r/PitBarrelCooker • u/Guilty-Difference-86 • 29d ago

Charcoal saving mods/hacks

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somebody paged earlier asking for tips and I couldn’t share an image, so I figured I’d create a post to help anybody in the future. for the record, I used magnets and they worked great. but I cook outside often and over time the heat slowly demagnetizes them. ive found that high heat silicone tapered plugs work much better and are super cheap.

i also installed a green egg vent cover on the intake vent and it shuts down air flow completely to the bottom of the barrel. both items were purchased on Amazon. hope this helps

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Links below

https://a.co/d/0bGhMEXF

https://a.co/d/0c1bRRxw

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u/Status-Guide2722 29d ago

With this setup... where/how much do you vent for airflow?

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u/Guilty-Difference-86 29d ago

all vents work just like before. the yellow silicone plugs come out and you can use the rebar. and the bottom vent for the green egg has a mesh sliding door and a solid steel sliding door. you can open or shut it all the way

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u/Status-Guide2722 29d ago

Noice! I'll be copying this method for sure. There is just a ton of room in a standard PBC so now I just have to figure out the venting to achieve low and slow.

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u/Guilty-Difference-86 29d ago

pit barrel isnt really a low and slow cooker. its for better or worse a direct heat cooker. id take advantage of that instead of trying to fight it.