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It's a pretty cool grill for sure. I like the idea of converting it to a smoker but see a couple challenges...1st is that the lid open at the center of the barrel. It would let all the heat out when open and if you wanted multiple racks you would have to come up with something unique to hold them up...

Mine stay's out, I just throw a pail over the stack to keep it dry.

Smokeverything wrote: ↑

March 25th, 2020, 10:12 pm

Hello I'm new to the site. I am looking to build a smoker out of a 1000 gallon propane tank. The idea is to make it 2 chambers. My question is what size of fire boxes do I need? Thanks

Here's a rough idea of how pit calculator would look for a 1000 gallon tank.

TexasForever wrote: ↑

March 27th, 2020, 11:50 am

Is it possible to design a cabinet to be used with wood? Just increase the intake size?

You can, but the heat that it takes to burn wood cleanly would be more than a cabinet (especially an insulated one) would be able to use. When you choke down the fire you'll get sooty smoke and a bad product.

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Making it 4-6" taller is my recommendation to give you a little more room between the racks. I have trouble with larger butts rubbing against the upper racks. I also built mine with a shelf underneath to make it about 8" taller. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/1e2b43bc4f6dae7784fd6bcbfceed...

I am not too familiar with the term "Stall Temps". I am guessing that means that it gets too cool and is out of the desired heat range ? Sorry about the (some might think ridiculous) question. Truth be told, I have never owned or cooked on a smoker. Regards, "Stall Temps" is referring to internal m...

If you designed your removable baffle plate to contain all your grease it should work good too. Conventional smokers just add a grease dam before the firebox to keep the grease from burning on there, they are just as safe as a reverse flow if designed right. I'm still a reverse flow fan though...

Big T is right - 110% is perfect.

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I had to guess at dimensions, but figured your throat should be about 77 cm2. Not sure if I got the dimension correct though.
I used Pete's calculator found here - http://smokerbuilder.com/forums/app.php ... ther-calcs

Tailpipe is good -

This is DEFINITELY on my 'gotta try this' list!

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I smoked leg of lamb once...I intended for it to come out medium but lost track of time and it came out well done. It left an odor that I didn't like, so I was glad I didn't smoke it with anything else. I have no desire to ever try it again.

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welcome aboard!

Hot of the presses...Tyson released a video of my win. There's a couple shots of my camouflage mini and me collecting a large check! :-) Truth be told, the ribs we cooked there were by far, the best I had ever cooked. They were Tyson Chairman's Reserve ribs, rubbed with Dinks Chicks-n-Butts rub and ...

SmokingPerformance wrote: ↑

January 13th, 2020, 9:17 am

I have a few questions regarding fire box size. Since I want to use the vertical warming cabinet as a smoker at times as well do I need to calculate it into my fire box size?

Warming cabinet volumes are not included when calculating the firebox size.

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Cube them up in about 3 x 3 chunks and bury one or two below your charcoal. I learned the hard way that putting them on top will soot up your cook.

It looks right to me. The throat is the opening from the firebox to the cook chamber and it's OK for it to be bigger than the calculator states. In your design I would suggest your reduce the size by making the throat hole shorter. You'll have a lip under the baffle plate and that's a good thing - i...

I'm fairly confident we have a solution! I haven't touched it for 10 1/2 hours and Voilà! I have a good burning fire and a pile of ash. I figure it burned about 8 lbs of Kingsford in that time holding a steady 225 all night. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191228/4aae2e6476b23c520fb2192c83788ec5....

Here's an action shot - I thought it looked cool... I place a fire brick under the grate and put wood chunks on it to add flavor. Tonight its mesquite. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191228/cb4b8323d36b25599de55ddac7debf76.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191228/5d1ef55b89e8f29660af4b55765...

It seems like many of us have noticed ash building up on our gravity feed fire grates. I have to tap mine out every couple hours to keep things rocking and rolling. One thought was to use square bars configured corner up and maybe increase the distance between the bars. I figured I would try grindin...