Bytor
Well-known member
So, I made some burgers on the smoker this evening. I made 6 burgers from 82/20 that were 4 oz and about 3-1/2" each. I had the smoker set to 500 and placed the patties on the grill. After 4 minutes I checked them and the two on the right side were well cooked and were set. The two on the left side were still pretty raw and had not set. I proceeded to play musical chairs with the patties for the remaining 10 minutes or so trying to get them to cook even. By far any patty on the right side cooked the quickest and the smoker was smoking alot.
I put a piece of wide aluminium foil on the grease pan to easier cleaning. Maybe, the foil wasn't pressed down smooth enough to assist in the grease flow and maybe impeeded in air circulation within the unit? The attached photo isn't the greatest, however things ended up late and the weather was supposed to get nasty, so I didn't want this sitting around in the smoker for a day or so. Things seemed to get really charred. Plus, based on the attached photo, it doesn't look like there's even heat flow with the aluminium foil and associated charring of it.
Based on the photo, and description, is this normal, or maybe did the foil interfere some with air movement? It was putting out a ton of smoke, which makes me think that the foil was blocking the grease flow. I did have some grease pour out into the drip pan, though it seems like most of it was left on the foil/drip tray.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
I put a piece of wide aluminium foil on the grease pan to easier cleaning. Maybe, the foil wasn't pressed down smooth enough to assist in the grease flow and maybe impeeded in air circulation within the unit? The attached photo isn't the greatest, however things ended up late and the weather was supposed to get nasty, so I didn't want this sitting around in the smoker for a day or so. Things seemed to get really charred. Plus, based on the attached photo, it doesn't look like there's even heat flow with the aluminium foil and associated charring of it.
Based on the photo, and description, is this normal, or maybe did the foil interfere some with air movement? It was putting out a ton of smoke, which makes me think that the foil was blocking the grease flow. I did have some grease pour out into the drip pan, though it seems like most of it was left on the foil/drip tray.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks