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What are the deminsions of the fire box? Also what is the height of the main cooking chamber? Is the round pipe on the bottom necessary or could you leave it square with success? I’m gonna do a very similar build but that 24 in pipe is huge and I don’t have the equipment to move a big piece of it. ...

Dirtytires wrote: ↑

February 11th, 2020, 12:08 pm

Too funny....didn’t even know you could buy an 8 pound brisket....imagine they cook a lot faster than the big ones.

Its like buying a roast. Lol yes this one cooked in about 4 hours.

Did my first cook yesterday. Small 8 pound brisket. No my type, I like 12 -14 pounders. But I didn't buy it. Cooker did awesome. Real easy on fuel.

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I put a lot of heart into this build because I want it to be a family heirloom. Not bad for a four month build only working on it a few hour in the evenings and on weekends. I'm fixing to start on a build for my stepdad. My mom passed 3 weeks ago and he's having ...

What did you paint with? Prep? I tried to sandblast it but my compressor wasn't big enough to keep up. So I used my grinder and wire wheel. Blew it off with air and wiped it down. I used Rustoleum high heat BBQ paint. Just plain BBQ Black. I painted most of it with my paint gun till the compressor ...

I finally got the smoker painted and put back together.

Thanks guys! Its getting down to the end now. Waiting for the temperature to warm up today so I can media blast it and paint it.

I haven't posted much lately. Been really busy working on the cooker though. Here's some pics of my progress.

Welcome! Thats a heck if a good start to build off of. I would cut the bell off too. Make a fire pit out if it or something.

towtruck wrote: ↑

December 8th, 2019, 2:16 am

Looking good!

Thanks bud!

Big T wrote: ↑

December 7th, 2019, 8:48 pm

Those are some nice looking latches

Thanks bud! They were a pita to get figured out and set up. But I like the way they turned out.

Finally had time to work on the cooker some more. Got the doors built and latch systems put on the main chamber and vertical. All thats left is work on the firebox.

Big T wrote: ↑

October 21st, 2019, 8:05 pm

Thank you!

Very nice!

Thanks TowTruck! Cant figure out why my pocssd's keep showing up sideways?

Heres another update on the cooker. Sayurday I worked on it all day. Got both hip roofs done, the door frame on the main chamber, and all joints are welded and started smoothing the welds. Ready to hang doors, install the exhaust stacks, and start building the meat racks. 20191017_190211.jpg 2019101...

Thanks guys!

Heres an update on my Shirley clone 24x50 cabinet. I posted a few pocs in the introduce yourself section.
Last nite I got the sides and back panel on the maain chamber aand vertical.

Nice build. A little trick I use to weld expanded metal is I start my tack on the frame and kind of sweep over to the expanded. Turn your heat down as stated above. Once you get the hang its no biggie.

Thanks guys! Appreciate the feedback. Im in the middle of my last build for myself. Its a Shirley Fab clone of a 24x50 cabinet model with a vertical/warmer.

Been lurking here a few weeks. Thought I would go ahead and introduce myself. I'm a heavy truck/heavy equipement mechanic by profession. I've been building smokers on the side for about 4 hears now. I tried to load a few pics of some of my cookers but the files are too large. I'll edit them amd try ...