Taking Care of Heisenberg (My 1000 Gallon Smoker)

Pit maintenance is important. We're going to season up the pit for the first time with some beef fat to give it a good coat.
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[@TheDawgfathasBBQ]

Digging your channel and your vibe bro. Perfect for us BBQ nerds that get into the pits and the process. Keep growing the world of BBQ one video at a time brother. Looking forward to following your progress.

[@WookieLove1]

I thought that was a primitive Joe, before you started the fire. Looks like J.D. and crew did an amazing job!

[@freddyy4305]

im actually more impressed you managed to film this on such a nice day. we've had such garbage weather for weeks.

[@knoxavebbq]

i'm a meteorologist. i check the weather everyday and every hour on the day before i'm supposed to shoot. haha.

[@GrillinWithDad]

Can't wait to see it in person. And thanks for the shoutout! Some amazing bbq is coming to Chicago.

[@michaelskalin5126]

I never thought of using tallow on the outside I do inside once in awhile. You put out really easy to enjoy videos. Thanks again for all your videos. I recently smoked 80 lbs of pork hocks for my butcher one thing I traded for was 15lbs of beef fat and some pork butts. I'll try this on the outside of my smoker. 🇨🇦🍻🥓

[@crazymanbbqcompany1592]

Very impressive... Thank you for sharing Bob Cooney Salt Lake City Utah

[@jonesey903]

Really cool video! Not a lot of youtube videos showing people cooking on these big boys! Thanks for sharing.

[@takeflight4666]

That thing is like a Lamborghini to us BBQers lol

[@knoxavebbq]

Lol! She’s a beaut. Thanks for watching!

[@Brad1237202]

Hi Joe! Just found your channel! Looking forward to many more videos.

[@BestBBQShow]

Broooooo! Put that pit to work! Haha, wing surprise! Good to see you cookin! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@Calicaveman]

Thank you Brother for your expertise 👍🏾👊🏾🙏🏾

[@WookieLove1]

Chud is great!

[@Fazman81]

You should go to Harbor Freight and get one of those 10’x 16” carport. It’s like $200 and I’m pretty sure it would work great to cover your smoker from the elements.

[@ronniestellyii4224]

Beautiful pit

[@osvaldosolis3068]

Amigo Joe super chido tu horno, un abrazo desde Tepotzotlan Estado de México

[@ricknguyen4062]

Damn I’m craving some wings now 🤤🤤🤤 can’t wait til you set up shop! 🙌🏼

[@CRNeal]

Primitive Pit...nice

[@michaelduncan2759]

Following you and Chud’s

[@tommyroberts867]

Nice pit

[@coffeethepresacanario3169]

NICE BRO

[@knoxavebbq]

thanks for watching!

[@Asteroidbbq]

Looks awesome!

[@justcody85]

Awesome video thanks for the great videos and man I'm going up try your barbecue one day :) your like the Dr of BBQ my friend :) Your an extremely hard worker too bro

[@brythebbqguy2410]

Get it brotha!!

[@Calicaveman]

Thanks for answering my question 🙏🏾 “I know the dummest question is the one you don’t ask” If I had a pit built, a 1000 Gallon Pit with to slightly smaller 🔥 FireBoxes on both end would that give Optimally Evan heat balance with the smokestacks in the center? Obviously 🙄 looks won’t matter

[@Calicaveman]

Two smoke boxes *

[@knoxavebbq]

Uhhh.... probably not. It would probably make your pit more uneven and shrink down the amount of space you have to cook.

[@EarlyyBird]

Keep it up buddy

[@mikestewart527]

I dig ya videos and you somebody to lookout for in the BBQ World

[@knoxavebbq]

Appreciate it

[@Jones572]

Dope!

[@leroygutierrez3948]

Hope you cook in park ridge area !

[@yachtwish]

Keep chasing that dream brother! Where do you keep your smoker? Is that where you’ll be serving up your BBQ?

[@knoxavebbq]

I don’t have a permanent location at the moment. We’ll gonna try to cook and serve wherever we can.

[@jjm6187]

Maybe this is a dumb question, but what do you do when it rains? Does it matter if rain's going into the smoke stack?

[@knoxavebbq]

I have a cover over the main part of the smoker. Not worried too much about rain coming down the stack. Thanks for watching!

[@coryshippert8045]

New to the channel. Awesome videos. I’m thinking about getting a 500 gallon primitive pit with a semi insulated firebox. I was wondering how you like your pit. And would you recommend it over any other pet you could think of? Thanks for the advice.

