No pics, sorry.
Picked up a smoker that my buddy used as a grill a few times then bought himself a propane grill. I immediately went to the store to get some supplies. Hickory chunks, briquettes, a thermometer for the grill, and a couple chickens. I wanted to do something fairly cheap just to kind of break it in and do some experimenting. I didn't want to have a $14 - $20 rack on there and screw them up. Bare with me, I'm new.
Before I started the coals, I put a smaller rack that the briquettes sit on in the fire box, which I later discovered was causing me a air flow problem.
I get the briquettes going and wait about 45 min before I spread the coals out and put the chickens on and add a hickory chunk. Everything went pretty well for the first 1.5 hrs or so. Then the air flow problem began. I thought I just needed to add more briquettes. I finally figured out to clear out as much ash from the bottom as possible. I will be putting the orig rack back in before the next smoke. It caused alot of time to the smoke due to how close it sat to the bottom.
I also put a loaf pan filled with water in the smoke box closest to the fire box for moisture. The chickens were placed on the opposite side of the fire box, closest to the exhaust.
I added about 2-3 chunks of hickory to the coals every hour, and kept the temp consistently at 250f. I had the exhaust open 100% and the baffle(?) open a little under a 1/4. The smoke took a little over seven (7) hours and I consumed my, yours, and his share of cold beer.
I guess I should mention that the chickens each weighed 4.17 lbs. One of the chickens I added some Montreal chicken seasoning to which I thought tasted pretty good.
The chicken turned out fantastic!
All in all, I think it turned out better than I expected. Off to bigger and better next time!