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anyone used charcoal from softwood sources-particularly pine ?
I have done a local company search and they produce pinewood cabins etc etc so presumably loads of excess pine offcuts (and on a softwood estate) so although i'm only presuming its a good bet id say.
can get it for £1.00 a kilo ?

Anyway ...

anyone know if Supa grill briquettes are any good ? I also intend having a play with the minion method when my new smoker arrives in a couple of days, so are there any nasties from these particular briquettes ? on special at the moment of 2 X5kg for £8.00 at Dobbies.

Im also looking for a longer ...

Cheers Adie, i'll give it a go later in the season both ways (the logs were just split today so still very green)

http://www.smokedaddyinc.com/smokers.htm#magnum

I have one and didnt think much of it as i was using shavings and it continually need filling or choked itself out!!!..switched to using wood chips and wow, ran it yesterday for 6 hours on one filling.
They can be fitted to just about any bbq or oven etc.

Picked up a load of cherry logs today, so question is a generalisation for all log burning....bark left on or taken off
Andy

Cheers Al, never thought about the grilling effect !

"What sort of distance are you going to have the fire from the food?"

Well, thats the big question and i'm open to opinions ?
The bottles not as wide as a wsm but is taller so im thinking three grills at diff heights, the one i really need to know is the standard clearance of the wsm and other ...

Sorry, there are no pics yet guys but the weather up here has been terrible and i havent even got started, what with work and........(we got snow again last night)
As soon as i get going with it i'll get some pics up.

I have decided to attempt it this time around without any welding, using rivets ...

cooking oil !!! Doh...i guess thats why i'm a newbie and here though.

Good ideas Guys and keep em coming, hopefully i'm starting the build at the weekend weather permitting ( talking of weather, am i the only Scot on here? )
i'll get some pics up too as i go along

Cheers guys, Andy

Hey guys, i guess this is going to be a controversial one with the gas bottle element but here goes ( i already have the two new bottles,47kg each, empty,de-valved,flushed and aired)

I have already built an offset smoker from a large bottle 47kg i think and a smaller one for the fire box and this ...