Dirtytires wrote:Welcome on board. We don’t do a lot of propane on here but a few folks have had good luck with it and will be along shortly I’m sure.
Have you looked into a mini gravity feed? They hold a fair amount of food, are efficient on charcoal and can be set up to run steady for hours. Best part is you get much better flavor than gas.
OK, the thickness of the cc was can be whatever you fancy, but typically they are around 2mm (±12 gauge or so). The GF's are insulated around the cook chamber etc.I’m thinking it’d be a lot safer to build that from tried and true plans than to experiment. Typically what thickness are the inner and outer walls of the DP GF? Also, what’s the weight of that beast?
Sounds like an amazing setup you’ve got there. Any pics?Rodcrafter wrote:Welcome to the crew!
I see these guys have got you some awesome info. Just so you know you can build your smoker all sorts of ways with multiple fire boxes for various types of cooking. The water pan is also a option not at all required. I have a FB under my WC/CC and an GF burner setup on it also. So I can do jerky with the GF and everything else from below. Your wallet and imagination are your only limits. I recently added hydraulic cylinders, LED lights, solar panel and yes my wife knows about it. I put 7 racks in my WC/CC it allows over 28 square feet of cooking racks. So I can put 21 racks of ribs in it and use the rest of my rig for other stuff. Yes I know this sounds like bragging, that’s because it is. LoL
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JK, are you ever down here in the Caribbean? If you are, gimme a shout.JKalchik wrote:You're quite welcome. I'd love to sample some of your cuisine at some point.
A couple more bits of info...
Weight on a double pan GF is pretty healthy. Mine uses 1/8" sheet for the skins rather than 16ga, so it's heavier than usual. The cook chamber door alone is over 200 lbs. The burn assembly (charcoal chute, firebox, ashbox & flue C-channel) is upwards of 300 lbs. All told, it has to be over 1,200 lbs, and I have no desire to drop it on my toes. Don't skimp on casters, and it really wants to live & roll on hard surfaces, it'll sink pretty quickly on anything soft.
5 cook racks, each 25"x28" or so. It'll smoke a lot of food while being pretty economical on charcoal usage. It does take quite a while to come up to temp.