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Do you have the door cut?

My first smoker was a 500 gallon and i wished I had done square doors. I think square doors look better than counterweights sticking up but this is just personal preference. There's really no right or wrong.

I fired it up to season it. This thing is really low maintenance. I only had to touch it once in 3 hours. I'm gonna be doing an all nighter tomorrow night to cook some pork butts and a couple fattys for my son's birthday party on saturday. It looks like this thing should do what is supposed to Sent ...

Finally got it done.

I know its been a while but i finally sold my first smoker and used part of that money and bought a hypertherm 30 xp. I have access to a torch but i think its still on my purchase list if i keep making smokers

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Where are the mini gravity feed plans at?

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I'm having the same problem with my vertical build. I plan on wrapping a chain around the tank and putting a bar inside the door where it starts to bend out too far and hooking a come-along to it to get it to close more, then heat up the door to get the right contour i'm looking for. I'm planning on...

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20 pork butts and didnt even have to use the verical box. Heck yeah! This thing ran within 10 degrees throughout the entire smoker once it was warmed up. And that bbq gasket is awesome.
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We're going to fire it up tomorrow to test and season it

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Thanks guys. I got it moved to the church and put the gasket, handles, and thermometers on it. Q pictures will show up afetr saturdays cook.

I got it sandblasted and painted yesterday!! Were moving it to the church tonight.

Got the smoker ready to paint just need to finish cooking grates and fire basket. I used Frank's design for the cook chamber latch. It took a while but it is really cool. Thanks Frank for going into such good detail on your mack build. I'll get it painted tomorrow and seasoned before Saturday for th...

Made some pretty good progress this weekend. I'm gonna have to go into Rambo mode this upcoming weekend because the next cook for the church is July 11th. I should be able to get it done...

Ok thanks

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Is it necessary to weld the inside and outside of the seams of the cook chamber and the vertical/ firebox or is just welding the outside fine?

Once I get the bottom of the firebox welded in I'm going to add short legs underneath it. What kind of gasket have you used?

I was planning on buying this gasket to seal to cook chamber and warming box. Its the 3/4 x 1/8 self stick gasket. I don't think it will hold up on the firebox. Is this what you guys would get to seal it up?

I ran my baffle plate 4" below mine and it works good. If I built another one that size I would have it angled to where it was 6" below near the firebox and 3" below on the side farthest away from the firebox to help even out the radiant heat getting to the meat. I don't know how much it will help b...

The warmer box does not go into the calculation for the firebox size. I don't think this smoker will be that tall and I think going with square doors will help with height concerns since you will be opening them towards you instead of lifting up and down. For the minimum height of the firebox, you w...

Using all new metal and not having to mess with a propane tank is really nice. I feel like it actually has saved me time and saved me from the nasty smell you have to burn out. I'm kinda thinking about not using tanks again.

Alright its been a while but I finally was able to work on it Saturday afternoon. I didn't take a lot of pictures but this is where I'm at.

1/4" is standard for fireboxs it seems like.

I think it still needs to be the same size as what the calculator says because of the btus subject and proper burning of wood. Someone may correct me on that so see if someone else chimes in on this but i think thats what ive heard.

Alright thanks