Whats typically recommended when cooking with the KBQ. Firebox lid on or off?
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I use it unless the wood prevents it from sitting on the top of the fire box. Or if I am cooking over the fire.
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You will always get more heat out of the firebox with the lid on. You will not be pulling any ambient air.
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I also want d to know about lump charcoal since I have not used it. Can this smoker be run on it or is it only acceptable to use it to get things going?
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BBQ_Bill has a post in one of the KBQ threads that says the flavor and bark is not all the way there without the fire box lid on. Lid on.
https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/fo...965#post377965
Also, some have said you burn through less wood with the lid on. I agree with this.Last edited by lostclusters; March 21, 2018, 05:53 PM.
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Hi, my name is Darrell. I'm an OTR truck driver for over 25 years. During my off time I love doing backyard cooks. I have a 48" Lang Deluxe smoker, Rec-Tec pellet smoker,1 Weber Genesis 330, 1 Weber Performer (blue), 2 Weber kettles (1 black and 1 Copper), 1 26" Weber kettle, a WSM, 8 Maverick Redi Chek thermometers, a PartyQ, 2 SnS, Grill Grates, Cast Iron grates, 1 ThermoPop (orange) and 2 ThermoPens (pink and orange) and planning on adding more cooking accessories. Now I have an Anova sous vide, the Dragon blower and 2 Chef alarms from Thermoworks.
Question for you KBQ owners. If you cook with the lid on the firebox how does the dirty smoke escape without going through the cooking chamber?
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The lid does not seal tight enough to stop smoke from escaping.
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I think what is being missed here is that no smoke gets in to the cook box unless it is pulled in by the fan in the control box. With the bottom poppet or valve open the fan pulls gasses through the coals bringing in to the cook box clean smoke. With the top poppet open the fan brings in gasses above the fire. When the fan is not running no smoke enters the cook box.
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Originally posted by DWCowles View PostQuestion for you KBQ owners. If you cook with the lid on the firebox how does the dirty smoke escape without going through the cooking chamber?
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What I have learned with My KBQ and my offset recently is that it’s all about fire management. You’ve got to get a feel for what the wood and fire are doing. You have to definitely roll with it on the KBQ. Sometimes I needed the lid off to get the fire burning down correctly. Sometimes the lid on worked great.
A lot has to do with how well seasoned the wood is that your burning.
Keepng a solid coal bed in the KBQ seemed to be paramount to me.
I am finding that my offset is much easier to manage once I understood never choking out a wood fire with dampers. I now keep all the dampers wide open and regulate by opening the firebox door to vent the excessive heat out. I also am very Concientious about how much and how fast I add wood.
Cheers
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DWCowles DW, the way to keep smoke out of the KBQ with the lid on is to close the top poppet where the dirty smoke would be able to get pulled in, just until the new split is burning good. Since there is a top and a bottom, you are still pulling in smoke through the bottom, but it is the cleaner smoke that is being pulled back down through the coal bed. I think there's a lot of people who don't ever use the top opening anyway. The firebox also has openings on the sides where a lot of the dirty smoke escapes if you decide to leave the top open/lid on when adding wood, which would be similiar to how your's escapes from your open door.
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