> wrote in message
...
> Hey Joseph - POST!
>
> New blood means new subjects and topics, and it will keep
> the group
> alive as well as more fun.
>
> That being said there are forums with whole sections on
> modding out
> the Chargriller.
>
> Check this link out, and you can just start reading:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3w7dx9
>
> Or go hear (with a cup of coffee!) and look at what folks
> are doing.
> There is a sticky called "Chargriller family" or something
> like that
> which has hundreds of responses. That is in addition to
> all the
> others on that page.
>
> You will find pictures, ideas and tons of good advice on
> both.
>
> On my Chargriller, I added the flex tube to get the
> exhaust down to
> the grill level, I drilled into the lid and added to new
> thermos on
> each side of the grill at grill level, bought a giant
> chrome fruit
> basket to get rid of their charcoal arrangement in the
> SFB, and made a
> mini baffle to extend the opening from the SFB into the
> cooking
> chamber.
>
> It took longer to gather the parts than it did to execute
> the mods.
> Lowe's had the 3" aluminum flex (dryer) vent and the .99
> hose clamp,
> and my local restaurant supply had the thermos and fruit
> basket, and I
> used a piece of aluminum to bend an arc into a piece of
> metal that
> just sits inside as a baffle/extension.
>
> With a little work you can make this thing perform like a
> big boy
> cooker. I can easily hold temps in this thing, and the
> first load of
> charcoal/oak mix will go a full three hours without adding
> fuel.
>
> Here's my personal mod: I bought <two> of those king
> sized fruit
> baskets. At about 2 hours and 45 minutes (actually I look
> and see how
> many live coals and remaining fuel I have left in the
> burning basket),
> I take the second basket filled with fuel and start it
> with just a few
> coals from the chimney.
>
> When it is just lit, I take the burning basket out of the
> cooker and
> pour the remaining coals over the top of the fresh one.
> With a little
> practice, you can get back on temp really fast. Six to
> seven hours
> for ribs can be done with just one fuel change. Works for
> me!
>
> Robert

Great Post! Thanks for all the info. I'll get that
cup of coffee.

I am planning on the remote thermometer install at
grill level. I already have the materials you mentioned
except maybe the 3" pipe clamp.

I smoked ribs first, two racks of baby's and two racks
of spares. plenty of room. Part of the baby's were a
little rubbery but I think the mods may help there.

I really like the slide out tray in the SFB, it did go
three hours before fuel was running out. I filled my
starter and lit it up. when I changed out the fuel I dumped
the old into my old smoker and filled the basket with the
new. I tonged anything worthwhile from the old into the
tray with the new.

Joseph