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Hey guys/gals,
I know some of you ave put mods on your PBC's. Im looking into putting some stacks on my for increased airflow in the barrel. Does anyone have some pictures or even a parts list they could shoot over. Thanks a lot guys/gals
Spinnaker - I'm just in the process of finishing this off. I like the kind of brasserie look. I'll put a full report on it up soon, with graphs of temp, control and what I did to the inside. It looks like fully open, it'll hold at a high temp. Half open it seems to hold at 300. (both tests were without food. Trying it for real later today).
I set the vent location lower in an effort to minimize the convection within the PBC. Whether that worked / is noticeable is another matter.
Spinaker - I'm still working out the stack length. Another experiment tonight, then I'll have a better answer for you. I looked for a rule of thumb for stack height, but beyond "longer = more draw, but too long results in cooling and so less draw" the guidance was pretty light. These are about 18" to 2', I have a smaller pipe that I'll try and monitor the difference. If there doesn't seem to be much, I'll stick with these.
They are copper, so the cooling is probably the concern. I probably end up trimming to about the height of the lid.
Sounds good. Im going to put my stacks in-line with the other holes for the re-bar. Im using 3/4" pipe and a quick ball valve. Im going to put 6 inch stacks on top of the valve so the overall height should be about 8" above the rim of the PBC. This is my plan anyway. Let me know what you find out tonight on the length. I can always swap in a longer stack pipe on to my ball valve.
My toys:
Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Center (WSCGC) aka Mr. Fancypants
Pit Barrel Cooker (which rocks), named Pretty Baby
Weber Summit S650 Gas Grill, named Hot 'n Fast (used mostly for searing and griddling)
Weber Kettle Premium 22" named Kettle Kid, eager to horn in with more cooks in the future
Camp Chef Somerset IV 4-burner outdoor gas range named AfterBurner due to its 30kBTU burners
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SnS Low Profile, DnG, and Large Charcoal Basket, for WSCGC
SnS Deluxe for 22" Kettle
Elevated SS Rack for WSCGC
SS Rack for DnG
Cast Iron Griddle
Grill Grate for SnS
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gasser
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Steelmade Griddle for Summit gas grill
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Additional control unit
Additional probes: Competition Probes 1" (3) and 4" (1), 3 additional Ambient Probes. 1 additional Food Probe
2 Driver Cables
Pit Viper Fan (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Pit Viper Fan new design (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
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Thermapen MK4 (pink)
Thermapen Classic (pink too)
Thermoworks MK4 orange
Temp Test 2 Smart Thermometer
Extra Big and Loud Timer
Timestick Trio
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Maverick ET 733
Maverick (Ivation) ET 732
Grill Pinz
Vortex (two of them)
18" drip pan for WSCGC
Ceramic Spacers for WSCGC in Kamado Mode: 2 sets each 1/2", 1", 2". The 2" spacers work best with the 18" drip pan. The 1+1/2 inch spacers work best with the 14 inch cake pan.
Two Joule Sous Vide devices
3 Lipavi Sous Vide Tubs with Lids: 12, 18 and 26 quarts
Avid Armor Ultra Pro V32 Chamber Sealer
Instant Pot 6 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Instant Pot 10 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Charcoal Companion TurboQue
A-Maze-N tube 12 inch tube smoker accessory for use with pellets
BBQ Dragon and Dragon Chimney
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6" Chef's Knife
Gokujo Boning and Fillet Knife
3 1/2 inch Paring Knife
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Pellet: CampChef/Browning Deluxe PGP24LTD Thermometer: 2 Mavericks, Red backlit Thermapen
Anova Wi-Fi Sous Vide
Well I got it all done. I used 3/4" black steel pipe. I welded the elbows directly to the side of the barrel. I use two 3/4" brass ball valves that I bought at Grainger. Then I put a 6'' pipe into the ball valve and I topped them with a 3/4" coupler because I thought it looked kinda funny with just exposed threads on the end of the pipe. I used BBQ black Rust-oleum high heat paint that is supposed to be good to 1200 F.
I got her fired up this morning, and they seem to be working well. I am going to get the PBC super hot to burn out any paint that may have landed in the inside. (I had the top and holes covered, but you never know) I hope this will help me with better airflow when she is loaded down to the max!!! Pictures below. What a fun project!! Thanks for your help guys!!
Thanks Brother!! I was pretty happy with the results. I'll be interested to see what you come up with on the graphs. Just curious, how did you attach you stacks to the side wall of your PBC?
I used a threaded elbow, a cuff and then a short threaded nipple. From inside out the sequence:
nipple - washer - barrel - washer - cuff- elbow. Tightening the nipple / cuff clamped the whole lot to the pbc. To improve the seal I sprayed some PAM in therror to get a gunk build up going. It was probably unnecessary.
Man this was a fun project, Anyone else have PBC mods that they would like to share? Just thought I would re-fresh some ideas for those looking to Mod their PBC.
This be my ASAP, Auber Supplemental Air Pipe. I see what the temp will settle down at when I have it really full of meat, and set the Auber for about that temperature so that when the stall hits and the cooker starts to cool off, the Auber will kick on and bring it back up to where it was originally.
If I could do it over I would put it just a little higher so that when it blows air it would blow up right against the side of the charcoal basket. No real problems with this setup, and I would probably still need a couple of plates so that the air doesn't go around and impede the air coming in through the main vent. But it would've been a whole lot easier to get the conduit nut onto the pipe that's for sure.
The next picture is just a miscellaneous picture of a bunch of food I can't eat for 14 more days.
Installing PBC Stacks
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