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Ideally the firebox should be @105% to 107%. Play with the size of firebox in the calculator to get down to that ratio. Hope this helps.

Looking Good!!

Congratulation!!!

Welcome. Good luck with your build.

SmokinJoe- give me a couple of days and I'll have you some pictures. I'm out of town for a few days for work.

Looking good!!

Loving it so far.

Awesome!! Good job.

Doors sealed up nicely. The temps stay pretty close. A few times I seen maybe a 10/15 degree difference between the gauges.

Welcome. A lot of knowledge on this site. Good luck!!!

Keep up the good work!!!

Sorry for the delay. I can say I'm finish with the build expect for a few modifications on my wheels. Everything has been painted and test fire. This pass weekend I put her to the limit with two different cooks. Sunday, I cook 12 butts. Monday, I had 16 racks of baby backs and 40 lbs of wings. She h...

Awesome looking smoker!!!

Looking good Forty!!! Keep up the hard work.

Pit calculator will get you what you need for correct stack. 2.5" is too small for smoke stack. I would have to said 4" would be the minimum in my opinion. If everything else measures out correct than stack should be easy fix.

Good looking build going on. Keep up the good work.

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We're going to give it a try. I think it should be better than the high temp paint from Lowes that I have used in the pass on my pervious firebox. Go my big RF, I have to repainted about once a year. And the temps I ran in it are @ 450-500 at the highest. I'll keep you posted on how it turns out.

Builds coming together nicely. I'm about to blast everything tomorrow and at least primer the frame for CC. I came across a good deal on some high heat industrial paint from Richard's. It's a high temp @1000 degrees use mainly for broilers and areas for high heat. It's also a rust inbitator. Guy at ...

Here's a little update on the build. All I have left to build is the fire basket for the firebox. Over the last day and half, I was able to finish pretty much everything. Grates for CC, dampers for firebox, gauges and new smoke stack. I originally plan for a 6" stack but only had 5" at the shop. I w...

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Welcome aboard!! You found the right place for building.

Puff- I took a piece of exhaust pipe which was @4 15/16 in diameter and tack it inside a 5" pipe. I made it about 10" long so the it will set inside stack on cooking chamber about 6"". It's a good fit. I'm going to try it out and see what happens. The shay at pipe was a piece of stainless, didn't wa...

Just wanted to post an update. Work had me busy for the last couple of weeks but I was able to get a few things done this weekend. I took Rodcrafter advice and made a sleeve for the stack. I made the frame for my cart. I was able to finish the doors for cook chamber and attached the firebox. Hopeful...