My mini RFS build

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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Rodcrafter » July 15th, 2014, 2:20 pm

:LG: :LG: :LG:


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Smurf » July 15th, 2014, 4:15 pm

Great job DIYMan!! :beer:


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Re: My mini RFS build

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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by bluecatfish » July 15th, 2014, 8:10 pm

:LG: :LG:
Great tasty looking ribs!


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by DIYMan » July 16th, 2014, 6:44 am

Thanks! :) Best way seems to be to use a quite big fire and adjust the heat with the flaps. If using a small fire the temps drops below 100C degrees quite easily.

Started to smoke the pork neck this morning... :chef:

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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by DIYMan » July 16th, 2014, 9:53 am

Short vid:



It took 5h 45min to get 90C degrees meat inside temp.


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Norcalputput » July 16th, 2014, 12:49 pm

Great job


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by The Czar » July 16th, 2014, 1:22 pm

I like it....samples on the way right?


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by DIYMan » July 16th, 2014, 2:23 pm

:needfood:

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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Rodcrafter » July 16th, 2014, 2:34 pm

:LG: :LG: :LG:


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by DIYMan » September 9th, 2014, 3:17 am

Finally got the thermometers fitted on the lid. There is a 20-30C difference in temps between the meters. The one closest to the exhaust is colder.

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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by The Czar » September 9th, 2014, 6:58 pm

Can you get a pic without the cooking rack? I'm interested to see your baffle plate set up....


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Rodcrafter » September 10th, 2014, 12:35 pm

Looks nice. How's it working?


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by DIYMan » September 10th, 2014, 10:37 pm

The baffle is just a plain plate welded inside the chamber and open in the other end. You can see the open end in this pic:

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Have been pleased with the smoker. Cooks fine and it's quite easy to use. It's a little bit heavy though for moving around, propably close to 150kg.


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Big T » September 10th, 2014, 11:12 pm

I would say there's probably a couple of things contributing to the temp difference. 1) The size of the transfer tube from the FB to the CC appears to be too small. 2) The location of the transfer tube could possibly be creating a ''dead zone'' under the BP on the end of the CC closest to the exhaust stack by not letting the heat from the FB constantly flow under the entire BP. I also can't tell how big the gap is between the BP and the bottom of the CC and the size of the BP gap, so I'm not sure if that could be choking it down. jm2cw


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by The Czar » September 11th, 2014, 3:46 pm

Damn BigT.....do you like read this stuff all day? You beat me to it again!!!


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Rodcrafter » September 11th, 2014, 5:37 pm

Lol


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Big T » September 11th, 2014, 7:48 pm

lol, Not all day.


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by DIYMan » December 11th, 2017, 10:45 am

Long since last post. But this smoker is still in active use. Starts to look crappy though, as most of the paint has burnt off and it has got a nice rusty color. But it cooks ahlright. Last summer I noticed the other thermometer has stuck, so it may be the temp difference was caused by a bad unit. Need to order a new one for next season.

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One of the two sunny days we had last summer.
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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Big T » December 11th, 2017, 5:17 pm

The paint doesn't last very long on the fire box for sure, good thing it's cheap. Food looks great :needfood:


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by ajfoxy » December 11th, 2017, 10:48 pm

Does indeed look good. And think of the rust color as the smoker gathering a patina of use....


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Squiggle » December 12th, 2017, 3:59 pm

:yth: nice work! :kewl:


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by DIYMan » December 12th, 2017, 5:52 pm

Thanks guys! :-) We have this smoker at our summer house. Would be nice to also have some "thing" to make food in the home garden. Found a batch of old bricks. About 700-900 pieces... 5 trailer loads. We chall see what to make out of those next summer. :needfood:

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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Big T » December 12th, 2017, 6:08 pm

Nice!


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Re: My mini RFS build

Post by Squiggle » December 13th, 2017, 6:21 am

Nice score! :kewl:


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