I understand your concern, I had my doubts at first. I've done a lot of research on it and I'm plenty confident it'll do what I want. If you think about it, most smokers you see out there now are about half that thick. Heck, the webers are much thinner than that. I did consider making the inside liners removable, but I decided I've seen enough smokers thinner than this work for a long time, and all of the double wall designs I've seen that have been working well are of the same construction.Rodcrafter wrote:I don't want to sound like a downer but that sure is thin.
I'm not sure about the thickness of material you are wanting to use. I would never do as much work as this requires using thin stuff like that. But hey you might teach me something.
noxcuse, thank you for your input. My smoker will not be 1/8" only, it will be built with 1/8" skin inside, framed up with 1" sq tube, insulated, then another skin on the outside. It is not 1/8" exposed. I would not be even thinking of building it out of 1/8" and not insulating it. I would be surprised if the door even closed after the first run.noXcuse wrote:Just FYI, my current trailer smoker is all 1/8" steel. That was a huge mistake on my part. It was my first build and I never knew about this site. The firebox is all kinds of warped and it doesn't hold heat worth a crap. If I get rained on for 5 minutes, I'm screwed.
Please guys, I don't want to disrespect anyone here, you guys are master craftsmen and I am in awe of the work done here. I have done a lot of research on this and I am very confident that what I'm building will be just fine. I seriously considered a removeable liner for the firebox and still may do so. The top of the firebox will be at least 1/4" thick, maybe even thicker, and will be removeable, because the top of the firebox gets pummelled with all the heat. I have not seen any of the designs I based my smoker on fail or warp.noXcuse wrote:I would highly recommend listening to these guys on here. A lot of them are professional pit builders and know what their talking about.
I volunteer to be your bequeathed.Puff wrote:Oh my! That's a bizarre but real thought RC. I just realized that. My son has his now so he won't need it...my son in law is getting one shortly, so he won't need it... My grandson is only a few weeks old but my son will be able to pass his on to him, so he won't need it.
I'm out of bequeathed