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A small update. We have painted the firebox and cooking chamber, then we had our first fire in her to cure the paint and the oil we rubbed everywhere on the inside. She stayed steady at about 200F for about 3 hours then we cranked her up to about 300F for another hour or so. We used much less wood t...

Ok, we changed our minds and are making a trailer smoker first for our brand new teams first comp in early August. As you can see we are well underway. The offset has been finished since these pics (only chimney to be finished there). There will also be a wood basket with a stainless work/prep bench...

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Some important materials have arrived.

Thanks for the reference to the anatomy and terminology of these beasts. Just some more thoughts going through my mind. I have so many ideas but not sure if they are just me over thinking something that should be just left simple. I am hoping to have the 2 intakes (1 on each side of the firebox than...

Throat layout?
Excuse me for being so green.
Do you mean the cooking chamber to firebox opening?
Ours will be both cylinders intersecting with an inch lip (I'm thinking this will be sufficient) at the bottom of the cooking chamber.

Thanks everyone. So we look as though we are going bigger. We are looking at some 600mm (roughly 24 inch) diameter pipe. I have tried to convert our metric measurements and put it all in Feldons calculator. How does it look? http://feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html?cc=23.6,43.3,0,0,0,0,18931.35,6...

Hi, im brand new in here and just about to look around for ideas. Im from Australia and been dabbling in this style of cooking for about 18 months now and love it. My smoking buddy and I want to upgrade and make a pair of 20inch standard flow offsets for ourselves. We have a pair of bought 16inch of...