I have no experience doing this type of work (I work in insurance!), but will be having help from very talented people. I look forward to share my progress with you and get feedback, as well as some support now and then, which I'll surely need!
Gijs
Greetings from El Salvador
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gijsveltman
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Greetings from El Salvador
Hello everyone, thank you for accepting me to this forum! I am a huge bbq enthusiast, especially Texas-style bbq. I live down in El Salvador, and I've been wanting to get a big smoker for a while now. All I've got is two Weber Kettles and an old, recently-dead Brinkmann offset, which was terrible. Shipping from the US to the tropics is prohibitively expensive (you can easily double the cost of the smoker) , from freight to taxes and all related expenses. Therefore, I'm going to try my hand at building a smoker from a 60 gallon propane tank I bought a few days ago. I'm going to build a standard offset, not a reverse flow.
I have no experience doing this type of work (I work in insurance!), but will be having help from very talented people. I look forward to share my progress with you and get feedback, as well as some support now and then, which I'll surely need!
Regards,
Gijs
I have no experience doing this type of work (I work in insurance!), but will be having help from very talented people. I look forward to share my progress with you and get feedback, as well as some support now and then, which I'll surely need!
Regards,
Gijs
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Big T
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Re: Greetings from El Salvador
Welcome aboard!! That'll make a nice smoker!
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ajfoxy
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Re: Greetings from El Salvador
Welcome to the crew.
Learning generally boils down to "Repetition or the avoidance of pain", some people learn by doing, some by watching and some just have to pee on the electric fence.
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
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Squiggle
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Re: Greetings from El Salvador
don't be afraid to ask question & definitely run the numbers through the pit calc & builder calcs at the top of the page. Can't wait to see your progress, I'm sure that tank will make a sweet unit. 
Formerly known as "Hey you there in the bushes!"
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Pete Mazz
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Re: Greetings from El Salvador
If it's tourist season, how come I can't shoot 'em?
Don't speak the language? Try this: Smoker Terminology
Try my SmokerBuilder Calculators
Don't speak the language? Try this: Smoker Terminology
Try my SmokerBuilder Calculators
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Rodcrafter
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Re: Greetings from El Salvador
Heck yeah!
Welcome to the crew!
Making memories!
Welcome to the crew!
Making memories!
Current Smokers: Backyard RF Offset and Hybrid RF Offset trailer rig with Cowboy cooker and fish fryer, always room for more........
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Frank_Cox
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Re: Greetings from El Salvador
Awesome!
Welcome aboard!
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Welcome aboard!
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gijsveltman
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Re: Greetings from El Salvador
Thanks everyone! I should be starting my project next week, I'll let you know how it goes.
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temurf
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Re: Greetings from El Salvador
Welcome aboard.
That will make a nice smoker.
Post lots of pics of your progress.
We love to see pics.
That will make a nice smoker.
Post lots of pics of your progress.
We love to see pics.
Yer gonna like what we've been smokin'.