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The rest of my build is on hold for now. We've got the house on the market, and are looking for a new one. Be back soon.

Gave her a two hour quick test drive today, heated up to 300º in 48 minutes. Brought the temp down to about 230-250, and held it there the rest of the time. Only snapped a quick pic of the smoke coming out, not sure if you can even see it though. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/12257294303_360f88...

Thanks Gizmo, same to you.

Gonna fire this thing up for a test run on Saturday, and work on finishing the rest of the grill grates.
Pics will follow of course.

Tanner that looks great! The dimensions are almost the same as the one i'm building, except my CC is vertical instead of on it's side. Here's a link to my build thread, viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3457

Looks great. Looks like it will hold a lot of meat too.

Ran out of C25 today, but I did get a charcoal basket made, finished a couple of grill grates too. Couple of pics. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3749/12158323094_c31591a5ce.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5550/12158594666_8b6a6a7a39.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3671/12157911755_1c30952d66.jpg

Yes, I had an issue in the virtual darkroom.

Where do you guys score these tanks? Before I started my build I looked all over the place and couldn't find anything. I ended up just buying steel, cutting it, and welding it.

Made the frames for a couple of grill grates today and put on the chimney. I also put on the door gasket for the CC, welded the firebox and CC together. Only took one pic.

Wanted to get some work done today, but only thing i've done is fire up the snowblower.

Did one more thing. I drilled the hole and added the Tel-Tru for the pic. Still need to add the chimney, build the grill grates and install the gasket on the CC door. Then she'll be ready for smoke, hopefully in time for the SuperBowl.

Got a little done, before football.

A drain added to the CC



Latches added to the CC

I cut the schedule 80 at an angle, so when it gets latched it pulls the door a little tighter for a nice seal.

Its the little things that always takes the longest. The above is so true. I only got to get a little bit done today. I finished the damper and put a handle on it, also made a door handle for the firebox. Couple more pics for ya. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5538/12020264226_3bfac508b4.jpg http://...

Thank you! That sounds as good as they looked.

Is there a recipe thread on these somewhere? My search skills suck.

Looks great, Gizmo! So what are you doing for paint?

Thanks. It seems there's just a bunch of little things to get done now, latches, handles, chimney, cooking grates... man i've got to get to work.

Looks great! Nice shop, BTW.

Just a little progress today, had a family birthday party to goto. I put a couple of rails inside the firebox to hold a charcoal basket, and worked on making the air intake for the firebox. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3752/11918955763_f10c4ee6d3.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2824/11919131074_1...

Despite the rain, I got some work done. Put the CC and firebox on the stand so I could take a look at it. I then cut the openings to join the two together. I also got the rails for the cooking grates tacked in place. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2849/11894908843_e65a127693.jpg http://farm4.staticfl...

Looking forward to the results Puff, and I hear ya about the temp, at least tomorrow should be fairly warm although rainy.

Ok, looks like i'll be the guinea pig.

I was in Autozone the other night and noticed the caliper paint they have is rated to 900º. I'm wondering if anyone has used this before? Obviously this would be fine for the CC, but how do you think it would work for the firebox? I'd like to do something different than the standard black hi-heat. A...