Hi folks - picked up a smokey joe for a cook tomorrow nite at a friends. Steaks for 9. I'm going to use his gasser and do an indirect cook and am hoping to use the smokey joe for the reverse sear.
My question is "what do you set the air vents to if you have to hold the coals for a while after lighting them in the chimney?
I have found in the past that Meathead's after burner technique can burn up the coal faster than I'm ready.
Today I threw 65 coals in the smokey joe after lighting and put the lid on. The lower air vent was at 1/2. The upper vent was at 1/4. I checked in 10 minutes and the fire was very weak. I put a hair blower on them and they were barely hot enough.
Then I took the lid off and banked the coals and voila, I had a beautiful sear station.
My conclusion is that smokey joe burns slower than a chimney as well as the SNS on my 22". I think it will burn slow enough for my needs with the air vet on bottom at wide open and the lid off on top. I'd like to have a window of 1/2 an hour to be able to sear without doing another chimney full.
Thanks
My question is "what do you set the air vents to if you have to hold the coals for a while after lighting them in the chimney?
I have found in the past that Meathead's after burner technique can burn up the coal faster than I'm ready.
Today I threw 65 coals in the smokey joe after lighting and put the lid on. The lower air vent was at 1/2. The upper vent was at 1/4. I checked in 10 minutes and the fire was very weak. I put a hair blower on them and they were barely hot enough.
Then I took the lid off and banked the coals and voila, I had a beautiful sear station.
My conclusion is that smokey joe burns slower than a chimney as well as the SNS on my 22". I think it will burn slow enough for my needs with the air vet on bottom at wide open and the lid off on top. I'd like to have a window of 1/2 an hour to be able to sear without doing another chimney full.
Thanks
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