Baffle plate ?s

[Norcalputput]

Im going to use .250" for the bp I like the use of angle iron down the center so here are the questions
1. What is the optimal configuration for the plate
2. Has anyone made a shallow v style bp or would it cause hot spots on the front an rear of the cc
3. Are there any benefits to making it from a single piece of steel
( A shop here in town can bend it for me but I'm weighing up the cost of it they charge 35$ a bend)
So my thoughts are less welding and no smoke leaks
Thanks


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[Big T]

I build mine from a single piece of plate and install it level in the cc, I put a 2'' dam on the open end of it and a 2'' drain, when I get done cooking I lower the nose and open the drain valve. I have never had to open it while cooking and it's never came close to the top of the grease dam. I guess I could open it while cooking and let it drain but a lot of the fat seems to cook off. I'm sure there are a lot of different ways to do it but I haven't had any problems with my set up and it saves a lot of fab work. jm2cw

[Frank_Cox]

Big T hit the nail on the head! You can do all that but it is not really worth all the effort IMHO.

[Puff]

The BP in my tank is also flat level. I've had two really big cooks in the last 7 days...30 slabs of ribs, not a space to slip a pencil thru. The BP looks like an absolute mess with big droppings of fat, burnt, spilled and leaking juice. I took a wide dry wall knife as Gizmo suggested, and easily scraped off a shoe box full of carbon-like debris, I don't know if a "drainage" channel would have really worked so far.

I did leave a section of the 56" long BP removable and welded a strip of 1/4 x 2" over each seam to help seal it and a small removal handle. Seems to work. I figured I can fire it up or hose it out when it gets really loaded and open the bottom 2" drain.

[Norcalputput]

Thanks big T and frank more money saved on the project means I'll have more money for meat to go on the project when it's done


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[Norcalputput]

Sorry puff I didn't refresh the page thanks for
Responding I'm going flat with a dam


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[Puff]

Dam good idea!