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I wish I had spent the extra money for the better paint roller. I got the cheapest one and it left alot of fuzz in the paint.

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I did insulate around the fire box and charcoal chute.

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I only used high temp grill paint on the fire box door and curb. On the rest of it I rolled on the rustololium hammered finish. I have probably cooked on it 10 times since paint and it is holding up good. [attachment=0]_20160621_220442.JPG[

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Sounds good. I think it will look great. I think the top door and curb are safe to paint if you want them burgundy.

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Greenville, Michigan

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The door curb around the ash box get hot enough on mine to turn purple and sizzles if anything liquid touches it. The rest of the Smoker you can leave your hand on it.

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I ordered 6 and used about 4 and a half.

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I haven't noticed any drippings since the weather has warmed up.

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It would be better for the dripping but I don't know if it would affect the performance. Maybe someone else has input on that.

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There is two things I would like to change on mine. One is a deflector deverting the drippings from the smoke stack to the back. I currently put a dish on the top rack to catch this but that cuts down on cooking space. Second is making the grease deflector on the door fit a bit tighter to the door o...

If you wanted to tune it in after you try it out , What would be easier, adding holes later or filling holes later?

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Seems too work good as is.

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Great job, paint looks sweet. They do run great. Mine ran for 13hrs today without adding additional coal. I am excited about that.

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There is a page in the plans that tells you the order. I don't remember what it is off the top of my head.

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The hole is a bit big for the pipe. I welded a coupler to the firebox and screwed the pipe into that, then welded the pipe to the coupler.

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I welded mine first, then ground weld down so it would fit through the cook chamber wall.

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Cool!

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That's a good idea Puff. Thanks for the info.

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Smoker looks good!<br />I do not have a digital thermometer, but I think the cook chamber is warmer than my dial thermometer is reading. <br />Are you consistently gettin that much difference in your readings? Yes, the temp difference between the probe and the door thermo was consistent. The two chi...

I like the extras you put on! Looks really good!!

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I pulled the bacon at the 6 hr mark temp was at 297. I opened the ash door while I had the cook chamber open taking the bacon off and closed it when I was done. The temp recovered within minutes this time. It is now at the 7 hr mark and the temp is 306. I am really happy with how this is running, I ...

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Closed intake to 1/4 open for the next hr. At the 2 hr mark temp was at 275. Opened intake so lever was at a 45 deg angle. At the 3 hr mark temp was at 295. At the 4 hr mark temp was 305. Added bacon to all three racks . temp dropped to 230 and was slow to climb. At the 5 hr mark temp was at 288. Th...

I only had one chimney of lump charcoal and I didn't know how long that would last so I added a chimney of briquettes to the charcoal chute. I used a weed burner for about two minutes to light the coal from the ash box. I left the ash door open for about 30 min. then closed it and ran with the ball ...

Made some progress today. I got the doors mounted and in the process of getting it seasoned. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk