I agree. I have ran the numbers and they seem pretty close. The top of the firebox is there as is the CC door. If I get it I plan to modify the CC to have cabinet doors. I also plan to make a different firebox top and maybe a pizza oven insert. As mentioned, still on the fence. I have steel in my shop to line the firebox, I have fire bricks to line the bottom. I have millermatic 220 mig, miller tig and plasma cutter. I even have 150-200 gallon diesel tank on my property that I will never use for diesel. I have always wanted an insulated cabinet smoker, usually smoke with post oak which I have access to 500 acres to gather etc. I normally do not cook a lot of say briskets or shoulders etc but some of that is because I did not have the room. This on the other hand is a little bigger than may use but being insulated maybe cooking 3 or 4 briskets may still work ok and not run through too much wood. Was also thinking off home brewing some electronics to possibly control temps. On the fence and would like others input. Already have a lot projects going on so the less work the better.Rodcrafter wrote:Sorry for the "stick in the mud" response.
I know he said it is heavy, "but" a pit that size in my opinion should be weighing in at around 3,000#. I just believe it is too thin for an offset. The top of that FB is going to get very hot to make the CC enough to run right. I would recommend running the numbers through the pit calc before any offers were made.
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SAFETYHARBORREDNECK wrote:I'll be a stick in the mud too.
With the tools and metal you have,I'd spend an extra couple hundred dollars and build a gravity feed cabinet smoker.
It'll be insulated AND large enough to feed a hundred people.
But that's me...
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Even with access to that much oak I still have to work my ass off to get it. Its 120 miles away and I have to cut and split. There is a lot on the ground and seasoned but I like the idea of the gravity feed. Still doing some reading to learn more how they affect flavor when using charcoal instead of all wood.SAFETYHARBORREDNECK wrote:You could also buy/build a reverse flow with a warming cabinet above an insulated firebox, especially if you have access to that much oak, LOL.
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This is whats attracting me to the gravity feed design.Stewart wrote:Im still collecting my steel to build mine but I do understand the concept wood chunks and charcoal separate or together in the chute. Temps are very easy to maintain unit itself is easy to use. I'm a stick burner my rf is super easy to use but I'm getting tired of having to babysit it all the time. And there is the constant work of cutting splitting and stacking the cherry wood I need.
Frank_Cox wrote:The numbers actually don't look too far off to me.
On that note, for that kinda money you can build whatever you want!
I would not be afraid to buy it if I had limited Fab abilities and equipment. It would be a great start assuming you could buy it for around $1.00 per pound assuming it is all new steel. if it is used iron, then I would offer closer to 50 cents per pound.
I always recommend buying this kinda stuff around that number. Lower if possible but not higher. If you bought all the hardware and iron in that thing you would wind up near that number or under.