Vertical Stainless Santa Maria Combo Build

[Squiggle]

well done dude!

[Rodcrafter]

[addison363]

Another pictorial update. Good progress on the Grill side!

Grill sides in.

I'm hoping fewer screws will allow for thermal expansion w/o much warp

Longer legs installed on jack.

Tranny jack serves as elevator for fire surface

Elevator up and in in place

Adjustment on end with 1/2" drive

Fire brick tray complete

Fire bricks high like an Argentina Fire table

Fire bricks 16.5" recessed like a Santa Maria grill.

Next up -- grill cooking frame, cantilever beam and winch mount. Also ordered a couple of toggle clamps to tighten smoker door at temperature.

[ajfoxy]

Nice, coming along. It'll be good to see it all come together.

[Big T]

Nice!!

[mp4]

Very nice work - the elevator is an awesome idea!

[Squiggle]

Awesome work dude, well done!

[temurf]

[Rodcrafter]

[addison363]

Hello all. I've made some progress tightening up the door on the smoker as well as major steps on the Santa Maria grill side. Check out pictures below

[addison363]

Here is next batch of pictures.

Hoist is mounted. Should have no problem pulling itself into a trailer ...should I get one some day.

Hoist and cantilever -- right side

Close up of pulleys mounted inside cantilever

Santa Maria grill side -- I can almost taste the tri-tips

Grate lowered

Grate raised -- Fire building position!

[Pete Mazz]

really nice !

[Big T]

[Rodcrafter]

Yep, you are one of us for sure. That sorta stuff is going to secure you a seat at the table with the rest of us. You know normal people buy there outdoor cooking stuff at Walmart. It takes a creative mind and hard work to make exceptional cooking stuff.


Making memories!

[Squiggle]

Yeah, what he said ^ nice work!

[temurf]

That is awesome.

Not only can you raise and lower the fire grate, but you can also raise and lower the cooking grate for the ultimate adjust-ability.

I like it.

[ajfoxy]

[addison363]

Phase 2 is now complete! Thanks to all for your encouragement and advice along the way this summer. Phase 3 is electric and electronics. Still need a place to plug in a rotisserie and a blender! Need to upgrade iGrill to Fireboard Extreme. Here are pictures of Santa Maria Grill side complete! No stinkin' wheel required when you have a 1350 lb hoist on-board!

Cantilever attached in place.

Final connection to hoist.

Hoist ready for action

cooking grate level

1st tri-tip seasoned waiting on fire

Santa Maria lit.

Oiled grate seasoning

Tri-tip post sear raised on the way to 130F.

Veggies on. Tri-tip resting.

Tri-trip done!

[behind bars bbq]

Yum!!!

[Rodcrafter]

[emoji23] oh yeah!


Making memories!

[Big T]

[ajfoxy]

Oh yeah, Q-view with fire...

[temurf]

Beautiful Q-view.

[addison363]

This past Friday my son came home from college with his room mate so we decided to configure the cooker for doing pizzas over propane. (Credit goes to Pete Mazz for the idea). I slide in the the insulated ceiling and firebrick tray and preheated for about 30 minutes. Door warped open a bit at the bottom but cooker more than held it's temp! We did 12 of these pizzas. I started out cooking them for 4 minutes but by the last third of the cook they were coming out in 2 minutes!

Heating up!

Pizza going in

After only 3 minutes (and 4 bites!)

[ajfoxy]

Nice, is that 3 minutes of cooking or 3 minutes of eating...