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Big T wrote:Did you cut the drain pipe flush with the BP ?

I cut it flush and still need to grind the weld around the pipe so it's completely flat. Forgot to take a picture.

Thanks guys.

Baffle and drain installed. Need to do a little more welding on the baffle and need to finish grinding the drain even to the top of the baffle, but ran out of time today. RenderedContent-AA7C8AE0-FDBA-4032-AFA2-CD510B8471DF.JPG RenderedContent-4052EE50-014C-41D2-AFAC-438725BC52EF.JPG RenderedContent...

Thanks guys. Yeah I already melted some of the rubber. Definitely going to pull off or put carriage bolts. If anyone has a flux capacitor I'll mount it. Haha

Getting closer. Don't have a ton of time to work on it this week. A few more pics. RenderedContent-1CE735D7-96BD-4912-BD64-FF6CB4600135.JPG Better view of air intake RenderedContent-ACAD0B1B-8657-4984-9EDF-B20E9DC647D5.JPG Burning for the first time to help clean out the inside of the tanks. Rendere...

What's the easiest way to get my flanges on the door. I'm having a hard time with the curve. Is there a trick to make bending them easier. Thx.

Ok. Thanks again. That makes things a whole lot easier.

A few other questions. Would you keep the baffle plate level or angled towards the drain?

Would you make it removable or welded in? Thanks.

Thanks Big T. Much appreciated.

Thanks guys. Feels good to make it this far with the build.

Any recommendations on how to fix the warped door. It's just a little off on the bottom left. The door hits the top of the lip.

Also any tips on welding the flanges on the door without it warping?

Thanks for the input. It's Been a big help so far. I finished the stack and The air intake today. Both were a challenge. I ended up cutting my hole for the stack bigger so I could stick it straight in higher up in the cc and make a 90 degree angle. Then I cut the inside to match the angle of the cc....

OK thanks. The problem I have is I cut my door further back so I can't just go straight out the top. I was thinking about doing the pipe with a 90° angle out the back but that is going to set it close to the top of the cooking grate. I'm now thinking I could put the pipe higher up and cut at a diffe...

Thanks guys. Does it matter how far above my cooking grate that I mount the chimney?

So the fire pit calculator says my chimney needs to be 14.68 inches. I have to make an elbow and put my chimney out the back of the smoker. Do I count the elbow as part of that measurement? Do I calculate only what is outside the cc or what is inside as well? How much pipe do u recommend putting ins...

My plan is to add some rails with angle iron (obviously still need to cut) to the opening of my fb so I can slide a charcoal basket in and out and so it will sit level vs sitting on the concave bottom. Would there be any reason not to do this or any better ideas? Thanks. RenderedContent-278891E3-3CF...

Ok will do. Thanks guys.

Officially started the build. Door cut and hinges on. I leveled the smoker left to right and then I used a center head to find dead center at 12 o clock position. I added 2" toward the back of the smoker and made my top cut. This video shows what I mean: https://youtu.be/mgTZO_pYFLU I then used a ce...

Ok Thanks Big T.

Do you have any pictures of how you set up your drain. What a great build. Great job.

Thanks Big T. That's an awesome build. That helps out a lot.

Thanks guys. That's a good idea to make the left side smaller on the BP.

Big T said, "The pit calculator is designed for offset pits more so than verticals." Does that mean I don't need to worry about the throat size, chimney length or FB size on this type of design or should I still try to use that calculation?. Also I am thinking about either doing what we discussed ab...

Haha. Thanks guys. I have so many options now. Amazing!

Thank you for the reply. Much appreciated. I'll give this a shot and see how it works.

Or maybe even a baffle similar to this?