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The 2 side pieces warped when I was welding all the angle iron pieces for the racks, nothing a 100 ton press couldn’t fix. I was surprised by how much I had to push it the other way to get it mostly flat again

Got the sides of the cook chamber done. Adding the rails for seven shelve was pretty tedious. Baffle plate is 1/2”. Hopefully the fire box parts are cut out, should be bent by the time I get to work.

I got a pile of stuff waiting for me, hopefully I can get stared monday.

I found this perforated sheet for the cooker shelves. Thought it might be easier to clean than expanded metal.

Well, this project got greenlighted. Ordered my material today. Have access to a brake and shear. So I need to work out my bends to get the most out of that. Should be able to save some time on welding.

This is a union shop, so donating time doesn’t really work. Anywhere else I’ve been that might be ok. The people up in the office are dictating what we cook, I can only attempt to offer advise. We did brisket last year and time wise, it was rough, this year we’re doing tri tips. I really think this ...

I’m thinking something like this would be easy to build. Easy to chop out of 3 4x8sheets. It would be built on the clock, can’t drag it out too much.

I have an upcoming build. cook chamber is going to be 4ft tall, 4 wide and 2 deep. wooding burning. kinda a center feed cabinet.i built a 2x2x4 vertical cabinet that uses very little fuel and is super easy to run. so when work asked me to build a smoker for our summer bbq, I was thinking of doubling...

Has any tried using a cold smoke generator with a pellet grill? I've cooked on pellet grills, but never owned one until last night. I like the ease of pellets and not having to stoke fires constantly, but it seems you have to choose between smoke or heat. I have a 60 gallon propane tank stick burner...

image.jpeg Had a hard time keeping temps steady, friend let the apple wood get wet. I wound up having to add lump charcoal to keep the fire going and the temps right, then the wood would dry out and the temps would shoot up. After the temps came around, it would hold steady and even for a while. So...

Turned out great. Coulda went with a bigger pig. This 75 pounder went fast. I used the same recipe and cooked it the same as the 4th of July pig. Came out pretty much just as good. I'd say I have brisket, butts, and small pigs figured out. Need to work on ribs.

I used 3/8 glue on rope gasket, glued the gasket on, and set some plastic wrap on the fb, set the wet door in place. Put a few pounds of weight on while it dried. And also put the weight back on when I welded the hinges. I tried the flat self adhesive gasket on the cc doors, works pretty good on th ...

We're just getting going, trimmed , injected, resting. Now it's nap time. Gotta start up again around midnight to make the reception on time. here is pigley all ready to go. Looks like I can get a little more pig in there.

Say hello to pigley the 4th. 74.8pounds. 42" inches long, my pig shelf is 48", wondering how big a pig will fit in the new cooker

When I did mine I was thinking the same thing, then I got tired of thinking and cut the hole in the tank oversized a little. Put the pipe in, leveled it up and welded the slight gap shut. Then ground flush on the inside.

image.jpeg Well, here's the semi finished build. It's ready for the pig cook. Got a shelf and the leveling jacks on. Some day it might get a simple charcoal grill box on the back side of the cc, kinda sticking off the side of the fb...and one day I'll add a wood basket and some more structural brac...

A little of both. I gave the pig a pretty decent amount of cider vinager / apple juice based injection. I wipe off the excess leakage after injecting and an over night rest, pat It dry the best I can, apply the rub and smoke it. I try not to poke any holes in the skin, keep as much juices in as poss...

Last time I put some sacrificial ribs under the spine, cooked it belly up. Lots of liquid in the cavity. Didn't have any problems with dry meat. Everything was nice and juicy. I've only cooked a few smaller pigs but that seems to help. This next one will be 75lbs. Gonna inj and cook it the same as t...

Have not, Sounds simple enough. Probably why I never thought of it . I usually over think things I'm building. Easy enough to toss in a can of biscuits next burn. Have this weekend to do any testing and learning. Have a pig to cook next weekend. Might add that shelf in front of the doors.

If I start messing with my dampers when I add wood, it might swing around 15-20 degrees side to side. It seems to like the exhaust damper closed just a little. The temps are pretty stable and don't swing wildly. They come back in line with minor adjustments. I got my second maverick in the mail yest...

image.jpeg image.jpeg image.jpeg This is out of order, but I found a few pics I missed. Tank is 20"od, so to get the right sized opening and leave room for the bp and cook grate, I went rectangular on the throat opening. had a piece of scrap that fit over the opening, used that for a shadow plate. ...

image.jpeg image.jpeg Did a test burn last night. Definitely seen a lot of extra heat from the fb being up under the cc. Getting around 100degrees difference across the bottom rack. Today I made the second rack and installed a deflector( cut outs from the cc into the fb, work already done) above th...

Getting close, hoping to burn it out and maybe season it/ first cook this next weekend. How are the toggle u bolt type latches for holding cabinet doors shut?