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I have the PartyQ and I like that I can control the temps with it as well as it does. I'm debating on what my next controller will be purchasing by end of year). There have been some new ones to the market since I bought mine.

Glad everyone is safe, though! What smoker do you have that the weld broke?

Finishing up a double pan GF. There's a [commercial] Brinkmann charcoal grill that also lives here. The leaky old horizontal offset (Brinkmann, actually newer than the grill,) is going to be going away once I get a little rework done on the GF. There's probably no reason I can't cut it up and get r...

I added 6 inches to the end of the BP but now my throat is under the recommended. It changes from 224 sq. in. to 233 sq. in. What kind of difference would that make on the back pressure? If I add the end cap at the end of the cylinder, that will add more volume but open up some room to allow better ...

Thanks Big T... The "Special" section under Cook Chamber is the volume of the cabinet section. I did the cylinder first and then added the cabinet section by using AutoCAD to determine the area and then multiplying that by how many inches across inside. I'm not sure that I like how close the end of ...

Hey all! First off - I'm really excited and nervous at the same time. This is going to be my primary BBQ trailer and I don't want to mess it up and I need as much "useable" space as possible on it to grow. I'm excited to start breaking down and build back up into the beast it will become. Let me kno...

Well, I'm finally taking the plunge into making my own LP tank smoker from start to finish. I came into pocession of a 330 gallon tank that I heard of through word of mouth that they just wanted it gone. Of course, I volunteered to take it from them and give it a new home where it can perform delici...

What?!, what?! Didn't I just post in this thread?? :? Anyhoo, lol, Tel-Tru are great, River Country are great too & about 1/2-1/3 the price. :kewl: Squiggle has this right. First preference is Tel-Tru but to save a few bucks you can always go with River Country. I tested the River Country and they ...

I wanted to get some ideas on how you have implemented drains on your smokers. Right now, I just have a couple holes on the underside of the horizontal section (24" pipe about 5 feet long) that has a vertial box on the opposite the firebox. The problem is that I need to put pans down to catch the dr...

I read that I can use the height of the vertical cook chamber to act as part of the exhaust pipe length. Is this a one-for-one or is there a ratio that i can use to determine the size of the stack? I'm going to add a vertical chamber, a small one albeit, to a horizontal New Braunfels. This changes t...

Can I assume that the transition opening between a round horizontal to a rectangular vertical should have the same measurements as the firebox opening to the main cook chamber? Or, is there an expansion ration to compensate for the heat expanding the air as it leaves the firebox? You know, I actuall...

You know... This is my first time restoring one of these from scratch. I have to tell you, whomever put the paint on at the factory must have put on a 1000 coats...lol. Between getting the rust off, the paint they used originally is some durable stuff!! Question though - There was a sticker that was...

Any update on how this worked?

My to-do list... (Sorry about the formatting. Going from Word to pasting here didn't go as expected) 1.) Vertical chamber design (8448 in3) a. NEW b. 16 wide x 22 deep x 24 height c. Note: Horizontal equals 7435.52 in3 2.) Firebox update (3600 in3) a. currently 16” round by 17” b. Add ¼” plate squar...

I got this NB on Craigslist over the weekend for $25. There was some scaling on the inside but the outside was all surface rust. I'm calling it Rusty. Is there a way to know how old or what model this is? I'm not looking for parts because I'll be refinishing and modding it anyway. I'm looking to kno...

I finally figured it out. I ended up getting a couple more welding clamps to be able to move the ground a little closer to where I was welding although, I was only at about 18 inches away before. The voltage setting seemed to work well so I didn't change that. I did change the weld pattern I was mov...

You're going the right direction. Make sure you have a very good ground. I've had that be the culprit on more than one occasion. Next - concentrate most of your heat on the thicker metal and zig over to the thinner metal to tie it in. This way you can keep your heat settings up and you'll get a bet...

Weldun wrote:More information might be helpful in helping you find a resolution to your dilemma, type of machine and type of shielding gas if any and are you trying to weld vertically using uphill or downhill progression?

Klutch MIG 140SI (Northern Tool's brand)
Flux core - no gas
Downhill

Looking for help here. I have to do a vertical corner weld where one piece is 1/8 and the other is 3/16. I can't get my settings down enough to get a good weld. I can get a nice weld horizontal but I get too much splatter verticaly. I'm using Hobart 030 Flux core wire. I've watched some videos and s...

Welcome! I would definitely agree that sealing it before your first cook or even seasoning session would definitely be the best time to do that. I had the vertical version and I ended up tearing it back down to reseal everything. Even to the point of where all the attachment nuts and bolts had seale...

Welcome!!

If you can get the firebox to the right location and use a laser pointer to trace it on the bell end. It's pretty much the same idea as the straight edge. Keep your scrap if it's a clean cut and depending on how you cut or assemble, you can attach it as the damper.

-Cyber

Depending on the type of smoker and how the heat flows through it, I'd always put the fat side toward which side (top or bottom) is hottest. I also make sure that the point is facing the firebox when using an offset since it can take more heat than the leaner flat.

-Cyber

I wanted to throw out the question on how much smoke flavor one of the store bought hams could actually pick up if doing the cook on the smoker. Since most of them are already pre-cooked and only need to be heated up, they already have a "skin" on them and would make it hard to penetrate and truly g...

Yeah, that's one of the main reasons I purchased a larger smoker. Once I had the water pan on my old one, there wasn't enough room in the cook chamber without being creative. The smoker I have now works well for getting everything on that I need for most any competition. My goal is to scale up to ca...