rgreenberg2000
Well-known member
Hey, RT'ers!!
I've been thinking of ways to use my RT-700 main chamber as a sausage smoker. I prefer to smoke my sausage at temps that are 160F or lower. From the factory, "LOW" runs the main chamber (I have a smokebox, too), at 180F. I know that I can use the Offset setting, and put an offset of -20F in there to reduce the chamber temp to 160F, but my question is whether or not the RT will run reliably at this low of a temp, and what kind of smoke will be produced.
Has anyone done this? What were your results? I can definitely do some testing on my rig, but figured I'd ask first to see if anyone has done this already.
My grand plan is to build a smoke rack with at least two hanging rods which should allow me to get 15-20lbs of sausages (maybe more) hung in the main chamber. I'd prefer to not have to monkey with dropping some sort of electric element in there, so hoping that I can make this work with the firepot and a simple offset adjustment.
Thanks for any input !!
Rich
PS: Of course, I'd need to adjust the offset each time, but that's an easy process, so not to concerned about that.
I've been thinking of ways to use my RT-700 main chamber as a sausage smoker. I prefer to smoke my sausage at temps that are 160F or lower. From the factory, "LOW" runs the main chamber (I have a smokebox, too), at 180F. I know that I can use the Offset setting, and put an offset of -20F in there to reduce the chamber temp to 160F, but my question is whether or not the RT will run reliably at this low of a temp, and what kind of smoke will be produced.
Has anyone done this? What were your results? I can definitely do some testing on my rig, but figured I'd ask first to see if anyone has done this already.
My grand plan is to build a smoke rack with at least two hanging rods which should allow me to get 15-20lbs of sausages (maybe more) hung in the main chamber. I'd prefer to not have to monkey with dropping some sort of electric element in there, so hoping that I can make this work with the firepot and a simple offset adjustment.
Thanks for any input !!
Rich
PS: Of course, I'd need to adjust the offset each time, but that's an easy process, so not to concerned about that.