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Lester, cool looking smoker. I might be able to save a few bucks by not having my 16 gauge sheets sheared in half, I'm sure they are charging me something for that but in my experience it's nominal...maybe $5 a cut. I don't really have a choice on the tubing, it comes in 20 foot sticks and I can't t...

I sent the same list to three other steel suppliers in my area. One came back already at $761 plus tax. Still too high in my opinion. I priced as close to the same list as I could at onlinemetals.com and it came in at $830 plus shipping (I didn't price that because I am not seriously considering buy...

If you are having them do bending and cutting for you of course they're going to cost more. Over 1/3 of that was the 16 gauge CR sheet (about $340 I think). The only cutting was to shear them in half so it was easier to handle. HR sheet would be cheaper, maybe by almost 1/3. I'll shop it around, bu...

$981 is the quote for that list of materials. Wow.

I just called in my steel order. I already have enough 1/2" plate and other misc stuff on hand. I rounded up to allow for waste. I had everything cut down slightly so it will fit in my truck and be easier to handle in the shop. They are pricing it out now, and will call me back to confirm I can pick...

So I bought the mini plans last night and have been pouring over them to see how it goes together. It would wave a fair amount of welding if the inner and outer skins could be bent on a brake instead of welding at the vertical corners. I made up a materials list of all of the steel so I could guesst...

So I bought the mini plans last night and have been pouring over them to see how it goes together. It would wave a fair amount of welding if the inner and outer skins could be bent on a brake instead of welding at the vertical corners. I made up a materials list of all of the steel so I could guesst...

I bought the plans for the mini last night, I'm making a materials/cut list right now so I can estimate what it will cost me to buy what I need to build it.

When I was 28, I had gotten my amateur radio (ham) license. I talked to local guys on radio "gatherings" for a year. Then I went to a local radio club meeting and met many of the guys face to face after just hearing only voices. That was a great moment. Finally getting to associate a face to a name...

Puff, nice rides! I can't believe you cooked for a mob like that the first time out. I gotta flip a coin on plans and pick up some steel. I still have my ironhead and this back-burner studebaker custom (chopped, sectioned, caddy 500 engine). https://mcglynnonmaking.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/stude....

I just measured my butt. Um, the Pork shoulder I have on the smoker right now. It's been on for 15 hours at 225 and still measures about 5" tall. It's a large butt, about 11.5 pounds before it went on. I think just a little more space between the shelves might be a good idea, but the mini is still p...

EDIT: I have to mention one thing... two years ago when I started my very first smoker from a set of plans I acquired right here on smokerbuilder.com, I was an expert at welding a rod to a piece of metal... in fact I was so good at that I had to bend the rod left and right 20 times to break it off....

Puff, thanks so much for the information. I'm going to keep an eye on your mini build. My guess is that the mini is enough space for me, but I "want" more space in case I ever cook for a larger group. 90% of the time it's just my wife and son that I'm cooking for. We can do serious damage to a pork ...

Hey guys, I've been reading through the posts here over the past week, and thinking about building a smoker. I have an older 3 setting Traeger smoker. It does great on "smoke" and holds 190-225 degrees. I've done some great pork ribs and butt on it. I haven't had a lot of luck with brisket, and I do...