Square RF

[FATNECK]

Puff- I took a piece of exhaust pipe which was @4 15/16 in diameter and tack it inside a 5" pipe. I made it about 10" long so the it will set inside stack on cooking chamber about 6"". It's a good fit. I'm going to try it out and see what happens. The shay at pipe was a piece of stainless, didn't want people to think I was using galvanized.

[Rodcrafter]

You must be happy with the way that is coming along, nice work!

[forty_creek]

Strong Work!


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[bluecatfish]

[FATNECK]

Here's a little update on the build. All I have left to build is the fire basket for the firebox. Over the last day and half, I was able to finish pretty much everything. Grates for CC, dampers for firebox, gauges and new smoke stack. I originally plan for a 6" stack but only had 5" at the shop. I was able to come across a piece of 6" pipe this week so I change the stack last night. I took everything apart this afternoon and planning on blasting and hopefully getting everything prime or finish coat on CC tomorrow.

[FATNECK]

Builds coming together nicely. I'm about to blast everything tomorrow and at least primer the frame for CC. I came across a good deal on some high heat industrial paint from Richard's. It's a high temp @1000 degrees use mainly for broilers and areas for high heat. It's also a rust inbitator. Guy at the marine coating store says it very good stuff. He give me a super deal so I bought 2 gallons. I'll probably use just half a gallon for this build. Just trying to see if anyone has used this or heard about it.

[Puff]

I would like to see how well it holds up on the fire box. That's a brutal environment: my RF firebox top would actually bugle upwards and turn purple from the heat. I'm sure you love it on the actuall cook chamber, doors and framework.

[FATNECK]

We're going to give it a try. I think it should be better than the high temp paint from Lowes that I have used in the pass on my pervious firebox. Go my big RF, I have to repainted about once a year. And the temps I ran in it are @ 450-500 at the highest. I'll keep you posted on how it turns out.

[FATNECK]

Sorry for the delay. I can say I'm finish with the build expect for a few modifications on my wheels. Everything has been painted and test fire. This pass weekend I put her to the limit with two different cooks. Sunday, I cook 12 butts. Monday, I had 16 racks of baby backs and 40 lbs of wings. She handled everything nicely. Once the ribs got done, I put them in my big RF just to keep them warm. For the wings it was nice to have to temp go up quickly to put a nice crisp on them. So here's a lot of pics.

[mp4]

That was a busy box - looks great!

[Big T]

Nice to see all that hard work pay off

[SmokinJoeSpivey]

FN,
Is the overall box dim for the cc 48x24x24? Then you come off the bottom 4.5" for the baffle plate? I love this smoker and would like to build one just like it, if it is cool with you?

[forty_creek]

Strong Work FATNECK


Drankin, Smokin and Dreamin

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[CaliforniaSmoke]

nice looking cooker! How is the temperature from side to side? Any problems with getting the doors to seal?

[FATNECK]

Doors sealed up nicely. The temps stay pretty close. A few times I seen maybe a 10/15 degree difference between the gauges.

[Rodcrafter]

Bet you're happy with that rig looks great


Making memories.

[FATNECK]

Loving it so far.

[SmokinJoeSpivey]

FATNECK. CAN YOU POST A COUPLE PICS OF THE INSIDE OF YOUR FIREBOX?

[FATNECK]

SmokinJoe- give me a couple of days and I'll have you some pictures. I'm out of town for a few days for work.