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And the gas is just for lighting my charcoal.

:biggrillin: Finally got around to painting it last week and cooking on it. Highest temp I reached was 455 during the curing of the high heat paint. It holds great at lower temps and heats back up quick after opening the door. Should be even better for the next cook after getting the gaskets on. It ...

Glad you got it figured out. Did you have any hot spots or did it cook pretty even. Looks great.

Something like this for airflow.

I’m sure you discovered this already but leaving that style of firebox allows a good amount of heat to escape making for a downhill spiral of more air=less heat. The air inlet size is the measurement of the un-obstructed opening. I realize a picture is hard to tell sizes but that looks smaller than...

I gotta buy some more plate steel for the bp then it’ll get put in. My air inlet is 1sq inch small but I think it’s gonna do fine as I believe I miscalculated the fb volume. Thank you again for letting me attempt to copy your design. I did screw up real good when I set the hinges for the folding sh...

Looks awesome. Great job. As far is your temps I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to hit the same temps that I did on mine. The only big difference that I didn't see you do was add the baffle plate. My bp gives good radiant heat to the meat and I believe it slows down the draft because...

Thanks fellas.

Alright, done with the build. Just needs paint and a Q view. Had some extra metal so made a metal tray to catch my charcoal ash when I pull out the charcoal basket. Keep the mess off my patio. 6099FD37-79F2-408D-AFFC-A181A2537649.jpeg 71BEC9F3-C745-48C9-B373-8F3E554FA39B.jpeg Charcoal box to catch c...

Yeah I like simple too. I just wish it was simple to come up with the idea. Lol.
View from top View from underneath

Dirtytires wrote: ↑

February 26th, 2019, 11:08 pm

Assume you need to pull the bolt to collapse the shelf?

No I just lift up on the shelf and the two arms drop down. I didn’t weld the arms to the shelf. The bolt is essentially a hinge. I tightened it with a lock but but left it loose enough to allow the arms to rotate. I’ll take a closer picture.

Finished the other shelf. Decided to make it collapsable as well. 771A4D48-705A-4D98-8BB7-32C03BD48BE7.jpeg F3B959D3-4F6E-4C5D-8061-EBE63B56EFC4.jpeg 6AD99E09-3C90-4790-A558-58125BA186AB.jpeg 1624AB3B-123A-4872-8F9C-B9A774064BEC.jpeg CC35C86D-B0F3-43BD-9167-21A9DD235C33.jpeg B8F822A3-37F4-42BA-98D5-...

Personally I think a baffle plate over the top of that would work better. On mine it allows the bp to heat up and give radiant heat to the meat and gives really even temps across the entire cc. Try it and if it’s not what your looking for then add the bp. Any pics of your air intake. Curious how you...

Coming along nicely. Make sure to change out the rubber part of your clamps with carriage bolts or similar. I melted mine after a few cooks.

Did you put a baffle plate in your cooking chamber?

I used a shop vac before and was a pain because the filters clog really fast with the ash. Also if you leave the ash in the fb it can deteriorate the metal. Ash holds moisture and can chemically attack steel.

Makes sure you post some pics when you get started. Would love to see the finished product.

Got the handle and one collapsible shelf built today. And the charcoal ash door I made works great. I was able to sweep the ash right out the hole saving a lot of clean up time. It does leak a little bit of smoke so I am going to add a gasket. C8639944-97E2-43D9-B2CC-998F57377E56.jpeg D2AB1C15-B4A4-...

mp4 wrote: ↑

February 16th, 2019, 6:44 am

I think painting on paint that's tough enough to hold up to a burn is perfect.

Ok thank you. That will save me time and money. Both of which I need after this build. Lol.

Made and added my burner today to start my charcoal. Works great just as it did on my other build. I also got my first burn today to burn off the inside. Just need to make the handles, shelf and paint and I’m done. I do have a question about the paint. The compressor tanks I made them out of are pai...

Dirtytires wrote: ↑

February 14th, 2019, 9:37 pm

Interesting idea. Probably save a lot of time with that style of firebox.

That’s what I’m hoping.

Tried something different and I think it should work ok. Made a little door at the bottom of my fb so when I’m done cooking I can sweep the ash into the hole and into a small bucket/garbage. [attachment=3]3AC045D0-9FF3-418E-8982-EA8156E3E1F1.jpeg[/attachment] [attachment=2]3BB0BA04-07B8-4A0C-9BEE-64...

Got the charcoal basket done, door flanges, door hinges, door handles and clamps put on today.

Thanks.