KBQ Cozy
Sometime back we had a short discussion on insulating the KBQ for cold weather. The smoker does great at keeping temps in a range that you set, but as I was smoking this winter season, I was going through lots of wood with the fans working overtime. Sooooo..... I decided to try an experiment, taking some of the advice from that discussion.
I stopped by Harbor Freight and picked up a 4X8 welders blanket. I knew the KBQ has 2ft. long sides. I also picked up some magnets (thanks Histrix for the idea).
By folding the blanket 1/2 on itself it covered 3 sides quite well. The magnets held it in place well - I don't need this during summer months.
Note that I had made a mod on the KBQ to bolt on a side shelf.
Here are the pictures of the KBQ Cozy:
I used this for the first time yesterday. Not sure it was a good test - it was 48F here in Rochester NY. Typically it is 20F or less!!! And, it wasn't too windy,
It seemed to work well, at one point I was putting logs into the chamber 45 mins apart! As the evening came in and the temps dropped to the 30's it was more like 25-30 mins apart.
At this point, the jury is out. Not sure it made a big difference. If I do a smoke in 20's and 30's I will let you all know.
Sometime back we had a short discussion on insulating the KBQ for cold weather. The smoker does great at keeping temps in a range that you set, but as I was smoking this winter season, I was going through lots of wood with the fans working overtime. Sooooo..... I decided to try an experiment, taking some of the advice from that discussion.
I stopped by Harbor Freight and picked up a 4X8 welders blanket. I knew the KBQ has 2ft. long sides. I also picked up some magnets (thanks Histrix for the idea).
By folding the blanket 1/2 on itself it covered 3 sides quite well. The magnets held it in place well - I don't need this during summer months.
Note that I had made a mod on the KBQ to bolt on a side shelf.
Here are the pictures of the KBQ Cozy:
I used this for the first time yesterday. Not sure it was a good test - it was 48F here in Rochester NY. Typically it is 20F or less!!! And, it wasn't too windy,
It seemed to work well, at one point I was putting logs into the chamber 45 mins apart! As the evening came in and the temps dropped to the 30's it was more like 25-30 mins apart.
At this point, the jury is out. Not sure it made a big difference. If I do a smoke in 20's and 30's I will let you all know.
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