Another downside to the Kamado for me at least, it was only set up for charcoal / lump, nada on the stick burning. I have firewood galore but charcoal doesn't grow as well on my place. No problem, we can fix that. A kamado offset hybrid, charcoal and stick. I fabbed up a firebox typical of any offset smoker, with a divider wall to burn wood indirectly for long smokes and a separate ash dump / collector directly below the cooker for charcoal grilling. A firebox door on one side and a cleanout door on the opposite end. An inlet damper for regulating temps on the firebox end was installed on the FB door and an internal rotating damper placed in the cooker body neck for regulating temps on charcoal cooks. The little beast has a 1/2" thk body, add all the other plate and it was getting quite heavy. A frame was built for a bit of mobility with a small storage space underneath. Hanging out watching Dad grill was a family social event but we were constantly looking for a place to set a beverage and such. Can remedie that as well. A partial wrap around prep table / mini ledge was added. The smoker grill dome was provided by a 24" propane bell end I had left from a previous build and a Kamado replica stack cap was fabbed up. Two inside grates were installed plus a coal grate, a temp gauge at each grate level and finished with a white metal blast and high temp satin black. Everything worked as I had hoped, minimal fuel usage and held temps like an oven. After a few cooks on her, she found herself a home with some good ol boys at their 72" plasma, 8 tap keg island, poker table man cave. What a life.
....HOLY SHAT!!!!!.....That is an awesome build!!!!!!
work.
The star wars theme song occured to me several times during the build, it wasn't intentional but...whathehey.
lol welcome Mike i think you'll like this place i don't know if they said anything but you gotta send me a 20 for the next couple months then you get a full membership
Sorry Bro, Troy beat you to it. He's got your half.