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.
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.
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.
Make no mistake, there ain't no powder in this Puff ! And... I'm not really a crazy person but I play one in real life
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.
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.
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?