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New Member here, first build

Post by SoCalSmoker » July 20th, 2016, 12:23 pm

Hello all. A little about my experience smoking. I grew up in Texas but relocated to California in my high school years and have been seeking out good BBQ ever since. About ten years ago, I started smoking myself. I started with a cast iron chip box on my gas grill, moved on to a cheapy electric Brinkman torpedo (which I later converted to a cold smoker). About 6 years ago my wife bought me a Traeger pellet feed, then a year ago or so I picked up a Weber Kettle grille and started doing indirect cooks with lump, about two months ago I restored 10 year old Bar B Chef offset and did several mods on it and have done about 5 cooks on it and feel pretty comfortable. My next project is to make a vertical smoker out of this 24"x48" tank that I picked up for$10.00. Which brings me here. I have a lot of questions and some drawings that I would like to share and discuss. What would be the best category to put that up to?

Thanks for the add!
-Mark


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Re: New Member here, first build

Post by Big T » July 20th, 2016, 9:46 pm

:welcome: It sounds like a great build. I would probably put it in other smoker designs,


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Re: New Member here, first build

Post by Pete Mazz » July 21st, 2016, 5:02 am

Welcome!


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Re: New Member here, first build

Post by The Czar » July 21st, 2016, 6:23 am

Welcome!!


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Re: New Member here, first build

Post by Rodcrafter » July 21st, 2016, 1:05 pm

:welcome:

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Re: New Member here, first build

Post by Squiggle » July 22nd, 2016, 7:22 pm

:welcome: can't wait to see the build, make sure you post heaps of pics! :beer:


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Re: New Member here, first build

Post by Tom_Heath » July 23rd, 2016, 12:40 am

Yup. Welcome to the site. I see we have yet another with a smoking problem. Lol


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Re: New Member here, first build

Post by forty_creek » July 23rd, 2016, 8:37 am

Welcome!


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Re: New Member here, first build

Post by Dirtytires » July 24th, 2016, 9:59 am

Excited to see what you come up with!


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Re: New Member here, first build

Post by Rev.Mike » July 24th, 2016, 4:42 pm

:welcome:


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