Cooking while not at Home

camperholland:

1) Yes you can use the smoker while not at home. It is one of the benefits of the cookshack. At work, I put a brisket or a butt in it at night and comeback to it the next day for lunch.

2) When not in use I would keep the door closed and latched. This keeps bugs and such from visiting and making a home in it, as well as keeping prying eyes out.

3) Due to its insulation, it shold not take that much longer to cook during the winter than summer.

Good luck and welcom abouard.

Take good notes on everything you cook and include starting outside temp and ending outside temp. The notes will help you more than anything except possibly this forum.

If memory serves, it has insulation around 1000�-1200�.

We have folks cooking in Alaska in the winter.

Just don't let the snow drift to high and cover the vent hole.

You sure can smoke while not at home - just like the old CrockPot slogan "Cooks all day while the cook's away."

Keeping the door latched won't keep bugs out, unless your bugs are mighty big. They can just climb in the bottom or top holes. I've never seen one in mine tho - I bet the smoke smell scares them off.

Thanks to everyone on the feed back.
Yesterday I put a 6.86 lb. butt in the smoker
for 13 1/2 hrs. and it turned out great. I could pull it apart with my hands. That's how tender it was. Two hours per pound @ 225
is perfect for a butt. This weekend I going to try pork ribs. Thanks again.