FEC-100 cover

I never take my cover off of mine.

Mine set here at the beach during rainy season and 30 mph winds.

The cover zips ground to top,on each side to open the door.It will flip up ,over the top,and then down again-by gravity.

I unzip,to move meats etc.

Like Scottie,all my cookers set out all the time in the covers.

Great tool,as well as investment.

Tom-Fl

Thanks for the help guys! It sounds like it would be a good investment.

Ottie

It is well worth the investment. Wish I could get one for my older pre-ramp FEC but they don't make those anymore.

Here's a pic of mine. "Cooking undercover". I had two pork butts cooking when this was taken. It had been storming all evening.

Thanks for posting the picture Russ! It's always nice to get a visual of something before you spend the money on it.


Ottie

I agree. I'm very fussy about quality, and the cover exceeded my expectation. The cover is made out of a high quality, heavy material, with zippers on each side of the front so that you can leave it on during a cook to shield from the elements, yet have easy access.
It's a no-brainer - grab one!

it also covers part of my security system for my smoker too...

I still want Cookshack to start building them with locks or the capability to put locks on and name it after me...

Do you guys put anything over the exhaust area? It's supposed to rain tomorrow and my wife wants her car back in the garage so the FEC has to stay on the patio It's covered but I'm wondering about rain getting into the pipe opening or even under the cover in the area around the slot in the cover.

Probably won't be a problem as much as wind possibly. I went to Lowes and got a 5" 90* elbow and put on mine. It's the adjustable kind so I can direct it in the direction I prefer. I don't have a top on the elbow although I might if I can find one to fit it. You just have to make sure and not create any type of restriction.

I have the adjustable 90 deg elbow also.
Fair weather--it is turned up.
Foul weather, I set it at "just under" horizontal and (hopefully) away from the prevailing wind.
That keeps the rain and wind out just fine.

I actually doubt that even if a single elbow was pointed straight down that it would present a restriction--but I have not tried that and I am not an engineer

Good luck.

TIM

Mine points down most of the time and I've not see a difference.

I was at the hardware store today to get some other suff and I stopped by the aisle with the duct work, etc. and picked up a 5" elbow, a 2 ft. long piece of 5" tube and a 5" vent. When I tried to put the elbow on the FEC is wouldn't fit. The end that is crimped so it fits into another piece is too big to fit into the exhaust on the FEC and the other end is too small to fit over the exhaust. This is all the bright silver stuff but the labels say 5" stove pipe elbow, etc. Did I buy the wrong stuff?

That is what I have on mine, but I put the end that is not crimped over the exhaust on the FEC with a 3 foot pipe on the crimped end. The elbow was tight going on and it doesn't slide on all the way. I have not had any problem with air restriction either.


Ottie

Yes sounds like you got the correct part. It is very tight going on but with a little persistance, it'll fit. After it's on, you can just barely turn.