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Upon further research it looks like jambo keeps their baffle at grate level now. But this shows a plate like what D. Jur asked about above
https://youtu.be/i7cZkNoIwbw?t=76

The throat also isn't at the top edge of the fb but a few inches down...?

Yeah, looking at the jambo's the baffle appears to sit about 6" above the grate.

What are the dimensions of the cc you're referring to?

Yup. Here you go. The first two show how I built mine. The throat baffle is on the back of the firebox, inside the cook chamber. The third pick shows the throat baffle in front of the cook rack. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210312/eb014f2d695ea3399e64cb7c8509e5f3.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-...

That's an interesting point as I've always aimed for little to no smoke coming out of my stack. I've always thought of the term "smoker" as something of a misnomer. I know the calculators are already designed to help us get full combustion as it is. So you're thinking a fb supercharger like this mig...

Yep, they spiral the air around the fb a few times before channeling it all to the holes beneath the throat. And yes the bottom of the cc would be between the holes and throat so the air would have to exit the small holes into the fb before getting to the throat. I'm no firebox engineer so I have no...

Grate level is fine. 2” below is ok. Higher is better. Interesting, how would the math change if I move it to grate level? I'm apparently really bad at math... I assume if you are at grate level you will need some sort of baffle? Using this formula to calculate the area of two intersecting circles:...

The smoke itself is the fuel... i think. The ports aren't providing fuel but rather heated oxygen.

I’ve seen - and tried - it said that you should have something like 20% of your air intake above the fire to aid in getting a cleaner burn. Did that on my first build. It’s also how all modern wood burning stoves are designed to burn cleaner and use less fuel. Honestly, I’m not sure I see the point...

I have been seeing more of these on other forums too. Mostly as back yard firepits that guys are interested in building. So your saying that the air that circulates between the inner and outer skin will ignite. I am not sure where it gets it's fuel. away from the wood thats on the other side of the...

Like this? For your reference I used the Offset tool to scale the CC pipe to get the bottom arc of the opening. In other words the center point of the bottom arc of the throat is the same as the center point as the CC.

So I was sitting around the fire pit the other day getting hypnotized by the flames as one does and I had an idea. Has anyone applied the "secondary burn" concept to a smoker's firebox? To clarify what I'm talking about specifically, the firepit I was sitting around was a solo stove. It's one of the...

Very cool! Do you have pics/build thread? I'm guessing with the minion method you used charcoal briquettes?

I'm thinking though that if I went RF I'd try to run 100% wood, otherwise might as well go with a GF design. Right?

Ah I see, this is the mini: https://www.smokerplans.net/index.php?m ... cts_id=177

How new is the RF? Is the RF insulated? I can't find any build threads with this one, anyone have any photos of actual builds?

I'm looking at building a cabinet style smoker. https://www.smokerplans.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37&products_id=221 (22x18 vertical reverse flow) https://www.smokerplans.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37&products_id=128 (GF - Is this what y'all are calling the mini?) I ...

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So I was way to busy to take pics of the very first cook in my new cooker. The first cook was a hot & fast 13lb brisket, about 6 or 7 hours at 300 degrees. It turned out fine but I have a lot of learning to do, I needed to cook it a little longer to tenderize it some more and it was lacking in the s...

You might be careful, mesquite is supposed to be the most smoky and most acrid woods. A few woods around here in order from least to most smokey are oak, hickory, pecan, mesquite. ...I'm not speaking from experience, I've just been doing lots research lately as I've just done my first cook on my new...

Rodcrafter wrote:I put them inside the FB beside the fire basket so they don't catch. Then each time I put more wood on the fire I used those first and replaced them with new ones

Inside *beside* the firebasket? I'm not sure I've got room, what do you think?

So I had sacrificial nomex gasket material on the door while the smoker was being welded up and painted. I've ripped off the old gasket and threw on a fresh one, same material, but now I have leaks everywhere! I picked up some Permatex RTV red silicon at Walmart, no where on the label does it say FD...

jamiewa82 wrote:Thanks for the help and warm welcome. If it does warp what is the best way to combat that?


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I'm about to do my first smoke on the reverse flow I've just built. And of course it falls on a holiday weekend so I'm going to be feeding a crowd even though I've never cooked on this beast, or even bbq'ed with a stick burner or 100% wood before... should be interesting. (I'm the kind of guy that w...

Last night I gave the smoker a coat of rustoleum high temp bbq black paint from spray cans. It is very matte, I didn't expect it to be so matte. This morning it looks like the whole thing is dusted in black powder. When I wipe my fingers, or a white paper towel across it I pick up a whole bunch of b...

I lit a fire in it, she's alive! Full blast she maintained between 310 to 330 across the bottom grate. I've got a leak at my door seal I'll need to figure out what to do with. In regard to burnout/cleanout, I wire brushed all the rust out of the cc that I could reach, but what about the rust/contain...

So what do you guys recommend for the cleaning, derusting, burnout procedure? This was used pipe as far as I know, for the burnout do I need a raging inferno in the cook chamber or will just a decent fire suffice? How long? Should I expect a lot of warpage at this point? Should I find a sandblaster ...

Getting close: http://imgur.com/2GEjz5s.jpg http://imgur.com/pkVl9j6.jpg http://imgur.com/pNuUuzW.jpg http://imgur.com/z8iExu5.jpg --------------------------------------- What do you guys think of a 'chimney cap'? I took this idea from looking at pictures of the Lang patio smoker. (sorry if it's sta...