Hey pit masters,
I recently bought a PK 300. In my previous PK TX I did some low 'n slow cooks also. I placed two fireproof bricks on the coal grate in an "L" shape. I did this to form a divider (just like the Slow 'N Sear) between the hot and cool zone. The reason for it being L shaped is to create a loong snake.
After upgrading from the PK TX to the PK 300 I thought: I should be able to fabricate something smarter (and more lightweight), right? So I did. My main issue with the bricks was the 90° bend. More than once the fire didn't make it "around the corner", there was a disconnect of sorts. I wanted to fix that. Here's the prototype I built, and I have registered the trademark "The Snake Charmerâ„¢" to use for it :-)
Haven't decided whether I should make this into a commercial product yet, will tweak it just a bit more first. BUT: I did do a test-run yesterday as I needed to do a burn-in of my new three hunnered.
See photos below, they explain a lot better than I can write, especially solving the 90° bend issue. It's all made of 5 mm steel, and is easily removable, and you can rotate it if you want to use it on the "other" side.
So, the test was to see how long it ran. I filled it up with unlit briquettes, and dumped 8-9 lit briquettes in one end. Closed the lid, and tuned the vents so it was running at 120-125° C (250-260° F). And run it did :-)
I clocked it at exactly 11 hours (!). After that the temp dropped below 120. Pretty darn good, wouldn't you say?
The reason I built it like this is that I really want to maximize "real estate". I need to put a full slab of ribs on there, and they typically stretch the full width of the grill. Other commercial solutions use up almost 1/3 of the available grill area, which is sub-optimal to say the least.
Whaddayathink?
I recently bought a PK 300. In my previous PK TX I did some low 'n slow cooks also. I placed two fireproof bricks on the coal grate in an "L" shape. I did this to form a divider (just like the Slow 'N Sear) between the hot and cool zone. The reason for it being L shaped is to create a loong snake.
After upgrading from the PK TX to the PK 300 I thought: I should be able to fabricate something smarter (and more lightweight), right? So I did. My main issue with the bricks was the 90° bend. More than once the fire didn't make it "around the corner", there was a disconnect of sorts. I wanted to fix that. Here's the prototype I built, and I have registered the trademark "The Snake Charmerâ„¢" to use for it :-)
Haven't decided whether I should make this into a commercial product yet, will tweak it just a bit more first. BUT: I did do a test-run yesterday as I needed to do a burn-in of my new three hunnered.
See photos below, they explain a lot better than I can write, especially solving the 90° bend issue. It's all made of 5 mm steel, and is easily removable, and you can rotate it if you want to use it on the "other" side.
So, the test was to see how long it ran. I filled it up with unlit briquettes, and dumped 8-9 lit briquettes in one end. Closed the lid, and tuned the vents so it was running at 120-125° C (250-260° F). And run it did :-)
I clocked it at exactly 11 hours (!). After that the temp dropped below 120. Pretty darn good, wouldn't you say?
The reason I built it like this is that I really want to maximize "real estate". I need to put a full slab of ribs on there, and they typically stretch the full width of the grill. Other commercial solutions use up almost 1/3 of the available grill area, which is sub-optimal to say the least.
Whaddayathink?
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