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Hi, I did: Height x width (of side section) this gives area of the section. For this I ignored the cut corner and just did the square shape. x length - this gives volume Then worked out the area of the triangle thats been 'cut off' and multiplied that by the length, which gives me the volume of the ...

You mean my knees getting burnt by the radiant heat. Not even considered that. Good point.....

Hi Everyone, I had another thread going about weather a square shaped cook chamber is a good idea or not, but I think this question im asking here is worth another topic. Anyway, im wondering why centre feed type smokers are not that common. Seems to me to be an ideal format, keep the thing short an...

Thing is its not square, as it has that corner cut off. I calculated the volume in CC, so I can put it into cubic inches or gallons. I guess I would get an approximate answer if I just put a the L W H in though....

Ok, great. Glad about that, caus I designed that shape to come out of one standard sized sheet of steel which is pretty cheap and the place I get it from can cut it for me. Also can someone clarify, on the Pitcalc, I select the cooking chmaber as tank and it asks for volume. Can I assume that its as...

Hi Everyone, My little offset is working well but its too small. The massive tanker thing I posted is too big, so I want to build myself something in between. In the UK, we cant get hold of those LPG cylinders as easy as you can in the US. Ive googled and googled and not found much. I was thinking n...

Poo, apparently. Nothing a bit of pressure washing wont fix.

The owner says its not moved for years (20+) so any residue still left should be pretty dead by now. I guess we could open the top and fill it with water and disinfectant or something to loosen off the crap. Would only know how bad it was when we cut the doors out. Its a pipe dream anyway ive not go...

This chicken says the smoker works.

Would probably be the biggest smoker in England....

It's running at 235f. Sitting very level showing no signs of slowing. Very happy.

Look what I got......

Hi everyone,

It's running a treat. Holding temp perfectly with Cocoshell briquettes in a circular minion setup. Got a few chickens in there.

Just cut and installed the new floor, and its in two parts. One is very slightly smaller than the other so it can slide under the other plate, so that gives me some adjustability of my end gap. The other thing I was going to ask, someone mentioned not having the chimney down at grate level. I can cu...

The only problem now is my floor is too short and too narrow. I hope i have enough 3mm steel left to make a new one, or I might have to weld a new bit of steel to the side of the old one, which wouldnt be as nice. Hmm. Decisions. I also have to weld some triangular gussets into the corner of the thr...

About three inches now.

Should be enough?

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1395877_10151903907902570_608466261_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1377311_10151903907907570_525227789_n.jpg Now I just need to clamp them together and drill through and bolt. Want to avoid welding the two halves togethe...

I've taken the firebox off and welded a three inch piece of steel in to block half the throat. Now I need to do the same on the cc then I can bolt the two together.

Still not run out of argon but I had to go and get more tungstens hahahah

Hmm, it says 28.18 square inches. Pretty sure we can do that.

Now the final question. Will my argon bottle run out before I finish this. lol.

If I were to move the firebox down, this would make the throat opening smaller... How small could it be before it was too small?

The problem is the opening into the CC is about the same height as the grill, so id have to raise the grill by two inches which wont be easy and will loose me lots of cooking space.

I wonder if I could move the firebox down.... Hmmmm......

Hi Everyone, To clarify, I have drawn a diagram showing the current setup of the smoker. I have also done another diagram showing your suggested changes, hopefully I have interpreted them right. My only concern with the mods on the second drawing are, with the layout of the smoker, this means the fl...

Hi Everyone, Im going to post some photos of the smoker then, and if anyone could tell me if theres any blindingly obvious mistakes ive missed... maybe ive done something wrong and ive not realised what yet.... https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1379632_10151866925577570_35551891...

I just googled 'Smoker Throat Opening' and now wish I hadn't. Eeeww, im glad Im not a cigarette smoker. Do i gather correctly that the throat opening is the hole from the firebox into the cooking chamber? Il have to measure tomorrow but from memory its quite large, takes up almost all the space in t...

What's a throat opening? lol