venting FEC 100

Depends on why you are being advised to use this.Is there a specific application,or a problem cooking with the way the cooker was designed?

Ours set outside at the beach in S FL,thru the tropical storms and pouring salt storms every night.

You can go to FIND at page top,and get discussions about different applications.

We cook all over the Southeast,in high winds and pouring rains and don't even consider this.

Now if your cook trailer has applications,the FIND can probably help you.

So Tom you don't have problems of water getting into the unit. I live in northern Minnesota and wanted to keep snow/rain out of the unit. whether when it is running and or being stored

jj... my FEC is parked outside and I just picked up a 5" 90 degree vent from Home Depot...$10. Not that I'm worried about rain, but the vent faces the windward direction of most of our weather. My goal was to keep temps as consistent as possible.

If you're interested in pic, let me know.

Max Que

I sent you a private mail

I'll take a photo of mine, but you don't need to use a long extension, just something to keep the wind/rain out.

Look at the recent post by Damnifino and he has some photos in the post about 5 below this one, about 5" elbow.

I am guessing what they are talking about is on the Q-kitchen.
http://www.cookshack.com/the-w...oor-barbecue-kitchen

FYI ... if you're looking for something nicer than a airduct tube. Exhaust on many semi-trucks are 5". You can pick up exhaust tip and a band to attach at any truck stop.

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Originally posted by Smokers Purgatory:
I am guessing what they are talking about is on the Q-kitchen.
http://www.cookshack.com/the-w...oor-barbecue-kitchen

You don't want to know how expensive that vent is, it's VERY heavy duty. I think chrome platted truck exhuasts would be cheaper.

Personally I like the cheap vent caps, they get grease and they're easy for me to remove. You WILL get grease buildup inside the vent/tube, whatever you use.

I know I'm coming in late here but my FEC has been on the deck all winter. The deck is covered and faces North.
My exaust is a 3ft piece of 5" flue with a 90 degree elbow facing down. This gets the smoke out in the open and has not been affected by the wind.
this is nothing fance and it works!

Thanks Gary.
Why not use the 90 degree and then the straight pipe. You raisethe smoke rather then push it off to the side.

Pros and con please

well on mine i just put a 90 degree elbow on it and turn it what ever way to keep the wind out or just turn it down to keep the rain out

I got the fixins for the elbow, two foot stack, and a cap, but haven't put it together yet. The only reason is that I cook on the ramp of my trailer, and sometimes I can't always face my smokers the wait I want to and have them both level. Sometimes I have the smoke from one in by face when I'm loading, unloading or checking meat in the other.

Here's mine.

Good God. Did you have to get permission from the FAA to put that up?

Whats that white stuff on the ground???