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Thanks for those replies. Of course I meant 490 degrees not 4900. When you say the heat is from the bed of coals do you mean coals from wood or the bed of charcoal? I have two charcoal burners that work great, but I want to use only wood in this smoker. Not even one briquette of charcoal. I used to ...

Thanks for the replies. I followed the formula I found on this site for firebox size, size of opening from firebox to CC, and the size of the smoke stack to match the volume of my tank. Once got the fire up and running I closed the vents a bit to get the temp down to about 225. the temp kept rising ...

Rodcrafter, thanks for the tip. I tried a smaller fire but although better smoke control, I had trouble maintaining heat. I know as a beginner I will need a lot of trial runs but would like as much info as I can get from the start. I've never seen these types of smokers or know anyone who has one so...

I have always used charcoal for fuel and and just added a few chunks of wood for smoke. Now I have a reverse flow that will be burning wood only. I have just done the initial burn off and spent a day practicing controlling the temps and amount of smoke. I can get the CC close to the temp I want but ...

I have a stoker and have used it for about six years with great results. I can't say how it compares to CyberQ as I've never seen one. I use the Stoker on a Weber Smokey Mountain and a modified Weber kettle. I had to use it a few times before the software zeroed in on getting the temps constant with...

Thanks Guys.
I'm going to start a new topic on controlling the smoke and heat. I practiced yesterday for 6 hours but haven't got it yet.

You're correct I can't spell. I started up a nice hot fire and burned it that way for about 4-5 hours. That burned off all the paint and other contaminants. I sprayed the inside with water and flushed all the crap down the drain pipe. I then dampened it down to approx 250, painted the inside of the ...

Soory it should read " had to buy paint..."

Well, it's taken me ten times as long as I had anticipated, but the smoker is finaly ready to be fired up. I want to thank all here who helped me with good advice. I left a few things on the welding table but followed most. This was a project using scrounged material, last year my wife and I were wa...

I'm looking for parts for my Stoker, I've tried to get there site up but no luck, have they closed there doors and gone out of business?

Thanks Rodcrafter, I tacked a piece of angle on the bottom of the box to hold the door up until I got the strap on and hinges welded. I glued a gasket on, but it started to fall off before I could get the door on, so I removed and went without it. My hinges have grease nipples, seems the heat would ...

Well after about three months away from my build due to work and family issues I got some work done on the FB door. I welded some 1/4X1" strap to the inside of the door to try to prevent warpage, I hope that does the job. Now if someone can explain the correct way to weld the hinges on I'd appreciat...

Success!
I put the beef on and an hour later the turkey, two and a half hours after that the turkey was 170 in the thigh and the beef was 133. Both had a mild smoke and were moist ,tender and tasted great. We had four generations of family and they even left beer. win win.

Thanks, now I'm hungry as well. I just picked up an 11 pound AA top sirloin in the packer's cryovac. I also have a 12 pound turkey. I'll be smoking those up Sunday for my mother's 90th birthday. I have a bunch of family coming to the island for the milestone event, all carnivores. I hope someone els...

Thanks guys and/or girls, what temp would you do those at?
I don't know what a tri tip is but I'll sure find out.

I want to do a roast this Sunday. Other than a brisket or prime rib, what's a good one to do on the smoker? I don't mind cooking at a higher temp.
I looked in a BBQ book they had six brisket and one prime rib the rest were all burgers and steaks. I like them all but want to try a beef roast.
Thanks.

Yea a lot tougher.
I was thinking of heating the tank and hammering it straight again but afraid I'll make it worse.

Exactly

Man, I can't believe how much metal moves around and changes shape with just a little welding. I've read enough to know to tack the pieces together and stitch weld for short lengths to try to reduce warpage but it seems no mater what, the pieces are going to move. When welding my FB grate I clamped ...

No it does not hijack thread, I'd like to know as well. One can never learn too much, remembering is the hard part.

Yes, suggest away, thank you. I was going sideways from one piece to the other put the circular way is definitly better, thanks. My biggest problem is I just can't see what I'm doing. Getting better than when I first started though. If I drag I can see the puddle but can't see where I'm going, if I ...

Not at all, thank you, I'm using C02/argon mix, I just switched to the flux core when I ran out of gas. I'm only on my second bottle so have a lot to learn. While looking for a new flux core nozzle I noticed the different brass gas nozzles and wondered what the advantages of them were. The one that ...

Some of my welds seemed to have a lot of metal beading, I turned down the feed as suggested and found I have a cleaner flatter weld, seems to penetrate more as well. Thank you for the tip.

Lincoln has three different tapers of nozzles for my particular gun. What is the advantage and/or use of a smaller diameter tapered nozzle, other than you can get it into tighter spots? It also has a nozzle called a spot weld nozzle what is that one about?

Good point, thanks.