I'll admit, I've been one of those that has always cooked direct on my drums and shied away from using any kind of diffuser. In addition to my BPS drum, I've got Big Drum Smoker clones, 15, 30, 55 & 85 gallon cans and love the way they cook.
But when I saw this charcoal basket offered from Hunsaker Smokers, I was intrigued by the design.
Vortex Fire Basket | Hunsaker Vortex Smokers
My teammate and I ordered 2 of them and and I gotta say, they really work great in all my drums, and I even did a cook with it in my 22" WSM with excellent results.
Hot n' Fast in a flash with this basket!
This is a great basket for those that are not quite thrilled with a heavy "fats dripping on the coals" flavor (that I happen to love BTW) but you still get a milder flavor profile from the fats hitting the diffuser. It takes about 15 minutes to get to turbo temps. And my 85 gallon BDS has never had such good cooks using the Hunsaker Smokers Vortex basket, and the BPS Drum just screams with it!
Feel free to take a look at my photo albums @
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-Hand-Smoke/116187658462391?ref=hl
But when I saw this charcoal basket offered from Hunsaker Smokers, I was intrigued by the design.
Vortex Fire Basket | Hunsaker Vortex Smokers
My teammate and I ordered 2 of them and and I gotta say, they really work great in all my drums, and I even did a cook with it in my 22" WSM with excellent results.
Hot n' Fast in a flash with this basket!
This is a great basket for those that are not quite thrilled with a heavy "fats dripping on the coals" flavor (that I happen to love BTW) but you still get a milder flavor profile from the fats hitting the diffuser. It takes about 15 minutes to get to turbo temps. And my 85 gallon BDS has never had such good cooks using the Hunsaker Smokers Vortex basket, and the BPS Drum just screams with it!
Feel free to take a look at my photo albums @
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-Hand-Smoke/116187658462391?ref=hl