I Made a Big Mistake! | Brisket on the Oklahoma Joe Longhorn Combination Smoker 

So glad I could help! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment.

hey andrew, i've actually been speaking with a youtube pitmaster with a more "scientific" approach (wink wink) about doing a video on one of these. I inherited one of these silly smokers with a house i moved into from the previous owner, and Ive messed around with it a good bit... and it was in pretty bad shape. i HIGHLY recommend putting a foil wrapped grill grate up against the flow hole from the fire box into the cooking chamber. i did that and poked a bunch of holes through the foil to let that smoke get through, without pulling the actual flames through the chamber. thats a huge issue with these things. i'm no pro, but that seems to work for me. ALSO, use less charcoal, and USE POST OAK WOOD CHUNKS around the edges of your coalbed....you get the same smoke flavor, without the crazy high temps a full split. in my experience...small cooking chamber means smaller fuel source....there just isnt much space for that smoke to hang out and move around in there before it goes out the pipe. ALSO ALSO, go to home depot and get you an extension for the smoke stack pipe with an adapter. about 20-25 buckaroos. try these out. practice practice practice. jimi hendrix didn't become great without practicing as much as possible...

@@PDAWGtheDRUMMER thanks for the response i have been working on it. I did the grate over the fire hole trick with no holes and i was using a lot less coal and log splits that i split again so maybe about chunk size but long. I will try the chimney and holes idea. I did notice my flat was like 10 to 15 degrees lower than the point (point was closer to fire) so obviously big temp difference from on either side

Get or make yourself a baffle, great investment for any offset, a must for this small size. Much better than the foil grate. I have one from lavalock and can use 16" splits without issue, even temps, no big spikes, and I can use the full grate. I only use charcoal for starting the base, then splits for the full cook.

Thank you so much Vincent and sorry for taking 6 months to respond. I was retiring from the Air Force and moving my family, finding a job, and just couldn't get on here much. Thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment!

Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment!