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What thickness are you guys using for the flanges around the chamber door? I can't remember what I used on the last smoker...

I've considered doing a rotisserie on this smoker, but I think the diameter would be too small.

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I'm not sure what they were thinking when they put the stacks on the doors or why they off set the firebox so much. Main stats: The chamber 96 gallons: 48" long and 24" diameter. The firebox 31 gallons: 36" long and 16" in diameter. The fire box is a 1/3 the size which will be a bit small to be set ...

Been a few months since I've been here. A BBQ restaurant bought the previous smoker I made for catering... http://smokerbuilder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3371&hilit=shadrock&start=70#p48313 Recently, I picked up dad a happy. Found this thing for a couple bills... It's all 1/4"-3/8" steel. It's...

Finally got around to sketching the design in Solidworks. It's been a while since I've done any modeling, so it's not perfect. But it'll give me a good idea of how I want to build it while expressing my ideas here. I've decided to build it out of sheet metal without a frame. It's going to be similar...

I could see where this idea would simplify the build. But I don't know how to size the intake/exhaust stacks for the vertical style smokers. In comparison, the Pittmaker used the whole back false wall for an intake, and the Backwoods uses majority of both false sidewalls as an intake(to bring in the...

I believe the BBQ vault/safe by Pittmaker has a false wall in the back that brings in smoke/heat from the fire box and they add two C channels along the sides to vent up to the top exhaust. Take a quick glance at their models. I think you're talking about dividing the back false wall in to thirds an...

Awesome smoker build, would you have write up or anything on the home made sheet metal break?

That looks good pickupnut. Where did you source the hinges and latch from? I thought I'd draw out the smoker in solidworks. At one time was pretty proficient in Solidworks, but whew, it's been a while. Between the updates on the software and it being about 8 years or so since I've drawn... kinda lik...

Some more Q pics... http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smoker%20Rig/null_zps0ac3638b.jpg http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smoker%20Rig/null_zps3f653165.jpg http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smoker%20Rig/null_zpsea07ab2c.jpg http://i1033.photobuck...

Been enjoying the hell out of my offset smoker (http://smokerbuilder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3371), but I probably enjoyed making it just as much as cooking on it... No complaints on it's function, just throw a split on it about every 30 minutes and she holds steady. It's turned out some bea...

Added a wood shelf, a propane tank with a burner, and a wood rack to the trailer. http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smoker%20Rig/null_zpscdd6e6d2.jpg http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smoker%20Rig/null_zpsd019c75b.jpg http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadr...

how are you guys mounting your propane bottles? (20lb propane bottle for fish fryers, grills, etc..)

Man, I wish I had an Academy's close by, I love that place... That'd be a great price, the one at Lowes is ~$50... What material would you guys build a small wood rack out of? I'm going to do a 40"Wx24"Dx20"H I thought about framing it in angle and using expanded metal for the sides. What size angle...

I was looking at fish cooker to add to the trailer, mainly for starting the charcoal chimney. But I wouldn't mind using it for other things... Anything specific I should look for, or should I just buy the cheapest one at Lowes? While cooking at family, I pulled some walnut planks out of the barn. D...

Thanks for the comments... I never really had a smoked ribeye, the center taste just like a normal but prime rib, but the outer crust was something to behold. Now for the add ons... Wood rack, fish cooker, charcoal grill, and a prep table. For the "table" I will have a shelf that will extend out fro...

Cooked for the family Christmas Eve, 2 racks of spare ribs, 3 Boston butts, and prepared a 10 lb. turkey, a few whole chickens, a dozen bakes potatoes, a stick of bologna, and a whole ribeye loin... Considering it was my first time to cook on it, everything turned out pretty well. I cut the chicken ...

Thanks for the comments... I thought about etching his name into the Spatuala, still debating on that. Added some cheap latches from Harbor Freight and threw some paint on it. Probably one of the worst paint jobs I've ever done, but I reminded myself it's a smoker, not a car... It's amazing what a d...

I priced a chord of wood the other day, WoW... I've lost touch with reality, it was $200 a chord. So I went to dads and cut a half chord of cherry and oak.
It should dry out in the next few months...

Deviated from the smoker build for a bit to make dad a small Christmas gift. He's hard to shop for because he's already acquired pretty much anything affordable. So I made him him a spatula to handle his butts and beef briquettes with... http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smoker%20R...

Did some of the small things today... modified the counter balance so it would work better, added the handles, added temperature gauge guards, and jack stand. http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smoker%20Rig/null_zps8ca2d28f.jpg http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smo...

Absolutely awesome looking build... Love the design and attention to detail.

Frank, I've watched that video, it's pretty good. I need to get a charcoal chimney,it would really help getting the fire going. Not sure how much it's effecting it, but I'm mainly just burning splits. It takes so much charcoal, it gets expensive, but that may just be the nature of the beast. I learn...

The fire box positioning probably is the culprit. I adjusted BP and CC opening sizes to the calculation, but I think I will close up the fire box side a little bit on the next fire to see how it affects it. I did add a 1/4" plate to aid as a heat sink with a small gap in the top corner of the fire b...

Pulled the rig to the house to run a fire through it... http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smoker%20Rig/null_zps1a8702e3.jpg http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smoker%20Rig/null_zpscb1d18d9.jpg http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a411/shadrock79/Smoker%20Rig/null_zp...