturday!
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