stokin (wwwalker@dpcmail.dukepower.com)
Tue, 9 Jan 1996 13:55:09 -0700
I've done some grill design. One thing to watch out for with water
pans is you can overhumidify the cooker, causing water droplets
to condense on the lid and drip down on the meat you are cooking,
causing a bad flavor. The bad flavor comes from the water droplets
combining with smoke residue on the lid.
I've found in closed cookers that about 1 square inch of water
pan surface area humidifies about 3 square inches of grill space.
Be sure the water pans only simmer and do not boil.
It sounds like your pit is an open cooker, and I don't know if
these guidelines remain applicable.
Also, I use shallow pans, and add water every couple of hours.
After I add water it takes a while to bring the cooker back up
to the right temperature. With deeper pans it may take longer
to reheat after you add water, I'm not saying this
is necessarily a bad idea though. Good luck.
Billy Jacobs (chileman@interramp.com)
Tue, 9 Jan 1996 14:09:40 -0700
Thanks for the advice,
Its not gonna be an open cooker, one of the problems is designing
a cover. The plans started as just a grill with intentions of
buying a commercial smoker. then the pencils just started going.
Theres not to many places to get advice here (shhh New York) not
your typical
BBQ land. Just a bunch of weekend warriors with auto lite propane
grills, usually only from late June to Labor day. Shame isn't
it. Any ideas on where to get a book or mag on the subject, I
read chile-pepper magazine not to much there but a few ads from
Klose.
Billy
"Its not seasoned till it hurts"
David Allen (dallen@pdev.com)
Tue, 9 Jan 1996 19:52:34 -0700
Hey guys, tickled to find someone talking about something that's
on my mind, to build my own BBQ pit and grill, outdoors, with
all the rock that I have on and close to my property (I live in
Ojai CA, near Santa Barbara.) Would love to find some source of
BBQpit designs that I can work from. I do all grilling now (grew
up with a half oil drum, doing steaks, chicken, etc.) but would
love to create something that would grill and BBQ both.
Billy Jacobs (chileman@interramp.com)
Wed, 10 Jan 1996 18:20:15 -0700
I'm trying to finalize a set of rough plans, once done I'd like
to post them for some comments/further ideas. I dont have a website
to post. If you would like to see them let me know what format.
I plan on putting them on Autocad, I'm pretty sure I can transfer
to a .bmp file drop me a note if interested.
Billy
FRANK BOYER (frankbbq@netcom.com)
Wed, 24 Jan 1996 00:08:20 -0700
THERE IS A GOOD OPEN PIT DESIGN IN THE POSTING OF "HOW WE
COOK HAWGS IN MISSISS
IPPI". THE ARTICLE WITH IT IS GREAT. TRY http://www.epc.msstate.edu/howgs/hawgs.html