newbie smoker

[maccas66]

Yeah G`day!, I`m from Penrith west of Sydney, and have been lurking around for a couple of days now, and decided to join!.
I was put on to this site by a mate that is a member here, I am hoping to build a reverse flow smoker out of a LPG tank I got off a early 70`s F100
I only got it yesterday and I`m still washing it out, that is one scary thing to do!, anyhow I`m sure I`ll have heaps of questions once I get started, here`s a pic
of the tank and Merry Christmas everyone!, Oh yeah!, the tank is 800mm X 500mmd and I believe it holds 140ltr`s

[Frank_Cox]

Welcome aboard!!!

I look forward to your build! If you need any plans or dimension assistance let me know!

[KILLSWITCH505]

welcome to the site!!!! looks like you got the makes for a fine cooker. if you need any help just PM me i'll let you know what dates would be best for me to come give you a hand

[Gizmo]

Welcome aboard mate! ... always wanted to say that... Hope you enjoy this site as much as I do - you sure got a great tank to start with.

...and killswitch, leave room in your luggage - I'll go with you!

[Tom_Heath]

Welcome to the site, you have joined a great bunch and should have no problem getting a rig up and running in no time.

Hope you enjoy the site.

[GreenSmoker]

This will help and the fender on that Ford looks to be in pretty nice shape for a late 60's early 70's.

http://www.feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html

[maccas66]

Thanks for the welcome guy`s!, I`m itching to get going with this but Chrissie will have to come first, that will give my back time to come good that tank is heavy!!
Greensmoke that a 66`F100 my other love!

[maccas66]

I have done a bit of work on the smoker, finally bit the bullet and cut the tank, I hope my pic`s aren`t too big!

[The Czar]

Nice....and you didn't blow up...imagine that....

[Frank_Cox]

Looks good! looks like that will make a nice size smoker for sure.

[GreenSmoker]

Nice size and nice thick walls, great start. Ford looks great too,.

[maccas66]

Nice....and you didn't blow up...imagine that....

yeah dcman fancy that! , as like you, I am a veteran of 40 years as a Plumber!, and know what the right combustion mix can do
Tell me, will there be any smoking going on around mid August in your neck of the woods?, we`ll be in KCMO

[The Czar]

It all depends on the boss....he is my meal ticket... ....did I just type that?

[Frank_Cox]

Heck yeah buddy! All kinds of smoking happening up there in August. Let us know when you will be there and we'll be there too! We are just 3.5 hours south of there

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[Tom_Heath]

There can be a trailer smoking just about any weekend in KC, just tell me when to light er up.

There's a big one in the middle of Sept. Weekend before the royal, 2 day cook. Frank DC and Bubba came up for it last year.
I will do that one again, may have to count penny's but I'm doing it. May be the only one I get to cook in this year.

Are the smoking franks doing the royal this year?
I'll come hang out and stir the pot, I mean the fire.

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[The Czar]

Tom....you know how this works...you show up and you will work!!!

[Frank_Cox]

and drink beer... and forget to eat.
anyway, I don't know if we will be cookin in the royal on our nickel or not, we might cook for OBR. that is kinda BUBBA's deal. he is our planner

[The Czar]

and drink beer... and forget to eat.
anyway, I don't know if we will be cookin in the royal on our nickel or not, we might cook for OBR. that is kinda BUBBA's deal. he is our planner

....you forget to eat.....but now on the ....that you didn't forget.....

[maccas66]

We`ll be in KCMO from the 13/8/12 to 21/8/12 for Slick 60`s F100 get together, we have it every 2 years!. Tell me!, whats a good brand of temp gauge and can I buy it on line?,the stuff over here is crap!

[Tom_Heath]

Right now I use cheap candy thermos. Of course I use my maveric thermos as well,the cheap ones are on my doors for gereral readings.

I will check this week and see if I can find out when the royal is gonna be. A good oll OBR cook would be a blast. If Bubbas gonna be there too, we will team up and make sure you remember to eat.




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[maccas66]

Should the baffle plate go over the top of the fire box where it protudes into the cooking chamber?

[Frank_Cox]

I put the baffle plate about an inch above the top of the firebox. you could use the top of the firebox for part of your BP but it will have a hot spot on that end.

[maccas66]

Thanks Frank, I thought that may be the case, when I put my firebox/cook chamber dampner in, I did it so the dampner plate goes into the fire box and not CChamber, the way I saw it!, it would deflect the heat passed a part of the baffle if it went in the CC. I`ll try and get some up to date pic`s posted, I know I like to see things as much as reading them, no more than reading them!!

[maccas66]

OK I `ve been working on the fire box the last two weeks, I`ll show my progress







this is my first idea for the dampener between the firebox and the cooking chamber,







I cut the top weld off the handle support and welded a flat plate on it so I can unbolt it all from the door if I need to!


it went insde the C/chamber, but I thought that it might deflect some of the heat past part of the baffle
I have since changed it to swing intop the firebox, I must have forgot to take some pic`s as the door has appeared.





I went for the air inlet to be in the door so the air has to pass the fire to get to the C/ C, seemed to make sence to me anyhow!








we`ve got an old plow in the front yard and the missus hates it!, so I thought what can I use of it!
this looked promising!








did I tell you all I like the over engineered look! , tell me if you think I went over board











now I have to work out some kind of latch for the door to suite the rest of the door!
The tab at the bottom of the fire box openeing is a slid to help lift the door into the right spot when closed, it has to be trimmed yet!

[Gizmo]

That is one sweet draft control!
Now find a small boiler valve wheel to keep that overdesigned look going. (look in "verticle smokers" I think for an example)
Then make a 3-way mount for it on the front of the door like a safe so you turn the wheel and it shoves the three tabs into slots around the door...
Warning - when you're done, the door will weigh more than the rest of the smoker - but oh the chicks will be following you everywhere... so cool!