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[Joe D]

Hello everybody. My name is Joe and I'm from Saint Louis Missouri. I've been in love with barbeque since I was a kid. After trying just about every store bought smoker I've decided to build my own. I'm new to welding and have some fabrication experience. I was interested in a propane tank build but in my area the dealers don't really sale tanks at a reasonable price. I found a few on Craigslist but the prices were out of my budget. While looking found a 250 gallon or oil tank in good condition with a trailer for $50 . For the price I couldn't pass up the deal. Scrapping it alone would give me more than my money back. I have 1 question after getting the tank home I noticed these tanks are pretty thin compared to propane tanks. I will be going with the reverse flow design. I wanna know if the baffle plate helps maintain temperature in a cooker the same. Will this type of tank dissipate heat quickly. Do they make good cookers? I'm sure I will have 1,000,000 more questions and look forward to my build and help from experienced people like you. Thanks in advance and any advice would be greatly appreciated

[Frank_Cox]

Welcome Joe! I sent you a pm

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[The Czar]

Welcome And Frank is the tank man for sure!

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[maccas66]

Welcome aboard Joe!, tell me is the state animal of Missouri a rabbit?, cause you all pop up like rabbits!

[Joe D]

I just got it Frank & I may be making a road trip if this tank doesn't work out. Can anyone give some input on advantage or disadvantages of using a oil tank vs propane tank for a reverse flow? Can anyone tell me if they make a efficient cooker? Thanks

[Frank_Cox]

The boil tank ones seem to work out perty ok. I would rather use a thicker tank tho. easier to work with IMHO

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[Gizmo]

Welcome Joe! Glad to have you here.
Remember - the cooker you're about to build will outlive your grand-kids so be careful about cutting corners for a good deal...

[AR_Senior]

Hi Joe welcome to the addiction I have persoal knowledge of an oil tank smoker,Look thru some old posts for allyrat and his smoker I did most of the fabrication on it and he installed a convection plate in it and it improved it 100% he does damn good at comps with it. We are on version 5.0 and working on version 6.0 right now

[alleyrat58]

Hey Joe! Welcome! Yes I have an oil tank smoker and I love it. I am constantly improving on it. It works great now and if you follow the pit calculator yours will too. The thicker metal would certainly be a benefit, but if you're on a budget I see no reason to blow it over the tank. I put a baffle plate in the bottom of mine and have no trouble holding temp.

I have a lot of pics of mine on here, feel free to hit me with questions.

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[Joe D]

My fabrication skills & equipment aren't the best & alleyrat. I've done sheet metal repairs on my car project & taught my self to get pretty darn good @ spot welds & stitch welding lol. Your smoker looks great. I gave Frank a call & he's only about a 90 minute ride away from me & he invited me out to set me up & rolling in the right direction. This forum is like none other I've been in. You all are willing to help each other out by advice or hands on. I think I'm gonna like it here.

[SmokinFF]

Just connect all your stitch welds and it will be solid. Go see Frank, he has all the cool tools and the know how.

[Smokeone]

If you head down to see frank, give a shout out. I got a cooker you can work on while you are there!

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[Frank_Cox]

haha, S1 needs all the help he can get!

[Smokeone]

Yes I do. But I could use more time, even more than the help.

[maccas66]