Oklahoma Joe Baffle Plate & Chargriller Baffle Plates

Great addition to my Char-Griller Champ

Purchased this baffle about a month ago, after seeing it on a couple of American YouTube BBQ channels I follow, and they highly recommended it. But it is an American product, and to have it imported was crazy money. But I then found Pro Smoke selling them and at a decent price so I was well chuffed to get my hands on one. Only used it a couple of times, but the temps across the chamber are pretty much even now, which is why I purchased it, and it's good quality (LavaLock brand), and it sits perfectly in place at the bottom of the oven. Only downside so far for me is, you have to remove your coal grate in the main chamber to be able to put the baffle in, so I have had to put the coal grate/ash pan in my shed which is a pain, and it's a swap back over if you want to use main chamber for grilling. Not a major issue as I have other BBQ's for grilling on anyway. I also use drip trays sometimes to catch dripping fat, but some of the fat burns off the plate anyway or goes to the bottom of the chamber then drips out the 'sump plug' at the end of the cooking chamber, into a small metal bucket (which is what it's designed for). Overall a great product and is a real assist when cooking lots of food in one go or for those really long cooks and you don't want to overcook one end of your brisket!

Big improvement to thermal mass and heat distribution

I was given the Oklahoma Joe as a birthday present and this is the first time I have cooked on an offset smoker though have many years of cooking on a Kamado Joe. I smoked three racks of baby back ribs and used two meater probes to measure ambient temperature. The temperatures at either end of the smoker were almost identical which is great.

Lavalock baffle for Oklahoma Joes Highland

Great service from Pro Smoke BBQ - good communication, order tracking and prompt shipping - can't fault the service. Baffle plate fits and works well. I've not measured temperature differences across the sides yet, but surprisingly, it seems to have improved fuel efficiency, although I'm not sure as to why/how! Temperature swings appear to be less drastic. Only fault that I can find is that the plate sits fairly low, which makes it difficult to place a drip pan at the bottom of the cook chamber.