Ultimo wrote: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.
alesmoker wrote:Welcome! I've only had my offset finished for about 2 months now but I already have a list of woulda, coulda, shoulda's. Aside from the obvious (WISH I HAD GONE BIGGER!!) I do wish I had designed my FB to be more user friendly. I do not have a top door. Only a side door. This was a double edge sword. Pros: Less work. Less smoke escaping the firebox. Cons: Tough to load charcoal/wood. Can't use my FB as a grill. My only other gripe is that I wish I'd taken the time and effort to build reverse flow. 1 chimney of coals and one split of wood will get my smoker up to almost 400 on the FB side and there's about a 75-100 degree difference to my exhaust side. This in turn forces me to do most of my smoking on only 1/2 of my CC. Considering tuning plates but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Best of luck! Can't wait to see some pics!
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That's pretty much where I'm headed. We stock TONS of 6"x 1/4" plate stock. I'm gonna get a few cut before my next Smoke and see how it goes. Thanks Rodcrafter!Rodcrafter wrote:alesmoker wrote:Welcome! I've only had my offset finished for about 2 months now but I already have a list of woulda, coulda, shoulda's. Aside from the obvious (WISH I HAD GONE BIGGER!!) I do wish I had designed my FB to be more user friendly. I do not have a top door. Only a side door. This was a double edge sword. Pros: Less work. Less smoke escaping the firebox. Cons: Tough to load charcoal/wood. Can't use my FB as a grill. My only other gripe is that I wish I'd taken the time and effort to build reverse flow. 1 chimney of coals and one split of wood will get my smoker up to almost 400 on the FB side and there's about a 75-100 degree difference to my exhaust side. This in turn forces me to do most of my smoking on only 1/2 of my CC. Considering tuning plates but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Best of luck! Can't wait to see some pics!
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You should cut some plates and even just lay them in there to tune that bad boy you will be glad you did.
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