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  2. KK Hot/Cold Smoker Temp Running Away

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    Make sure your draft doors haven’t worked open.. otherwise it’s possible you lit too much coal.


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    I was able to push my lower draft door in about 1/4th inch I’m sure that was part of the problem, thanks!


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  3. KK Hot/Cold Smoker Temp Running Away

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    Using the KK Hot/Cold Smoker for the first time and my temp has gradually carried all the way up to 330 Fahrenheit. My top vent is barely cracked off the seal and the bottom vent is completely closed. I have the aquarium pump on the lowest setting.

     

    Anyone else experience temps running away with the KK external smoker? I’m assuming the smoker is adding additional air flow/oxygen and stoking the fire. Maybe I lit a bit too much charcoal with my torch? Otherwise I can’t think why the temp is out of control.

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  8. Everyday Misc Cooking Photos w/ details

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    [mention=3733]Forrest[/mention]how did you like that rub?


    Not exaggerating it was the best Brisket rub I’ve ever used, I will be buying more.


    I’ve cooked probably 20 Briskets on my KK and only gotten a good smoke ring mauve once.


    Yeah that doesn’t surprise me. A very hot vigorous wood fire is what really causes smoke rings, something I don’t think the KK is great at. But in the same token that is why it is a great cooker, efficiency!

    Adding nitrates like celery seed, putting the meat on the cooker super cold, keeping the lid closed during the first part of the cook, and spritzing through one of the probe holes, I assume will help me get a smoke ring on the next cook.


    I like a lot of wood smoke and the smoke pot doesn’t usually give me enough


    I’m probably going to double up with the smoke pot + the KK external smoker on my next brisket cook, I like subtle smoke, but brisket can take a lot of smoke imho.


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  9. Everyday Misc Cooking Photos w/ details

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    Plenty of shots of meat coming out of KK's that look like purple lipstick smoke rings.


    G2K, thanks Dennis. I will have to keep playing around with it. Of course the smoke ring is pretty much just aesthetic. And my brisket was amazing regardless. My wife even said she loved it and she isn’t a brisket fan, so KK for the win!!!


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  10. Everyday Misc Cooking Photos w/ details

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    Plenty of shots of meat coming out of KK's that look like purple lipstick smoke rings.


    G2K, thanks Dennis. I will have to keep playing around with it. Of course the smoke ring is pretty much just aesthetic. And my brisket was amazing regardless. My wife even said she loved it and she isn’t a brisket fan, so KK for the win!!!


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  13. Everyday Misc Cooking Photos w/ details

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    Forrest, looks awesome. Rub with “f-bomb coffee. I’ll have to try that. Did you use your smoking pot?  Which wood?  

    Coffee and beef are good pals, coffee just adds a subtle earthiness that rounds everything out.

    Yes, used my 475ml smoke pot stuffed full with hickory chips. The brisket had a very very subtle smokiness, I would have preferred more. I may have to use the KK hot/cold smoker in addition to a smoke pot for brisket.

    Also I got no smoke ring even though the meat went in cold and the lid stayed closed for the first 14 hours of the cook. Might need to add celery seed for a smoke ring in a KK, it just cooks so efficiently I don’t think I’m getting the charcoal fire burning vigorously enough to cause the chemical nitrate reaction.


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  17. Everyday Misc Cooking Photos w/ details

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    Good luck [mention=3733]Forrest[/mention] how big is it?

    It was 16 lbs I believe before trimming. It was a long brisket. I laid it over a rib rack.

    I never knew chad white had a rub. Have you used it before?

    First time using it, excited to try it. I bought a set of rubs, there are two others from him.


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