C6Bill

First, you don’t want to be putting cold beef in. Let the beef warm up a little before throwing it in the KK. For briskets I’ll take them out of the fridge before going out to start my fire. And I usually do a good 3 hour heat soak before a low and slow. As far as fitting them you could put two on the main grate and one on the upper grate above them You don’t really need three probes, I’m not a fan of MEATER, they always disconnect on me. Thermoworks has a new wireless setup that people seem to love. Get a Thermopen One for checking them and move them around as needed. Thermoworks also has a good controller/fan combo that is really popular, Billows. Fireboard is also popular. I did not like my Fireboard pro when I first got it, I was seriously overthinking it by trying to setup Programs, once I just set a temp and alarms I really like it. if you can’t get cocochar just get the best you can find locally. I’ve been using B&B as it is what I have access to, it is fine. As far as wood the KK coffee wood chunks is great for beef, or Texas Post Oak from FruitaWood. I don’t know where you read those things about controllers but I’m sorry, that just isn’t the case. That is just my opinion so take it for what it’s worth. I use one on every low and slow. If setup properly they are a great tool that will make your life easier. I’m not as young as I used to be, I like to sleep at night. Depending on the size of the briskets you are probably looking at a 10 to 13 hour cook. And factor in at least a 4 to 6 hour rest (FTC) So think about starting the fire around 9 PM, get it stable at 235 degrees, briskets on at midnight. Wrap at 8 or 9 AM and finished between noon and 1 PM. Then into the cooler. And honestly I would get all of this stuff together asap and throw a couple pork butts in and have a practice cook. Pork butts are really hard to screw up. Briskets are easy to screw up and they are not cheap. Hope that helps.

As summer is winding down a little it was time to clean things up. Get ready for all the fall cooking. I tend to do a lot of cooking during football season And a couple years ago I had to open the grout that came with my BB32 and i decided to vac seal it to see if it would still be useful down the road. It still feels nice and soft in the tube so if I do ever need to do a repair this could still be usable

Time for another cookout at the neighbors, i whipped up some appetizers lol

Such a beautiful day, it needed a nice steak !!!

It’s been a while since I made ribs, so I threw a few racks in yesterday. They did not disappoint, forgot to take more pics after, sorry 🫣

Looks good to me !!!!!!’

Half grate, foil under. Temp 400 ish for one hour 5 min. It was a big chicken, 6.5 lbs !!!!

I forgot to take pics while it was cooking but here is the final result 😁

I went through all of the old ones I had around the house, i found one that was the right size but it didn't work when I spliced it on. I see that Thermoworks has an adaptor that looks like it could work with the Fireboard fan. If I ever have an issue with the new fan I might try that combination. I emailed Fireboard again asking if they had or plan to make an adaptor for a BBQ Guru size port but they didn't reply.

Actually it was just the connector giving out right at the stress relief. If I could get the proper size connector I could just splice it on and have myself a good spare 😁

Thanks, appreciate the kind offer, I’m all set as far as a controllers go. Just wondering what other fan options are out there

18 lb brisket at 9 hours in, i'm happy with the bark so time to wrap. I'm thinking 4 hours wrapped and I'll be placing it in the cooler for a nice 5 hour nap before serving From start to finish it should be 13 hours at 235 degrees.

Bringing this thread back from the dead. My pit viper fan broke last week and they were out of stock so I had to buy the pit bull as I knew I had another brisket cook coming up (going on right now actually). And that started me thinking if there were other fans compatible with the FireBoard pro and of course the “bbq guru” ports on our KK’s. Any one have any recommendations ?

So far so good, happy 4th to those that celebrate.

Well at least you didn't tackle her to get there first lol