"Nonnymus" > wrote in message
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> Brick wrote:
>> On 10-Nov-2008, " > wrote:
>>
>>> On Nov 10, 4:46 am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> How hot will it get? Searing is done at 400 to 500 degrees or so.
>>> Check this out:
>>>
>>> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=96289
>>>
>>> The gun will get hot enough; but will it raise the temp inside of the
>>> whole unit to the point it works?
>>>
>>> Robert
>>
>> It will certainly get hot enough to seer meat in close proximity to the
>> outlet
>> of the gun. However, it is limited to the power available from a 110VAC
>> outlet which is about 6500 btu
>>
>> 20 amps X 80% load factor = 16 amps.
>> 16 amps X 117 volts = 1872 watts
>> 1872 X 3.4121 (Conversion factor) = 6387 btu
>>
>
> To all of you who've commented, thanks:
>
> The Bradley uses a 500 watt element plus another 125 watts in the hot
> plate to smoke the wood pucks. The gun I have right now is in the 1500
> watt range and remember, it'd be instead of the Bradley's resistance unit,
> the way I'm currently mentally leaning. For those of you who might be
> interested, the digital Bradley uses a 3-bladed (flat ground) cable to
> connect the control unit to the heating element. It can be unplugged and
> the control/puck feed unit easily removed to let you blow out wood chips
> that have gotten inside the housing. The wood feed and smoke generating
> element are separate from the resistance heat unit. That's connected by
> just the "computer power cord"-type extension cord. In my case, I have
> rewired it all to insert a Pit Boss digital differential thermostat in the
> system.
>
> The thermostat has a probe to measure temperature at the rack and a probe
> inside the meat to see what the cooking temperature is. By flipping a
> switch, I can cook my meat using the Pit Boss OR use the 'dumb' oven
> temperature controls of the Bradley. What I am thinking about doing is
> putting a heat gun aimed into the Bradley through a hole and plugging it
> into the 'dumb' Bradley heating element control so I can set a high
> temperature on the oven controls and let the heat gun generate it. The
> Bradley's 500 watt element only gets things up to the 300f range or so.
> I'm not sure how high the Bradley controller can be set, but if it can't
> be set high enough, I'll just have to go pure manual with the heat gun.
> In fact, that's the way I plan to start anyway. My current goal would be
> to be able to cook tri tip to about 125f internal, using smoke and about
> 220f, then fire up the heat gun, take the cooker to about 500f and do the
> outside up to fairly well done quickly, so I don't overcook the tri tip.


All that surely sounds easier than burning wood, I must admit.

Stunned,
TFM®