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leppolite

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Cold Box
« on: April 30, 2018, 05:39:41 PM »
The thread on the downdraft has me wondering... If you were to use a valve like the downdrafts are using between the main smoker and the cold box would it help with temps?
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Re: Cold Box
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2018, 09:11:11 PM »
Good question.  I think the point of the downdraft hood is to get smoke to exit lower.  The smoker box wouldn't help with that.
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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2018, 09:30:18 PM »
No but using a rotating valve (not sure what the rotating damper/valve thing is called) between the smoker and the cold box without the downdraft hood...that is what I mean. Would it allow you to fine tune the heat entering the cold box.
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Re: Cold Box
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2018, 09:33:22 PM »
True but not sure how it would affect the performance of the smoker itself.
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Re: Cold Box
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2018, 09:38:39 PM »
Fair enough. I guess a person could rig up a pretty simple test run by just blocking some of the airflow between main box and cold box to see how it effects the temps. Maybe once I get the upgraded controller, it will give me an extra ambient probe.
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