Easy Fire Management on a Backyard Offset Smoker 

Hey Adam, it's good to see the restored Pecos again. Putting the chimney of charcoal inside the firebox while starting is a good idea. Starts heating up the metal in firebox and cook chamber while the coal bed is building. That's a fine looking place to cook. Love that wooded setting with woodshed and graveled path. Look forward to seeing a cook there. Thanks for sharing.

Lots of great advice and helpful tips

Good Video... Dude!

Heh heh…I start my chimney coals by setting it on the edge of my firepit. Its also where I gather hot rocks and wrap in alum foil. I’ve become dependent on a nearby fire pit to get me theu long days of smoking meat!

Hey man . Do people really keep a steady temp ? I can’t keep. A steady temp to save my life. So whenever I smoke, It just bounces between 220-300 . And my meet always comes out good

If you need to clean your dryer's lint filter, try using that stuff to get your fire going. It goes up quick. I usually mixt it with some papertowel sprayed with some canola oil.

I have lots of red oak firewood and maple . How are they for cooking with ? Waiting for my reverse flow , like a kid waiting for Christmas morning .

after the initial charcoal bed, you will only be adding the wood splits and no more charcoal throughout the duration of the cook? lets say on a briskey cook for example

Good video -- Thanks. Question: Why do you not shut the firebox lid and the cook chamber lid at the beginning splits (about

you dont put the coals on a grill at all?

What happen to the metal plate thats supposed to be inside of the firebox?