Grease fire

You haven't read that about any of the electric Cookshacks, maybe you saw them talking about FE's. NEVER heard of one in a small CS.

ANY grease fire is from too much heat and an ignition source. Keep the CS clean, new foil and you'll never have a fire.

I can't picture a fire in an 008. I've had one for over three years now and take no precautions.. however, I've never smoked overnight.

The purpose of a smoker is to CONTROL the environment such that there is no fire.. rather smoke, which comes from incomplete combustion.

The smokebox gets hot enough to create fire.. but to have fire you need three things, as I remember... Fuel, Oxygen and a heat source. With the smoker, you have the fuel and heat.. but, you don't have sufficient oxygen in the environment to allow combustion.

Similar, you could set off a spark in a fuel tank of a car and nothing would happen.. cuz there's a missing component.. Oxygen.

Hope this puts your mind at ease.

Yep. Just make sure you have a drip hole through the foil.

smokenque, what do you smoke in your cs that you have never done a overnight smoke in three years?
i just pulled some butts that took 25+ hours.

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Originally posted by jimfromweymouth:
smokenque, what do you smoke in your cs that you have never done a overnight smoke in three years?
i just pulled some butts that took 25+ hours.

Hey Jim..
I cook mostly birds and spares. birds take 3-3.5 hrs (small 12# turkeys take 3.5-4 hrs). Ribs take about 5 hrs. All the butts I have cooked, which number only about 8 take about 8 hrs. The butts I cook I usually buy at Costco as a two pack cryo. What are they.. about 6.5# ea?

I seem to have shorter cook times than those reported by many here. I've tested my thermometers in both iced and boiling water. I cook to the temps recommended here on the forum... and I cook everything at the highest temp the 008 allows.

Bill, have you ever tested to see what your Smokette averages turned all the way up?

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Originally posted by GLH:
Bill, have you ever tested to see what your Smokette averages turned all the way up?

No.. thought about it when I first got the 008.. but the results were so consistantly good that I never did it... didn't see a need to

Nah it don't really matter, I just thought it would be interesting if yours averaged 265*.

Never had a fire of any kind in my model 55 or AmeriQue, but I have seen and felt enough steam when opening the door, once, that I used lotion on my face for two days.

Nowadays I stand back when opening the door and don't rush the peeking.

Both my 050 and my 008 have shorter cook times than others report. Like Smokenque, my butts usually take about 1 hr/lb. Brisket flats rarely take 1 hr/lb but full packers take a hair over 1 hr/lb. Chicks about 3-3.5 hrs. Even 12lb turkeys between 3.5-4 hrs. Dont know why. Never questioned it. Just accepted it and cook accordingly.

bob

I too have an 009 and I have checked the temp many times. It takes me over 16 hours to do butts to 195

16 hours is not alot compared to some, including mine.