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Here is some of the chicken and pork I smoked. Some of the best I have ever had, out of 20 people that came for dinner no one was disappointed. The advise I received helped me look like I knew what I was doing.

I ended up running the smoker taking all the advice everyone gave me. I could maintaine 225-250 all day and night even with constant rain. Keeping the air in about 50-75% closed and the stack at 50-60% closed it was fairly easy to keep a constant temperature. Right now I am 9 hours into a Boston But...

Thanks for the replies. I have never cooked on a smoker but I have watched a few videos and read about how to start it up. I was concerned about air leaks so I did put some gaskets on it last night, but I think it is fairly tight. I thought you were supposed to get the smoker hot to steam clean it b...

I tried it like that and it gets very hot 300-350 F. I had to let it die down and close the dampers over half way then keep a small fire to maintain 225-250 F.

I did my first cook on Sunday and the meat (venison front shoulder) was great! I did find it takes a very small fire to run this smoker. I did not put any seals on the doors yet and was wondering if I should. If I close the dampers on a hot fire I get a lot of white smoke, I am not sure this is corr...

Thanks for all the help!!!

I finished my smoker and had a dry run today. It took very little to get it hot and a very small fire to keep it to temperature. When I opened the door and then closed it the recovery time was very quick. It worked great, the calculator and the advise helped a lot. I am going to smoke a deer shoulde...

sandblasted and ready for paint

I have a Miller 200 mig at work and it works great if set right. At home I have a Miller 180 tig/arc welder and it works good for thinner stuff. For 1/4 or thicker I stick weld with 1/8 dia MG 500 arc welding rod and it is very easy to weld with and gives a strong good looking weld.

I installed the chimneys and straightened the doors. If the weather permits I hope to finish the inside and the get it sand blasted in the next few weeks.

I have already cut the pipe. The design is similar to a Lang Hybid, so the chimney on the left (BBQ side) is centered towards the back and using 6" pipe about 12" long.The right chimney (reverse flow side) is on the right end and I am using 6" pipe 17.35" long, figured by using the calculator. I pla...

Thanks for the advice. I hope to pick up the pipe this week and should be able to put the chimneys in next weekend. I will then try and get another picture posted. Thanks again for the help!

The smoker on the trailer. I chose a small trailer to get my smoker through the gate in my back yard. Once it is finished I will use the 4wheeler to get it to the final destination. I have the right side figured out (reverse flow smoker). The left side is going to be a charcoal grill. I am not sure ...

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I will put the stack flush, thanks. I cut the hole for the fire box last night and hope to cut the doors today. I am designing the smoker in solidworks I am getting ready to put in the RF plate. I have seen it done several ways, flat , a Chanel down the center etc. I was thinking about making in a s...

Thanks for the reply. I have done a lot of reading and I hope it all works. I will post pictures and drawings as the project unfolds. I plan to cut the hole for the fire box and doors this weekend.

I have started building a RF smoker from a 250 gallon propane and need some help. Only half of the tank will be a smoker the other half is a wood BBQ . In reading I found out that my BP and the top of the fire box should be about 4" from the cooking surface. I used the calculator I found the hole in...

I am starting to build a 250 gallon rf smoker and I showed my wife your picture, it looks great!