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Thanks.

Very interesting thread as I'm wondering what piece of kit to supplement my OutdoorChef gas Ascona with.

I'm not intending to get into cometitions - yet ;) - and will mainly just be cooking for 2 - 8 people, say.

Am I right in thinking that although a Weber OTP can be used for smoking that if I ...

Also have it on series link. Thought BBQ Sunday was very poor. The BBQ was somewhat incidental.

Thanks for the link Keith.

I watched the first 2 episodes last night and have the rest set to record. Great stuff as far as I am concerned but of course I have a LOT less experience than you guys. I can see that for some people it would be very basic.

My main take away from seeing the first two ...

Yep. When I heard about the deaths on the news last night my first thought was "surely nobody would be so stupid" but then realised that many people just don't know about the dangers - why would they if they hadn't been told? Large warning label on these very important.

Petition signed.

Well, I must say that overall I'm very pleased with the Ascona. Very interesting design having been used to a conventional 2 burner gas and before that a variety of charcoal models. Wish I had kept one of them now to experiment with as a smoker :(

I'll take a look around for a proper smoker I ...

So, here's the result. Cut end off after 7 hours - we were hungry! - and put rest back on spit. This is after 10 hours.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7251/7151885711_27083f876a_t.jpg


Not much of a smoke ring but it tastes great.

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Sunday morning and off we go! ;)

This was the problem. With the flavouring pan placed on the bottom funnel the wood dust didn't smoke even on a high heat.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7002071664_8f20f9e1a2_t.jpg

This shows the two burners with the funnels removed:

http://farm8 ...

Well, this morning was experiment time ready for cooking tomorrow.

Keith is absolutely right - there is no way that the flavouring pan can be used for low and slow smoking despite the fact that the folks at OutdoorChef UK said:

"In answer to your question, yes you can use the cast iron flavouring ...

Thanks for all the advice folks - much appreciated. I'll let you know how I get on, will take some pics and try to work out how to post them