Q Bros 500 Gal Squared Off Smoker

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 26th, 2012, 6:45 am

My brother and I have been planning a smoker since last Labor Day weekend when we had a Hog Roast. We wanted to have it done by this Labor Day so we are going to give it our best shot. Frank should have our plans to us today and we will start fabrication this weekend.

I picked up a tank a few weeks ago. It is not a standard size 500 gal tank. It is a little shorter with a larger diameter. The diameter is 41.4 in and it is 63 inches seam to seam and 105 in overall. I got it locally from an LP provider and out of respect for those selling tanks in my area(dink) and to Frank I will not publish my source or price and all budget numbers WILL NOT INCLUDE the cost of the tank.

I like to take pictures and will include some of my concept sketches later.

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » July 26th, 2012, 6:49 am

Welcome onesquin! - Labor Day - WOW - this is gonna be a quick build! Looking forward to it - please post pics as you go ...

YouTube · Post by **Frank_Cox** » July 26th, 2012, 9:02 am

Workin on converting the files right now onesquin. Can't wait to see your build happen!

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » July 26th, 2012, 9:38 am

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.....pics pics and more pics.....

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 26th, 2012, 11:59 pm

Can this build require more 1/4 in plate!!! Got the tank burned off nicely tonight. Going to order and pickup materials tomorrow. Start cutting and welding Saturday.

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 27th, 2012, 12:01 am

Picking up the tank. They had a couple to choose from!!!

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 27th, 2012, 12:04 am

I had some tsp left over from another project so I tried to degrease the tank a little. Not sure it was necessary after I decided to do the burn off.

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 27th, 2012, 12:06 am

I took the tank to a friends this morning and he cut a rough hole in the tank for me so I could do the burn off tonight.

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 27th, 2012, 12:10 am

He is a scrapper and he just gutted a commercial kitchen yesterday. He was getting ready to cut all this stainless up today. I asked him how much and $100 dollars later I had a bunch of stainless!!! Boy was I in the right place at the right time. The flat piece from the exhaust hood will be made into a shelf for the smoker and the other pieces will find their way onto the trailer some day.

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 27th, 2012, 12:14 am

The burn off took off almost all 12 layers of paint on this tank. That saved me a lot of work.

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » July 27th, 2012, 1:39 am

Wow man!!! That is sweet....did you guys fill that tank up with water before your first cut?

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 27th, 2012, 7:03 am

The tank supplier already had a 6 inch triangle cut out of the top and you had to sign a waiver of course. It smelled of propane really bad so I was trying to get some of the residue out. That didn't work too well so I decided to do the burn off. I just hope the tank is cooled off by saturday so we can start working on it!!! My goal is to have all the 1/4 plate cut the baffle tacked in. Bonus would be to have the firebox assembled and tacked.

PvilleComp · Post by **PvilleComp** » July 27th, 2012, 7:58 pm

Looks great onesquin!

Smokeone · Post by **Smokeone** » July 27th, 2012, 8:51 pm

Nice score on the tank! You are making great progress. Can't wait to see it putting off some thin blue smoke!

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onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 28th, 2012, 7:46 am

First cut.

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 28th, 2012, 11:18 am

All the plate is cut. Time to grind!!!

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » July 28th, 2012, 11:28 am

I wish I had a shop building that size ...

TuscaloosaQ · Post by **TuscaloosaQ** » July 28th, 2012, 11:57 am

Show those pics, we want to see stuff!!!!!!

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 28th, 2012, 3:22 pm

Not bad for 7.5 hours

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » July 28th, 2012, 3:29 pm

I'll say! great start on that beast!

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 28th, 2012, 6:50 pm

All the major cutting is done and got a start on the log rack. All the major plate is tacked.

Smokeone · Post by **Smokeone** » July 28th, 2012, 7:48 pm

Overachiever right there!

You definitely got after it today. Nice work!

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TuscaloosaQ · Post by **TuscaloosaQ** » July 29th, 2012, 5:00 am

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » July 29th, 2012, 10:33 am

Nice...is that your backhoe?

onesquin · Post by **onesquin** » July 29th, 2012, 7:28 pm

No, the backhoe is my neighbors. The shop is mine. We had two 1000 magnets to lift the sheets of plate and move the tank and firebox around.

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