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My students and I prototyped a pizza oven to mass produce in our high school metals class before we were shut down for the year. Here are a few pics of the build and the test firing that the woods teacher and I did two weeks ago. This one is made out of 1/4" mild steel and we had hoped to make one o...

The new owner of our semester long welding project picked up his smoker today and was pretty happy with it. Here are a few pictures of the finished project the kids have been working on since November. It turned out pretty awesome. Part of the reason he may have been so happy is it only cost him mat...

We are getting really close to being done! We have to finish the wood box, add safety chains, wire it and paint it and it is out the door. We are just building it for cost, but I am curious what this thing would sell for? What is a realistic estimate?

We got a little more done today. Smokestacks, latches and thermometers installed. Couple of more latches on the firebox end and we are ready to muscle it on the trailer! Hope no one gets crushed!

Here's what we got done this week. We are getting close to having the smoker portion done, then on to the trailer build.

Here are few pics of the progress we have made lately. The kids have been busy welding and it is coming together pretty good.

Clover- I am confused, what I hear you guys saying is that the throat opening needs to be adjustable with a slider? Or, are you saying the opening to the warming chamber from the cooking chamber needs the slider? Or, Both? My concern is that the opening from the Firebox to the cooking chamber is the...

Your scaring me now. What do I need to know about the opening? If we get much further along it is going to be hard to access and modify. Let me know if you know what changes need to be made.
Thanks

Well Frank we have spent about a month figuring out the details, and here is the result so far. My students liked your MACK smoker and found a guy in town willing to buy it when it is done, so we dived in and are making our own version of MACK. Here is the progress so far. Thanks for the inspiration!

This lid had no holes, I had to cut my own. I would like to make the one bigger to get a little more draft, it is 1 1/2" and I think 2" would be better. I added another upright with another valve on the opposite side for more draft control and also less bending over! I am very impressed with the eas...

Tried a SpatchCock Chicken today, it turned out awesome!! I am really liking this UDS, it is so easy!!

WOW what an awesome way to cook!! My first try on the UDS and it turned out awesome!! Here is the evidence, these pics are the prep, two hours in, four hours after saucing and the final product!! Gotta try a brisket or a shoulder next!!

Here are some pics of the UDS I threw together over the weekend. Gonna try it out on some ribs tomorrow. Hope you guys approve!

Paper article on the build turned out really well, hopefully this link works if you are interested in checking it out.

http://www.ifallsjournal.com/news/educa ... aff2c.html

Our school tech guru created a page on our school website featuring the smoker project and giving ashoutout to you guys at smokerbuilder.com!!!

Thanks again for all of the help!
http://www.isd361.k12.mn.us/schools/fhs ... _bbq.shtml

The Fire Dept. were amazed at the work our kids did. Here are a few pics of the Mayor the fire chief and quite a few of the firefighters at the little ceremony we had. The newspaper covered the whole thing and a good time was had by all. We even had a ceremonial lighting of the discada burner by the...

It is done!! We hand it off to the fire dept Friday! I will post some pics of the celebration!

Here are a couple of pics of the propane tank holder we made to set a 30lber off to the side when using the Discada.

It is almost done! We present it to the Fire Dept. on Friday of this week! The local newspaper is coming to do a story on it, hope they write us up good! Thanks for everyones help and advice over the length of the build, and a special thank you to Frank and Ben for getting us started in the right di...

So I brought the smoker home today to burn it out before we paint it. Here are a few pics, it worked beautifully, nice and consistent about 250 degrees with a charcoal fire and all the dampers wide open.

Here is a little work we did on the counterweight. It was a littel light and I did not want to just weld up a bunch of random metal. It is actually a trace of the newest fire truck in town and the kids thought that we neede flames for the caps on the tube! Also one of the two discada's that is going...

We are still plugging away on our build. Had a few setbacks but we are back on track and we hope to be able to finish it by the end of the month!We have the smoker "done" at this point. Counter weight and bling still needs to be added. The trailer needs fenders, a wood box, two propane burners and a...

So we made a few more changes to the trailer, it turns out it was a little to tall at the cooking surface so we had to flip the axle inside the springs. The axle was then to close to the middle supports we had put in for the fire wood box on the opposite side of the trailer. Had to take the smoker b...

The initial fitting is done and we found that the frame was strong enough being made out of angle. That being said, you guys put an inkling of doubt in my mind and we boxed in the 2x2x3/16 side rails today. Here are a few pics of the initial fitup. We have taken it all backa part after taking measur...

Here are a few update pics. We started the trailer out of 3/16 x 2 x 2 angle with a 3500 lb axle and 15" tires. We have to figure out how to get the 600+ lb smoker hoisted in place next week. Othe than that it is going pretty smooth.

Here are a few update pics from todays classes. We got the door cut out Monday and wrapped yesterday, hinges designed cut and installed today!