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hogaboomer wrote: ↑

December 17th, 2021, 11:12 am

My biggest yet, being built for local food truck and catering outfit, Old West Smoke Co.

That's a perfect size, I wish! And congrats on moving out Big Tex Hoga!

Mine is tiny and completely un-clever! But it's something, I usually just grab about 1/4 cord ish at a time, my former propane cylinder storage cage holds about 22 cubic ft, close to 1/5th of a cord. Thinking about drilling a few holes in the top of it for more rain ingress but I'll wait to see how ...

This build is awesome man, really true to the og and looks like you're well-versed in fab, I love it. I'm a bit of a geek with these things as well so I'll drop my 2 cents worth, I think you're pretty bang-on. Regarding the bimetallic strip, I'm kinda counting on it not being much of a thing. I've o...

Come on now, that's the exact shape of a harp just like you were shooting for I bet! The colour on those ribs is perfect, which is likely another good sign all conditions are right. Really glad to see it working great, and feeding you and yours. Cheers

Nice! beautiful in fact, no hot spots even?!

How's she cooking Hoga? Inquiring minds need to know!

That bad boy looks amazing as do the ribs, sounds like it's working like a champ. Really well-done build, and the patina is super cool!

I maintain over 100 tires/wheels around my place on vehicles, trailers, implements, and carts. I have found for smaller carts that sit empty the no-flat tires work well. Anything with weight on them needs to be a solid steel wheel or one with very hard rubber over the steel wheel. Any smaller items...

I'd tell myself to never again have one built in China by a brewing system manufacturer, hahaha!! It happened, sent them plans to build, but what rolled out of the container (with brewing system) on this side of the pond was a total miss-mash of YouTube video offsets. Had ~ $1k worth of mods done he...

A friend has a 20" x 40" offset with a small baffle maybe 2" or so wide, angled downward maybe 15 degrees, mounted directly above the throat inlet so directs the heat slightly downward. Hit spot ends up being almost center of the grate between firebox and stack. He runs it with 2 tuning plates only,...

Gorgeous little sucka! That's a lot of hard, tedious work, well done!

Thanks. Glad it's working good Boomer! Reward yourself with some delicious smoked food now

Ahhh gotcha! Sounds like it's working pretty awesome. So this is only leaving ~ 1" gap for heat going straight up looks like?

It's always fun trying to fine-tune these things, but I'll just add that it's pretty "normal" for the firebox end to always be hotter for the first foot or so of the grate space, I think most of us come to realize it's good to have another heat zone. Unless you put a 3 or 4 ft long firebox on it, it...

You are on a mission! Really glad this is working out! So is the stack end hotter now?

hogaboomer wrote: ↑

August 26th, 2021, 10:48 am

Better put some air in it!

Similar experience w 750# rated. They compact very slowly over time if they are not moved. They usually recover when adjusted but it’s a huge pain. Avoid them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Exactly! These ones compact pretty quickly, like 15 to 30 minutes I think, bounce back to original form ...

Dirtytires wrote: ↑

August 26th, 2021, 10:16 am

What is the weight capacity of the tire?

Those are 16" diameter and rated at 500 or 550 lbs each! The whole cooker might weigh 500 lbs on a good day, on 4 legs, so it's a pretty big disappointment.

Can't blame you there, the heat has been unbelievable here as well!

Just a heads up to anyone thinking about these for your offset. I was in for an upgrade without the worry of flat pneumatic tires, but holy moly the foam-filled tires (rated for 500 lbs ea) turn square in about 15 minutes and then it's basically glued to the floor! :headwall: =)) PXL_20210821_172558...

Well, here it is, not much to it. Hopefully it will help out with the hot spot a little. Didn't have a wide enough plate to get it closed off all the way sitting dead level, it has a quarter inch or so of gap at the firebox wall. I did the firebox vent different this time, hope it works. https://li...

Height of said collector is generally the same as the diameter of the stack. The creator of the plenum style (Franklin) installs food grates dead center.

EverydayDiesel wrote: ↑

August 25th, 2021, 10:36 pm

is it typical to insulate the back wall? (where the orange is)

Most that I've seen insulate that end, but not inside. So if the uninsulated firebox were attached first, then any areas exposed would be insulated and jacketed. If that makes sense?

dacolson wrote: ↑

August 25th, 2021, 10:07 pm

Thin blue, yes. No smoke, just heat = no smoke flavor. You gotta have a little smoke or it’s just an oven.


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Agreed!

I'm in eastern Canada with a couple of smokers, one offset has an insulated firebox, and the other doesn't. I found the uninsulated benefited greatly by lining the bottom 1/3 of the firebox with thin firebrick, just seemed to make the whole thing run smoother/more steady temps. I build fires on fire...