[@knoxavebbq]

I like my pit a lot. I haven’t cooked on a lot of different brands. Mostly primitive, moberg, and mil scale. They’re all great. I would say just get what you can afford. Thanks for watching!

[@brandonin_ny]

Joe, how do you put the stack up and down safely? By hand, a special tool, a wing and a prayer?

[@knoxavebbq]

Gotta muscle it up.

[@brandonin_ny]

@@knoxavebbq I figured as much. My 500 should be here next week and I imagine it’ll be a little lighter than your 1000g stack. Thanks, Joe!

[@belavet]

Any info on your channel about who made the pit and what it cost? Just curious to know what getting something like this looks like financially and logistically. Did you provide the fabricator with plans or did you go with something they "had on hand"?

[@jamesgunn5358]

You may have figured this out already, but the maker is Primitive Pits out of Georgia. Not sure what the 1000 costs but as of 11/2021 their 250 starts around $5k and their 500 around $6.3k.

[@paulanthony873]

What did the pit cost ?

[@gregjones8453]

Hey Joe, what are the advantages and disadvantages of a insulated firebox vs a non insulated firebox?

[@knoxavebbq]

just like most of my answers, this is purely preference. my smoker has a semi insulated. it's just what i'm used to. ones that are fully insulated, in my experience, makes it hard a little more touchy. there tends to be more dramatic heat spikes, and when it gets to hot it stays hot. which isn't a bad thing. that's why some ppl prefer them, but i like the ability to build a bigger fire to get more coal, instead of maintaining from a smaller fire. but if you're cooking in majority very cold weather i would probably go fully insulated.

[@sprig6043]

How do you manage to move that thing

[@knoxavebbq]

It doesn’t at the moment. Haha.

[@sikesbrandon116]

Did your pit come with rack for the top

[@knoxavebbq]

It did not. You can get it with, but I chose not to.

[@RHWWFT]

How much does it cost for the grill

[@RunThemDawgz]

Hey, Joe. I'm hoping you can help me out with the situation I'm in. I recently purchased a 250-gallon offset Smoker. Performs well, maintains even temperature from end-to-end.however I'm not getting nearly the amount of smoke that I was getting when I was using my much smaller, Old country BBQ pits Pecos. I'm using the same type of wood, cooking the exact same way. I've even tried cooking with the baffle almost completely closed. I have noticed that my Smoke stack is shorter compared to other smokestacks on the same size smoker. And your experience, would a smokestack that is too short calls the meat to not get enough smoke? Thanks

[@knoxavebbq]

Can you message me on instagram? @mightyjoe_22

[@danielploy9143]

Have you smoked a reefer in that yet?

[@knoxavebbq]

ha. no i have not

[@eastxbbqman]

Am I missing the damper on the firebox?

[@knoxavebbq]

nope. no damper

[@ibehl]

Good video Joe! Man how much you paid for that monster? 7K USD? Greetings from México!

[@knoxavebbq]

A bit more than that. Haha. Everyone’s pit is a little different, but you can give Primitive Pits a call to get a quote if you’re interested!

[@marakedaniel442]

@@knoxavebbqI'm in South Africa and want to own a monster like that one for a restaurant purpose I love it

[@Calicaveman]

Will the one firebox evenly cook the INTIRE pit?

[@knoxavebbq]

Unfortunately my pit is really close to the a wall and I think it’s affecting the airflow, so oddly I have a cool spot in the middle. But if it was positioned probably I believe it would be. It’s a great pit.

[@CodeyMikes]

Bad ass video man!

[@mohamedsharif9736]

joe, are you located in chicago?

[@knoxavebbq]

I am, but I do not cook regularly anymore.

[@mohamedsharif9736]

@@knoxavebbq oh man! Why not? I just recently found out about your channel and am binging all the videos.

[@johnbond379]

Very nice. What are you planning for your first big cook?

[@knoxavebbq]

not sure yet. meat prices aren't that friendly right now.

[@mikestewart527]

Spray it with cooking Spray you doing toooooo much

[@knoxavebbq]

When you have a lot to use, why spend money on something you don’t need. 🤷‍♂️

[@shaneellis6955]

why do you have a mask on? does the pit have covid?

[@knoxavebbq]

This was right in the middle of the pandemic. No, I didn't think the pit had covid. that would be stupid to assume. I was being considerate of other people who were with and around me, even though they don't appear on camera.